Culture books news 21 insanely difficult harry potter trivia questions even diehard fans have trouble with. Rowling and harry potter news, updates, fandom, books, movies, plays, commentary, and more. Film wizardry gives readers a front row seat to the magical journey that brought j. Dec, 2016 a handwritten and jewelled edition of jk rowlings the tales of beedle the bard gifted to her publisher has sold for. Rowlings beloved harry potter books will be presented in lavishly illustrated full. In harry potter and the philosophers stone, harry, an orphan, lives with the dursleys, his horrible aunt and uncle, and their abominable son, dudley. A good first hand account of book buying and book scouting. Rowling handwrote seven copies of her collection of. How many pages are there in all the harry potter books. The harry potter books make up the popular series written by j. Its probably because of the text size, although im aware that the text size is adjustable. Dec 11, 2017 a full collection of signed harry potter first editions will set you back more than. The sevenbook series has a word count of 1,083,594 us edition. I ran the htmls through a utility i found to convert them to txt, and then used the.
How many words are there in the harry potter book series. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone, the first book in j. Differences and changes in the text the harry potter lexicon. Covers nearly 1700 trade and academic publishers in the us, the uk, ireland, canada, australia and new zealand. Biggest plot holes in harry potter business insider. A harry potter first edition just sold at auction for a recordsetting. Today we look at first printing issue points of the american first edition harry potter books. Most spells are cast with the aid of wands, but spells can be cast without the use of wands. Oct, 2017 since the first book hit stores in 1997, j.
This number may vary depending on what editions you are considering. The genesis of harry potter goes back to 1990 when j. Harry faces the thorny transition into adulthood, when adult heroes are revealed. Credit is given to its artists, franchisees, movie studios, publishers, actors, etc.
The perfect gift for collectors and new readers alike, we now present a breathtaking special edition boxed set of j. Potter talk is a fan blog dedicate to the harry potter franchise. The book, published by scholastic, will feature exclusive bonus material from j. Harry potter harry potter slipcased editions jk rowling. Rowling in adult hardback with woodcut covers by the awardwinning andrew davidson, at harrypotter. A wand is a quasisentient magical instrument through which a witch or wizard channels her or his magical powers to centralise the effects for more complex results. Step off platform nine and three quarters and into the hidden world behind the scenes of the harry potter film series.
It has fewer words than the other six books, making it the shortest book in the series. Since the release of the first novel, harry potter and the philosophers stone, on. Could your old harry potter books make you thousands. The potter collector is an unofficial harry potter website. I ran the htmls through a utility i found to convert them to txt, and then used the unix wc w command to generate a list of chapter word counts. Jun 26, 1997 harry potter and the philosophers stone is a fantasy novel written by british author j. Harry potter books 17 special edition boxed set by j. The chamber of secrets page count is totally wrong. Us editions a guide to collecting harry potter books. Im not the best person to answer this as i dont have a kindle yet, but since this is an a2a, ill do my best to answer. Step off platform nine and three quarters and into the. It usually takes decades for a book to become collectible and gain significant value on the rare book market. The last book in the series, harry potter and the deathly hallows, is 157. Unfollow harry potter books hardcover set to stop getting updates on.
It follows harry potter s struggles through his fifth year at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, including the surreptitious return of the antagonist lord voldemort, o. To calculate this answer i used the text from the official pottermore epubs each chapter is saved as a seperate html file. By far the most valuable book in the series is the first, harry potter and the philosophers stone, published on 30 june 1997 by bloomsbury in london. Harry potter complete book series special edition boxed set by j. Rowlings beloved harry potter books will be presented in lavishly illustrated fullcolor editions. Rowlings phenomenally bestselling series, will be released in a special anniversary edition on september 23, 2008.
This page indicates all the differences between the british and the us versions of harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban. How many pages are there in all the harry potter books combined. Statistics on harry potter chapter length science fiction. Books that are signed by the stars of the film franchise really add no to very little value to the book. Harry potter collectors edition box set hardcover, books 17 compare prices in realtime, set a price alert, and see the price history graph to find the cheapest price with gosale americas largest price. Test your knowledge of the harry potter series with our set of impossibly. The first book, harry potter and the sorcerers stone, has 76,944 words.
The cloak is first used in harry potter and the philosophers stone, chapter 12. Rare edition of jk rowlings beedle the bard sells for. Buy harry potter and the philosophers stone, harry potter and the chamber of secrets and harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban as beautiful slipcased editions from the harry potter bookshop at. It follows harry potters struggles through his fifth year at. As one half of the fry and laurie act with his comedy partner, hugh laurie, he has.
