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Persephone; raped by her uncle Hades and in Orphic tradition by her father Zeus disguised as a snake or as Hades himself. This resulted in the birth of Zagreus and Melinoë. Philomela; raped by her brother-in-law Tereus. Procris; raped by Minos. Rhea; raped by her son Zeus. Tyro; raped by Poseidon in the form of her beloved, the river-god Enipeus.
The second book, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, was originally published in the UK on 2 July 1998 and later, in the US on 2 June 1999. [59] [60] Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was then published a year later in the UK on 8 July 1999 and in the US on 8 September 1999.
Mary GrandPré (/ ˈ ɡ r æ n p r eɪ / GRAN-pray; born February 13, 1954) is an American illustrator best known for her cover and chapter illustrations of the Harry Potter books in their U.S. editions published by Scholastic.
Since it was first published in 1997, Harry Potter has become one of the defining pieces of culture of the 21st century so far. Generations of children and adults have been enchanted by author J.K ...
The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a book of fairy tales by author J. K. Rowling. There is a storybook of the same name mentioned in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the final novel of the Harry Potter series. [1] The book was originally produced in a limited edition of only seven copies, each handwritten and illustrated by J. K. Rowling. [2]
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the sixth novel in the Harry Potter series. [3] The first novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, was originally published by Bloomsbury in 1997. Philosopher's Stone was followed by Chamber of Secrets (1998), Prisoner of Azkaban (1999), Goblet of Fire (2000), and Order of the Phoenix (2003).
Those differences are echoed in the U.S. and U.K. version of the original 1997 book titles and 2001 film titles, too: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's ...
The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter explores the references to history, legends, and literature in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels. [6] David Colbert, the author of the book, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that the Harry Potter novels "are [...] literary treasure hunts for [Rowling's] readers. What seem like funny-sounding names and places ...