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Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone - Slytherin Edition (Broche) Paperback – January 6, 2017
- Print length337 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherBLOOMSBURY
- Publication dateJanuary 6, 2017
- Dimensions5.12 x 0.94 x 7.8 inches
- ISBN-101408883791
- ISBN-13978-1408883754
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- ASIN : 1408883759
- Publisher : BLOOMSBURY (January 6, 2017)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 337 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1408883791
- ISBN-13 : 978-1408883754
- Item Weight : 10.7 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.12 x 0.94 x 7.8 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,335,088 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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About the authors
J.K. Rowling is the author of the enduringly popular, era-defining Harry Potter book series, as well as several stand-alone novels for adults and children, and a bestselling crime fiction series written under the pen name Robert Galbraith.
The Harry Potter books have now sold over 600 million copies worldwide, been translated into 85 languages and made into eight blockbuster films. They continue to be discovered and loved by new generations of readers.
Alongside the Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling also wrote three short companion volumes for charity: Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, in aid of Comic Relief, and The Tales of Beedle the Bard, in aid of her international children’s charity, Lumos. The companion books and original series are all available as audiobooks.
In 2016, J.K. Rowling collaborated with playwright Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany to continue Harry’s story in a stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which opened in London, and is now thrilling audiences on four continents. The script book was published to mark the plays opening in 2016 and instantly topped the bestseller lists.
In the same year, she made her debut as a screenwriter with the film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Inspired by the original companion volume, it was the first in a series of new adventures featuring wizarding world magizoologist Newt Scamander. The second, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, was released in 2018 and the third, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore was released in 2022.
The screenplays were published to coincide with each film’s release: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - The Original Screenplay (2016), Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay (2018) and Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore - The Complete Screenplay (2022).
Fans of Fantastic Beasts and Harry Potter can find out more at www.wizardingworld.com.
J.K. Rowling’s fairy tale for younger children, The Ickabog, was serialised for free online for children during the Covid-19 pandemic in the summer of 2020 and is now published as a book illustrated by children, with her royalties going to her charitable trust, Volant, to benefit charities helping alleviate social deprivation and assist vulnerable groups, particularly women and children.
Her latest children’s novel The Christmas Pig, published in 2021, is a standalone adventure story about a boy’s love for his most treasured thing and how far he will go to find it.
J.K. Rowling also writes novels for adults. The Casual Vacancy was published in 2012 and adapted for television in 2015. Under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, she is the author of the highly acclaimed ‘Strike’ crime series, featuring private detective Cormoran Strike and his partner Robin Ellacott. The first of these, The Cuckoo’s Calling, was published to critical acclaim in 2013, at first without its author’s true identity being known. The Silkworm followed in 2014, Career of Evil in 2015, Lethal White in 2018, Troubled Blood in 2020 and The Ink Black Heart in 2022. The series has also been adapted for television by the BBC and HBO.
J.K. Rowling’s 2008 Harvard Commencement speech was published in 2015 as an illustrated book, Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination, sold in aid of Lumos and university-wide financial aid at Harvard.
As well as receiving an OBE and Companion of Honour for services to children’s literature, J.K. Rowling has received many other awards and honours, including France’s Legion d’Honneur, Spain’s Prince of Asturias Award and Denmark’s Hans Christian Andersen Award.
J.K. Rowling supports a number of causes through her charitable trust, Volant. She is also the founder and president of Lumos, an international children’s charity fighting for every child’s right to a family by transforming care systems around the world.
www.jkrowling.com
Image: Photography Debra Hurford Brown © J.K. Rowling
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So in conclusion this book is a wonderful read. I just got it this afternoon and am loving it. (Currently about a third of the way through.) JK Rowling is an amazing author and I am glad her series is as successful as it is. As someone who inspires to be a writer I'd be happy to experience even a fraction of her success.
Also final note, I am really happy I got this Slytherin edition. I love the color of the book and the little extra bits are nice. I only wish I could have gotten a hardback, but did not want to buy from third party sellers. Oh well I very much do like the look of this book. Just have to be gentle with it, since paperbacks are delicate.
It's an absolutely beautiful version what with the chapter titles, old feel to the pages, and the background information on your house of choice. Don't be surprised the the edges of the pages are stuck together a bit from the green coloring on the edges as they are easy and strangely gratifying to pull apart as your turn the pages. But in general, it's common for colored edges to stick a bit.
Definitely recommend!
Its so worth the money if you're an avid fan and lover of your house. A must have for the true collector.
Love it!
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Reviewed in India on February 14, 2023