This first edition harry potter book just sold for a. Harry potter learned from hagrid that he was a wizard. The play opened on broadway on 22 april 2018 at the lyric theatre, with. The last book, harry potter and the deathly hallows, sold more than 12 million copies in the u. The series has now sold over 500 million copies worldwide in 82.
Can you name the harry potter book from the first sentence. Read this book and over 1 million others with a kindle unlimited membership. First and last lines of harry potter books popsugar. The first novel portraying harry potter was published in june 1997, titled philosophers stone, and the series of novels are filed away in the fantasy genre. The second book, harry potter and the chamber of secrets, is published in the united kingdom, with a first print run of over 10,000 copies. The books have been made into movies by warner bros. Welcome to the harry potter wiki, an encyclopedic resource and community gathering spot for all things related to j. Read this title for free and explore over 1 million titles, thousands of audiobooks, and current magazines with kindle unlimited. The first book, harry potter and the philosophers stone, was published in 1997 by bloomsbury in london. Fans have created a timeline of the harry potter series from a single piece of.
Nevilles and harrys were the same while rachels and helenas were the same. Rank the events below in the order they occurred in the harry potter series. Nov 19, 2010, harry potter and the deathly hallows part 1 movie release. Rowling finished the first manuscript of the first harry potter book in 1995. The series has sold over 450 million copies worldwide in 79 languages, inspired a major movie franchise, a spellbinding theatre production, and has continued to captivate readers of all ages for twenty years. American harry potter book 1 chapter 5, a harry potter. Well, said rachel, if you two are done pranking each other, we need to go get our schedules. Mapping the harry potter timeline the history of the books 1990. Dec 12, 2016 a timeline of the harry potter fandom unraveling in 2016 looking back on a very strange, divisive year for the harry potter fandom. Harry potter and the halfblood prince was published on 16 july 2005. It was published worldwide in english on 21 june 2003. May 29, 2012 download manual guide of harry potter first book in pdf file in pdf that we listed in manual guide. Muggles guide to harry pottertimeline wikibooks, open books for. Harry potter timeline how to watch the entire series digital spy.
The harry potter books timeline timetoast timelines. Rowling always said that harry potter and the deathly. Harry potter or, better yet, harry james potter, is the featured protagonist in the harry potter novel series authored by j. But in a lot of ways harrys story ended with the secondtolast book of the series, harry potter and the halfblood prince. Jul 8, 1999 harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban published.
A harry potter first edition just sold at auction for a recordsetting. Scholastic publishes the first book, renamed harry potter and the sorcerers stone, in the united states. On october 31st, james and lily potter are murdered by lord voldemort at godrics hollow, while harry. Jul 15, 2011, harry potter and the deathly hallows part two movie release date. Artemisia lufkin 1754 1825 first witch to become minister for magic. Nicolas flamel, who was mentioned as being 665 at the time of the first book, but. This book was about the students first year at howgarts, and it was j. Harry potter timeline a complete timeline of the events in harry potter. Mar 21, 2016 first and last lines of harry potter books the first and last lines of the harry potter books will send you on a roller coaster of emotions 21 march, 2016 by hilary white. The books concern a wizard called harry potter and his journey through hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. Harry potter history explained via wizarding world events timeline.
The harry potter books make up the popular series written by j. Harry potter books and movie release dates timeline. Muggles guide to harry pottertimeline wikibooks, open. Harry potters first day at hogwarts with sorting hat. Nov 8, 2005, harry potter and the goblet of fire movie release.
Evidence in the books only somewhat supports this theory. The first harry potter book was released 20 years ago today in the united kingdom. The stories tell of him overcoming dangerous obstacles to defeat the. A timeline of the harry potter fandom unraveling in 2016 mtv. Rowlings harry potter series has made a fine habit of breaking sales records. Rowlings timeline spreadsheet for harry potter and the order of the phoenix. The first book in the seriesharry potter and the philosophers stoneis published in the united kingdom.
Harry potter is midway through his training as a shelve harry potter and the goblet of fire. The first novel, harry potter and the philosophers stone, was published in 1997. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone timeline timetoast timelines. For that reason, the harry potter lexicon has developed its timelines using 1992 as the date of the first part of book two, and from that, 1980 as the year of harrys birth. Jk rowling wrote the books to grow with the kids reading them. A play, harry potter and the cursed child, based on a story cowritten by rowling, premiered in london on 30 july 2016 at the palace theatre, and its script was published by little, brown. Nov 06, 2008 the title is harry potter and the philosophers stone uk and harry potter and the sorcerers stone usa. Nov 17, 2016 fantastic beasts takes place in 1926, and harry potter wasnt even born until 1980. Harry potter timeline in harry potter and the cursed child. Beginning on 6 october, 2015, the entire series was presented in a fullyillustrated format, with over 100 illustrations per title, by jim kay. Executed on behalf of king henry vii for a magical mishap with a ladyinwaiting, lady grieve. Harry got all his school books required for first year, as well as some books designed for muggleborns such as magical laws, customs and the like. Book 2 release harry potter and the chamber of secrets book was released on this date. A timeline created with timetoasts interactive timeline maker.
Since then, the franchise has expanded through seven novels. After murdering harrys parents, james and lily potter, evil lord voldemort puts a killing curse on harry, then just a baby. Hagrid had ended up eating both, waving off the big mans concerns, they headed off to the book store flourish and blotts. Oct 25, 2018 harry potter received his first letter to hogwarts, which was intercepted and burned by his uncle vernon.
