Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is a fantasy book written by British author J. K. Rowling and the seventh and final novel of the Harry Potter series. The book was released on July 21, 2007, ending a series that began in 1997 with the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone . It was published by Bloomsbury Publishing in the United Kingdom, in the United States by Scholasticism, and in Canada by Raincoast Books. This novel tells of events that directly follow Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005), and the final confrontation between the Harry Potter wizard and Lord Voldemort.
Deathly Hallows broke the sales record once it was released, surpassing the mark set by the previous title of the Potter series. It holds the Guinness World Record for most of the novels sold within 24 hours of its release, with 8.3 million sold in the US alone and 2.65 million in the UK. Generally well received by critics, this book won the Colorado Blue Spruce Book Award 2008, and the American Library Association named it "The Best Book for Young Adults". The film adaptation of the novel was released in two parts: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 in November 2010, and Part 2 in July 2011.
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Plot
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Throughout the previous six novels in the series, the titular character of Harry Potter has struggled with teen troubles along with being renowned as the only witch to survive the Killing Curse. The curse was cast by the evil Tom Riddle, better known as Lord Voldemort, a powerful evil wizard who had killed Harry's parents and tried to kill Harry as a baby, with this belief would thwart the prophecy that Harry would be his equal. As an orphan, Harry is placed in the care of his Muggle (non-magical) relatives Petunia Dursley and Vernon Dursley.
At Philosopher's Stone , Harry re-enters the wizarding world at the age of 11 and enrolls at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He befriends fellow disciples Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, and is guided by the headmaster, Albus Dumbledore. He also met Professor Severus Snape, who was very unhappy and oppressive. Harry fights against Voldemort several times while at school, when magicians try to regain physical form. In Goblet of Fire, Harry mysteriously enters into a dangerous magic competition called the Triwizard Tournament, which he finds is a trap designed to allow Lord Voldemort's return to full strength. During the Order of the Phoenix , Harry and some of his friends face up against Voldemort's Death Eaters, a group of dark magicians and wizards, and narrowly defeat them. In Half-Blood Prince , Harry knows that Voldemort has divided his soul into sections, creating "horcruxes" from various unidentified objects to hold them; in this way he has ensured his immortality as long as at least one of the horcruxes still exists. Two of these have been destroyed, a diary that Harry destroyed in the events of the Chamber of Secrets and a ring Dumbledore destroyed just before the Half-Blood Prince episode. Dumbledore takes Harry along in an attempt to destroy the third horcrux contained in the pendant. However, the horcrux has been taken by an unknown magician, and upon their return, Dumbledore is ambushed and disarmed by Draco Malfoy, who can not bring himself to kill him. Dumbledore was later killed by Snape, who completed what Malfoy started.
Summary
Following Dumbledore's death, Voldemort consolidates his support and strength, including the secret control of the Ministry of Magic, while Harry will be seventeen years old, losing his protection at home. The Phoenix Order moves Harry to a new location before his birthday, but is attacked on departure. In the ensuing battle, Moody's "Mad-Eye" was killed and George Weasley was wounded; Voldemort himself arrives to kill Harry, but Harry's wand avoids him by itself. Harry, Ron and Hermione make arrangements to leave Hogwarts and hunt down the remaining four Voldemort Horcruxes, but have little clue to working with their identity and location. One of them is a pendant once owned by Hogwarts co-founder Salazar Slytherin stolen by a mysterious "RAB", probably a cup originally owned by Helga Hufflepuff co-founder, the third probably connected with co-founder Rowena Ravenclaw, and who the fourth may be Nagini, the Voldemort snake he knew. They also inherited a strange inheritance from among Dumbledore's treasures: the Gold Snitch for Harry, the Deluminator for Ron, and the book of tales for Hermione.
