The name harry is the middle english form of the name henry, a name which was favoured by many an english king. After a summer spent with the dursleys, harry is excited to return to hogwarts. In the second book, harry and ron miss the train back to school, so they fly to hogwarts in rons dads bewitched ford anglia instead. The books have been made into movies by warner bros. Jk rowling agreed to change the title of the book from harry potter and the philosophers stone to harry potter and the sorcerers stone because the publishers thought that american readers wouldnt pick up a book called harry potter and the philosophers stone. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets 8580001045948. A team of editors takes feedback from our visitors to keep trivia as up to date and as accurate as possible. It is set 19 years after the events of the potter films and follows harry, head of the department of magical law enforcement, and albus severus potter as he sets off on his hogwarts journey. Still, it is a great read compared to 90% of other books in general, and 99% of other childrens fantasy novels. Why was the title of the first harry potter film changed. It is the second book in the series of seven harry potter books.
The joy of harry potters name was that it seemed like one so delightfully ordinary for someone who achieved so much. Harry potter name generator discover your inner witch, wizard or muggle alterego with our harry potter name generator. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets is a fantasy novel written by british author j. The stories tell of him overcoming dangerous obstacles to defeat the.
In which we are reminded of the happenings during harrys first year at. Most wizards and witches in the harry potter universe have regular names, but there are those with more quirky, outlandish or just slightly odd names and surnames. Harry potter and the cursed child is a 2part play written by jack thorne, which is based on the story of j. Harry james potter is the titular protagonist of j. Why does the first harry potter book have two names.
Daniel radcliffe, emma watson, rupert grint, michael gambon. But when we dig a little deeper, it seems to be a very fitting name for the boy who lived. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets the harry potter. Can you name the harry potter book from the first sentence.
The harry potter books make up the popular series written by j. Every harry potter book ranked according to goodreads. The majority of the books plot covers seven years in the life of the orphan harry, who, on his eleventh birthday, learns he is a wizard. The title of the movie was changed to harry potter and the sorcerers stone because the books name was also changed to this. The chamber of secrets is the mystery story where hogwarts muggle students turn into stone. Harry potter has been called the greatest childrens book series ever to have been printed. Harry potter harry potter name generator harry potter. Time book critic lev grossman grabs an early copy of deathly hallows and finds it. Harry s birth was overshadowed by a prophecy, naming either himself or neville longbottom as the one with the power to vanquish lord voldemort.
Ron and hagrid both explain to harry that mudblood is a very insulting name. What is the name of the snake in harry potter and the. And it lays much more of a foundation of the larger story than the first. Simply fill in the form below and then share your name with friends. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets the harry potter lexicon. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets harry potter wiki fandom. Harry and hermione kiss 25 movie clip harry potter. Why harry potters first book has a different title in the us. The boy and girl names from the harry potter series by j. Harry potter this category is for questions about harry potter.
The books concern a wizard called harry potter and his journey through hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. An unexpected visitor, the house elf dobby, tries in vain to prevent harry from returning to hogwarts by getting him to illegally perform magic outside of the school. These questions can be around different things such as music, movie, science, history, sports, and other subjects. K rowling will release two new harry potter books this. Harry potter this category is for questions and answers related to harry potter book 2, as asked by users of. The american edition of harry potter and the philosophers stone was released a year later in september 1998 but it came with a few changes, such as a different name. Rowling are among the most inventive and inspired in literature since charles dickens created pip and oliver twist. The chamber of secrets is in my opinion the weakest of the harry potter books. This name generator will give you 10 random names for wizards and witches part of the harry potter universe. Rowling is credited with making names such as luna and arabella the hits they are today.
The harry potter movies in chronological order by date of. Harry potter started out as a series of books by jk rowling, but went on to be a movie franchise, theme park, video games, and an. Thus, he attends hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry to practice magic under the guidance of the kindly headmaster albus dumbledore and other school professors along. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets is the second book in the series of harry potter novels by j. Arthur levine, the man behind scholastics harry potter publication, had reservations about the books title, more specifically with the word philosopher. As harry potter daniel radcliffe begins his sixth year at hogwarts, he discovers an old book marked as the property of the halfblood prince and begins to learn more about lord voldemorts ralph fiennes dark past. Nagini was the name of the snake owned by hewhomustnotbenamed the giant snake from harry potter and the chamber of secrets owned by tom riddle you know who is a basalisk asked in harry.
The english version of the harry potter books are much better than the dutch versions. Khanh, first of her name, mother of bunnies nov 25, 2012. Along with luna and arabella, other harry potter names in the us top include alice, augustus, cedric, helena, marjorie, orion. Riddle shows harry that his full name, tom marvolo riddle, can be made into the anagram i am lord voldemort. The series combines a sense of wonder, adventure, and magic that matures with its audience, against a backdrop of one of the greatest stories of good and evil ever told.
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