Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

By J.K. Rowling

The most recent novel on this list, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone brings readers into a world of magic at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. On his eleventh birthday, Harry’s magical heritage is brought to light by the bumbling half-giant Hagrid. As he embarks on his new life as a wizard, he finds that there’s more to this news than just learning spells and potions. The Dark Lord Voldemort, who had tried and failed to kill Harry as an infant, is regaining power, and Harry stands in his path.

The characters are truly the heart of this book. Harry doesn’t have to be the smartest of his friends in order to be a hero, and he doesn’t even have to be nice all the time. He’s a dynamic character who readers can relate to both as they age and as adults—it’s no wonder that Harry Potter is one of the most popular books of all time.

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is a fantasy novel written by British author J.K. Rowling. The first novel in the Harry Potter series and Rowling's first novel, it follows Harry Potter, a young wizard who discovers his magical heritage on his eleventh birthday, when he receives an acceptance letter from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry makes close friends and a few enemies during his first year at school, and with the help of his friends, he faces an attempted comeback by the dark wizard Lord Voldemort, who killed Harry's parents, but fails to kill Harry when he was just young. 15 months.

The book was first published in the United Kingdom on 26 June 1997 by Bloomsbury. It was published in the United States the following year by the Scholastic Corporation under the title Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. She won most British Book Awards judged by children and other awards in the United States. The book reached the top of the New York Times bestseller list in August 1999 and remained near the top of that list for most of 1999 and 2000. It has been translated into at least 73 other languages ​​and made into a feature film of the same name, as have all six of its sequels. The novel has sold over 120 million copies, making it among the best-selling books of all time.

Most of the reviews were very favorable, commenting on Rowling's imagination, sense of humor, simple, straightforward style, and clever plot construction, although some complained that recent chapters seemed rushed. The writing has been compared to that of Jane Austen, one of Rowling's favorite authors. Roald Dahl, whose works dominated children's stories before Harry Potter appeared; The ancient Greek storyteller Homer. While some commentators have thought the book looked back at the stories of the Victorian and Edwardian boarding school, others believed that it positioned the genre firmly in the modern world by presenting contemporary moral and social issues, as well as overcoming obstacles such as bullies.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, along with the rest of the Harry Potter series, has been attacked by some religious groups and banned in some countries due to accusations that the novels promote witchcraft under the guise of a heroic and moral story. Other religious commentators have written that the book exemplifies important perspectives, including the power of self-sacrifice and the ways in which people's decisions shape their characters. The series has been used as a resource for object lessons in educational technologies, social analysis, and marketing.

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