The trio attend Bill Weasley's wedding, but during the reception, the Ministry of Magic finally falls to Voldemort and the marriage is attacked by Death Eaters. They fled to 12 Grimmauld Place in London, the home of the Sirius Black family, whom Harry had inherited a year earlier. Thanks to Kreacher's house-elves they identified R.A.B. as Sirius's deceased brother, Regulus and learned that Slytherin's locket was stolen from the house and eventually seized by Dolores Umbridge of the Ministry of Magic. They infiltrated the Ministry in disguise and retrieved the locket, but unintentionally damaged the protection of 12 Grimmauld Place during their escape and had to continue running across the countryside. With no way to destroy the locket, they often argue under the evil influence of the object, culminating in Ron leaving Harry and Hermione.
Harry and Hermione continue the quest, discovering more about Dumbledore's past, including the death of younger Dumbledore's sister and his relationship with the dark magician Gellert Grindelwald. They travel to Godric's Hollow, Harry's birthplace and the place where his parents died, and meet the old wizarding historian Bathilda Bagshot, but he turns out to be Nagini in disguise, awaiting their arrival. The snake attacked Harry and again they could barely escape, but Harry's wand was broken and irreparable. Their luck finally came to hand Forest of Dean. A mysterious silver Patronus appears and guides Harry to a cool pool containing the founder of the Hogwarts Sword Godric Gryffindor, one of the few things that can destroy the Horcrux. During Harry's attempt to recover his sword, the Horcrux tries to kill him. He is saved by Ron, who appears suddenly, takes a sword and uses it to destroy the locket.
Ron has been guided back to them by the Deluminator, pointing out that Dumbledore's gifts may be more useful than they expected. Hermione identifies in Dumbledore's book a strange symbol that is also worn on marriage by Xenophilius Lovegood. They visited him and were told that the symbol represented the myth of Deathly Hallows, three things from an old tale entitled The Story of Three Brothers : Elder Wand, an unparalleled stick; The Resurrection Stone, capable of calling the dead; and the perfect Invisibility Cloak. Although Ron and Hermione are skeptical, Harry believes that Hallows is real and can explain Voldemort's vision he has experienced over the past few months. He suspects Voldemort is hunting the Elder Wand, won by Dumbledore after defeating Grindelwald, believing it will allow him to defeat the relationship between his own wand and Harry. Harry believes the Resurrection Stone is inserted into the horcrux ring that Dumbledore discovered the year before, and may be hidden inside the remaining Dumbledore Snitch for him, but he can not open it. The description of the third Hallow also matches his own invisibility cloak. Harry's suspicions were confirmed when he had Voldemort's vision of opening Dumbledore's tomb and stealing the Elder Wand from the inside.
The trio were captured by Snatchers and taken to Malfoy Manor, where Bellatrix Lestrange tortured Hermione to find out how the three obtained a sword, which he believed to be in his safe at Gringotts. With the help of Dobby the house-elf, they escaped with friends of prisoner Luna Lovegood, Mr. Ollivander, Dean Thomas, and the Griphook goblin. During the run, Peter Pettigrew was strangled by his own silver hand after Harry reminded him of the debt owed him; Harry defeats Draco Malfoy and steals his wand; and Dobby was killed by Bellatrix. Bellatrix's anger in interrogating Hermione gave Harry the impression of extraordinary objects in the vault, and when asked, Griphook insisted that the golden cup was in the safe. With the help of Griphook, they break into the vault at Gringotts, take the cup, and run away on the dragon, but in the mess Griphook steals the Gryffindor Sword from them. Harry has another vision of Voldemort and sees that he now understands their plans, and intends to make the remaining horcruxes safer. This vision also confirms the unknown horcrux at Hogwarts.
They entered the school through an undiscovered secret door at Hog's Head, a bar in Hogsmeade owned by Dumbledore's brother Aberforth. Harry tells Voldemort's teachers are planning an attack at school, and they drive Snape and summon the Order of the Phoenix to help defend the school in order to win Harry time to find the horcrux. Voldemort had placed a guard at the Ravenclaw tower, reinforcing Harry's belief that the horcrux was the crown of Rowena Ravenclaw, lost centuries ago. The ghost story of Ravenclaw further confirms this belief, and Harry remembers the old diadem in the Room of Requirement. Ron and Hermione smash the cup with basilisk fangs taken from the Chamber of Secrets as Voldemort and his army surrounds the castle. They find the diadem but are ambushed by Draco Malfoy and his friends Crabbe and Goyle. Crabbe tried to kill them using Fiendfyre, the damned fire, but could not control it; fire destroys diadem and himself while Harry and his friends save Malfoy and Goyle. Meanwhile, several main characters were killed in the Battle of Hogwarts, including Remus Lupine, Nymphadora Tonks, and Fred Weasley.
