Harry Potter I
by J.K. Rowling(1997)
Novelc. 310 pages
“Mr. and Mrs. Dursley of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.”
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by J.K. Rowling(1997)
“Mr. and Mrs. Dursley of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.”
J.K. Rowling(1997)
A boy discovers he is a wizard, escapes his miserable relatives, and enters a world of magic that has been hidden alongside our own. Rowling wrote this as a single mother on benefits, longhand in Edinburgh cafes, and it was rejected by twelve publishers. The book launched a phenomenon: seven novels, millions of readers, a generation that grew up waiting for owls. The prose is simple and propulsive; the world-building is inventive and internally consistent. Whether it belongs on lists of great literature is debated. That it changed children's reading, and publishing, and culture, is not.