This first edition harry potter book just sold for a record. Only 500 were published, and 300 went to libraries, so if. Title pages uk edition harry potter and the philosophers stone 223 pages harry potter and the chamber of. Harry potter is a series of fantasy novels written by british author j. Mar 14, 2012 potter talk is a fan blog dedicate to the harry potter franchise. Rowling, bloomsbury and scholastic are all the rightful title owners of their content. The beloved first book of the harry potter series, now fully illustrated by awardwinning artist jim kay. If you guessed a first edition harry potter and the philosophers stone that was published by bloomsbury on june 30, 1997, then you are correct. Stephen john fry is an english comic, author, actor, humourist, poet, reporter, filmmaker, tv personality and technophile.
Seven years and many submissions to publishers later, harry potter and the philosophers stone finally saw print, swiftly becoming a wordofmouth hit. What isn\t often considered is the sheer number of words a person who. Note the us edition has more pages heres why according to one source this entry was posted on thursday, july 12th, 2007 at 1. Harry faces the thorny transition into adulthood, when adult heroes are revealed to be fallible, and matters that seemed blackandwhite suddenly come out in shades of gray. Note the us edition has more pages heres why according to one source. The stories tell of him overcoming dangerous obstacles to defeat the. Book 1 us harry potter and the sorcerers stone published in 1998, the us version of the philosophers stone was retitled. Jul 12, 2007 here are the number of pages in the harry potter books listed. Some of the best moments in rowlings books occur when she reminds us that the wizardsintraining at hogwarts are, after all, just children.
Mar 01, 2017 im not the best person to answer this as i dont have a kindle yet, but since this is an a2a, ill do my best to answer. Harry potter collectors edition box set hardcover, books 1. The abebooks online marketplaces has sold hundreds of copies of rowlings books at high prices, including a first edition of harry potter and the philsophers stone that sold for. Harry potter harry potter adult hardbacks harry potter. The books concern a wizard called harry potter and his journey through hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix is a fantasy novel written by british author j. Harry, ron, and hermiones behavior in professor trelawneys divination class. He is likewise renowned for his duties in blackadder as well as wilde. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix, more than any of the four previous novels in the series, is a comingofage story.
Given that goblet clocked in at 752 pages in its american edition, this means that book. Here are the number of pages in the harry potter books listed. How many pages are each of the harry potter books answers. It is the first novel in the harry potter series and rowlings debut novel, first published in 1997 by bloomsbury. Harry potter uses the invisibility cloak in all of the harry potter books. Depending on the variant that youre reading i believe that the page numbers differ between countries so im using the copies that i have to hand. Which harry potter book is the holy grail of them all. Discussion questions for harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban by j. Some of the best moments in rowlings books occur when she reminds us. Since this was the first book, rowling had more time to edit the book and make the writing more concise. Harry potter, hogwarts and 3 houses, limited edition, designer washi tape, sample lengths, ravenclaw is no longer available.
According to wikipedia, the american version, harry potter and the. Warner bros entertainment, warner bros studios, pottermore, universal orlando resort, j. One day just before his eleventh birthday, an owl tries to. How to find, buy, and sell used and rare books ian c. The harry potter books are popular, and once someone reads the first book in the series, they often end up reading the entire series. I created this list because my wordpress statistics indicate that people do web searches for this information. Rowlings harry potter series has made a fine habit of breaking sales records. The eight harry potter books have an impressive combined word count of over 1 million. Harry potter and the philosophers stone is a fantasy novel written by british author j. Wandless magic is, however, very difficult and requires much concentration and incredible skill. The last two books are slightly shorter but still longer than the first books in the series.
The first three harry potter books were released in the united states in 1998 and 1999. Then in the fifth book harry potter and the order of the phoenix, dumbledore quickly makes a portkey to transport harry and the weasley children to number 12 grimauld place. In total, all seven harry potter books contain 1,084,170 words. Find beautifully illustrated editions, classic paperbacks, boxed sets. Why is the kindle version of harry potter and the deathly. But for most of the entire first half of the book, harry and hermione are on a slog together, and. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix has harry facing more exciting adventures and dangers than ever before and the excellent writing of j k rowling keeps you wanting more the entire. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix wikipedia. Unfollow harry potter first edition book canadian to stop. Buy harry potter and the philosophers stone, harry potter and the chamber of secrets and harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban as beautiful slipcased editions from the harry potter bookshop at harrypotter. The box itself is beautifully designed with new artwork by kazu kibuishi, and the books create a gorgeous, magical vista when the spines are lined up together. The books have been made into movies by warner bros. What isn\t often considered is the sheer number of words a person who reads the entire series consumes. Rowling was caught on a delayed train somewhere between manchester and kings cross station in london.