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During the journey, he befriends Ron Weasley, a fellow first-year student. The two boys also meet Hermione Granger and have a confrontation with Draco Malfoy. At Hogwarts, a magical Sorting Hat assigns each first-year student to a House. Harry, Ron and Hermione are assigned to Gryffindor, although the Hat considers putting Harry in Slytherin.
The following is a list of characters from the Harry Potter series. Each character appears in at least one Harry Potter-related book or story by J. K. Rowling.These books and stories include the seven original Harry Potter novels (1997–2007), Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2001), Quidditch Through the Ages (2001), The Tales of Beedle the Bard (2008), Harry Potter and the Cursed ...
The Elephant House was one of the cafés in Edinburgh where Rowling wrote the first part of Harry Potter.. The series follows the life of a boy named Harry Potter.In the first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the US) , Harry lives in a cupboard under the stairs in the house of the Dursleys, his aunt, uncle and cousin, who all treat him ...
Hogwarts. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (/ ˈhɒɡwɔːrts /) is a fictional boarding school of magic for young wizards. It is the primary setting for the first six novels in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling, and also serves as a major setting in the Wizarding World media franchise. [2] In the novels, Hogwarts is described ...
The Wizarding World[1][2] (previously known as J. K. Rowling's Wizarding World) [3][4] is a fantasy media franchise and shared fictional universe centred on the Harry Potter novel series by J. K. Rowling. A series of films have been in production since 2000, and in that time eleven films have been produced—eight are adaptations of the Harry ...
Such was the clamour to read the fifth book that its English edition became the first English-language book ever to top the bookseller list in France. [2] In Italy, impatient Potter fans organised "Operation Feather", deluging the publisher Salani with feathers (reminiscent of Hogwarts' messenger owls) to demand expedited publication for the ...
Paperback. ISBN. 0-9708442-0-4. The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter: A Treasury of Myths, Legends, and Fascinating Facts[4] is a guide to the fictional Harry Potter universe, written by David Colbert. [5] It explores the references to history, legends, and literature in J.K. Rowling 's Harry Potter novels. Colbert conceived the idea for The ...
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and the second novel in the Harry Potter series. The plot follows Harry's second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, during which a series of messages on the walls of the school's corridors warn that the "Chamber of Secrets" has been opened and that the "heir of Slytherin" would ...