The author has evidently decided to adhere to this timeline. Harry potter quiz, character, dialogue, first, hogwarts. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets book was released on this date. Can you guess the harry potter book based only on its first line. Can you guess the harry potter book based only on its. The pottermasters harry potter character by first line quiz by pottermasters. Oct 06, 2017 can you name the harry potter characters by their first lines of dialogue in the first book. Asking his confessor if he should wear a hat to his execution. The language used, plot and pace of the first two books are aimed at an average reader of maybe 10 12 yrs old, perhaps an advanced 3rd or 4th grade reader. A timeline of the most important events throughout three millennia of history, with focus. At one point, a group founded by dumbledore manages to. Published as harry potter and the philosophers stone in the u.
A timeline of the most important events throughout three millennia of history, with focus on the events of the rise and fall of the two powerful dark wizards of the 20th century, grindelwald and voldemort. The curse inexplicably reverses, defeating voldemort and searing a lightningbolt scar in the middle of the infants forehead. The official script book of the original west end production special rehearsal edition. Rowling broke the timeline harry potter fans built fandom. Detailed timelines for each era complete record of events in each era, from the.
Fantastic beasts takes place in 1926, and harry potter wasnt even born until 1980. This timeline is reinforced in harry potter and the deathly hallows when the graves of james and lily potter confirm that they were born in 1960 and died on 31 october 1981, further reinforced in pottermore when the death eater riot on the quidditch world cup is stated to have taken place in 1994. Harry potter and the cursed child is a 2016 british twopart play written by jack thorne based on an original story by j. Theres all those horcruxes to find, a bunch of deathly hallows to pick up youll find out, and hes supposed to become a man, and get the girl, and, yeah, he should probably slay voldemort at some point too. Armed with a minor detail from the second book, harry potter fans built. Harry potter timeline timeline the harry potter lexicon. The publication of harry potter and the philosophers stone the book was first realised in the uk on 26 june in 1997. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix is the longest book in the series, at 766 pages in the uk version and 870 pages in the us version. The novel begins with the wizarding worlds celebration of the downfall of lord voldemort, an evil, powerful and cruel dark wizard. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets does state that myrtles death occurred in the latter half of tom riddles fifth year at hogwarts, which would have been the spring of 1943, give or take about five years, and harry says in harry potter and the halfblood prince that tom riddle. Jul 8, 2000, harry potter and the goblet of fire published. Jun 18, 2017 l the first book in the jk rowling series, harry potter and the philosophers stone was published on june 26, 1997. The series has now sold over 500 million copies worldwide in 82 languages, inspired a blockbuster movie franchise, a spellbinding theatre production, and has continued to captivate readers of all ages. Then, in the space provided write the name of the book in which the event occurred.
Harry potter is born on july 31st, the same date as jk rowlings birthday. When the first book in the harry potter series, harry potter and the sorcerers stone or philosophers stone if youre in the u. Harry potter timeline of events for the love of harry. Harry potter is born to parents james and lily potter. The video game harry potter and the quiditch world cup was released on this date. With such a vast timeline between newts trip to new york and harrys final. Schedule for harry james potterneville frank longbottom.
Fans who grew up on the series are now sharing it with their own children. First and last lines of harry potter books the first and last lines of the harry potter books will send you on a roller coaster of emotions 21 march, 2016 by hilary white. Rowlings timeline spreadsheet for harry potter and the. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets gives us one concrete date. Jun 21, 2016 jk rowling wrote the books to grow with the kids reading them. Still, despite the time difference, there is a lot to be learned about the harry potter world from fantastic. The original seven books were adapted into an eightpart namesake film series by warner bros.
The publication of harry potter and the chamber of secrets the second harry potter book was published in 1998 in the uk and in 2000 in hungary. Rowlings first harry potter book turns 20 in the u. The harry potter wiki reveals plot details about the series. Test your knowledge on this literature quiz to see how you do and compare your score to others. Harry potter is a series of fantasy novels written by british author j. Jul 30, 1997, harry potter and the sorcerers stone book published. Can you guess the harry potter book based only on its first. How does harry potter change throughout each story. Confused by harry potter and the cursed childs timeline. Harry potter and the cursed child by jack thorne, based on a story by j. Jul 2, 1998 harry potter and the chamber of secrets published. He is no longer the innocent boy who lives with his aunt and uncle, but a hero known all over the world.
Hagrid took harry to the leaky cauldron, where he met quirinus quirrell, who would be his defense against the dark arts teacher. Grogan stump 1770 1884 popular minister for magic, appointed 1811. The book was first realised in the uk on 26 june in 1997. Whether or not he gets to continue attending hogwarts, and keep his wand, is up to that. Oct, 2017 since the first book hit stores in 1997, j. Since the release of the first novel, harry potter and the philosophers stone, on 26 june 1997, the books have. Rowling was travelling from manchester to london by train when the idea of writing about the adventures of a wizard boy was formed in her mind. Time book critic lev grossman grabs an early copy of deathly hallows and finds it a sad but satisfying wrapup to j. He has matured, and by the last book, he is considered an adult. A timeline of the harry potter fandom unraveling in 2016 looking back on a very strange, divisive year for the harry potter fandom. Beatrix bloxam 1794 1910 author of the toadstool tales, a series of childrens books since banned because they have been found to cause nausea and vomiting. Use the internet and other resources as necessary to complete the activity. Working from this, we can date nearly every event mentioned in the books. Harry potter and the philosophers stone was the book that started a global phenomenon.
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