At his camp, Voldemort felt the Elder Wand did not do what he expected. According to legend, full loyalty should be won by killing the previous owner, and Voldemort reasoned that when Snape killed Dumbledore, he would not be able to fully use the stick's power until he killed Snape, which he did. Harry arrives when Snape is dying, and Snape gives him memories to see in the pensieve. They reveal Snape has a lifelong love for Harry's mother and feels haunted for causing his death, and despite hating Harry's father, he agrees upon Dumbledore's request to watch Harry and act as a double agent against Voldemort. The Patronus doe who leads Harry to the Sword is called by Snape, who watches them all the time. It was revealed that Dumbledore was slowly dead after mistreating the ring horcrux, and he planned a "murder" with Snape in advance to prove Snape's loyalty to Voldemort. The memory also explains that Harry himself is a horcrux and must die in Voldemort's hands if Voldemort becomes mortal. Harry accepts his death and goes to the Forbidden Forest to allow Voldemort to kill him. On the way he mentioned to Neville Longbottom that Voldemort Nagini's snake had to be killed to make Voldemort vulnerable. He finally manages to unlock the Snitch and uses the Resurrection Stone inside to seek the comfort and courage of his beloved dead - his parents, Sirius and Lupine - drop Stone in the forest before reaching Voldemort's camp. Voldemort used the Killing Curse and Harry did not defend himself.
Harry awakes in a dreamlike location like the Kings Cross station and is greeted by Dumbledore, who explains that Voldemort's original Killing Curse left a fragment of Voldemort's soul in Harry, causing the relationship they felt, making Harry the unwanted Horcrux; this fragment has just been destroyed by Voldemort himself. When Voldemort uses Harry's blood to regain his full strength, this further protects Harry from Voldemort, allowing Harry to live again if he chooses, or to "continue." Harry chose to go back and pretend to be dead. Voldemort summoned the truce and presented Harry's body, offering to save most defenders if they surrendered. Neville, however, drew the Gryffindor Sword out of the Sorting Hat and used it to chop off Nagini's head, leaving Voldemort unattended, and Harry fleeing under his cloak as the battle continued.
In the last attack, Bellatrix is ​​killed by Molly Weasley and Harry reveals to Voldemort that he is still alive. He explains to Voldemort that Elder Wand's loyalty is transferred to defeat, not necessarily murder, from his previous master. Although Voldemort believed in killing Snape, he had gained Wand's allegiance, Snape had never actually been his master. Instead, Draco Malfoy accidentally gained Wand's allegiance when he disarmed Dumbledore just before Snape arrived to kill him. Therefore, Harry believes that their duel will depend on whether or not Wand recognizes Harry to be the new master after he disarmed Draco at Malfoy Manor a few weeks earlier. Voldemort tries one last Murder Curse on Harry, but the Elder Wand refuses to act against Harry and the spell soars, killing Voldemort eventually.
Harry uses the Elder Wand to fix his wand, planning to return the Elder Wand to Dumbledore's grave where his power can vanish if Harry dies unbeaten and it can disappear from history. Harry had no intention of searching for the Resurrection Stone he dropped in the Forbidden Forest, but would keep the Invisibility Cloak he inherited. The world of magic returns to peace once more.
- Epilogue
In a set of epilogues at King's Cross station 19 years later, the main characters see their own children go to Hogwarts. Harry and Ginny are a couple with three children: James Sirius, Albus Severus, and Lily Luna. Ron and Hermione also have two children, Rose and Hugo. Harry's godson, Teddy Lupine, was found kissing the daughters of Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour, Victoire; Neville Longbottom is now a professor of Hogwarts; Draco Malfoy and his wife were also at the station to send their son, Scorpius. Albus left for his first year at Hogwarts and was worried he would be placed in Slytherin House. Harry convinces him by telling his son that he was named after two principals of Hogwarts, one of them (Snape) a Slytherin and "the bravest man he has ever met", but the Sorting Hat can also take personal preference as Harry did. The book ends with the words: "The cut did not hurt Harry for nineteen years. Everything is fine."
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Background
Franchise
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was published by Bloomsbury, the publisher of all Harry Potter books in England, on June 30, 1997. The book was released in the United States on September 1, 1998 by Scholastic- publishers of American books - such as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, after Rowling received US $ 105,000 for American rights - an amount never before for children's books by an unknown author. The second book, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets was originally published in England on July 2, 1998, and in the US on June 2, 1999. Harry Potter and Prisoner of Azkaban was published a year later in England on July 8, 1999, and in the US on September 8, 1999. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was published on July 8, 2000 at the same time by Bloomsbury and Gramedia. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the longest book in the series in 766 pages in the English version and 870 pages in the US version. It was published worldwide in English on June 21, 2003. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was published on July 16, 2005, and sold 9 million copies in the first 24 hours of its worldwide release.
Title options
The title of this book refers to the three mythical objects featured in the story, collectively known as the "Deathly Hallows" - the unbeatable rod, the stone to revive the dead, and the invisibility cloak. Shortly before the release of the title, J. K. Rowling announced that he had considered three titles for the book. The final title was released to the public on December 21, 2006, through a special Christmas-themed hangman puzzle on Rowling's website, which was confirmed shortly thereafter by the publisher of the book. When asked during a live chat about other titles he had considered, Rowling mentioned Harry Potter and Elder Wand and Harry Potter and Peverell Quest.
Rowling when finishing the book
Rowling finished the book while living at the Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh in January 2007, leaving a statement signed on a marble statue of Hermes in her room that read: "JK Rowling finished writing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in this room (552) on January 11, 2007 ". In a statement on his website, he said, "I have never felt such a mixture of extreme emotions in my life, never dreaming I can feel the heart and euphoric simultaneously." He compared his mixed feelings to those expressed by Charles Dickens in the 1850 edition of David Copperfield, "a two-year imaginative task." "Where," he added, "I can only sigh, trying seventeen years, Charles". He ended his message by saying "Deathly Hallows is my favorite, and that is the most beautiful way to complete this series".
When asked before the publication of the upcoming book, Rowling states that he can not change his ending even if he wants it. "These books have been planned for a long time, and for six books now, that they are all leading a certain direction, so I really can not". He also commented that the last volume is closely related to the previous book in the series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince , "almost as if they were two parts of the same novel". He has said that the last chapter of the book is written "in something like 1990", as part of his original work in the series. Rowling also revealed he originally wrote the last words to be "something like: 'Only those he loves can see his lightning scar ' ". Rowling changes this because he does not want anyone to think Voldemort will rise again and says that Harry's mission is over.
Main theme
Death
In an interview in 2006, J. K. Rowling said that the main theme of this series is Harry's dealing with death, which was influenced by his mother's death in 1990, from multiple sclerosis. Lev Grossman of Time states that the main theme of this series is the importance of continuing to love in the face of death.
Live in a broken community
Academics and journalists have developed many interpretations of other themes in the book, some more complex than others, and some include political subtext. Themes such as normality, oppression, survival, and overcoming impressive opportunities have all been considered common throughout the series. Similarly, themes make one's way through adolescence and "overcome the most terrible trials - and thus come to terms with them" have also been considered. Rowling has stated that the books consist of "a prolonged argument for tolerance, a prolonged plea to end bigotry" and also convey a message to "question the authority and... not assume that the stance or the press tells you all of the truth".
Some political commentators have seen JK Rowling's portrayal of the bureaucratic Ministry of Magic and the oppressive measures taken by the Ministry in later books (such as making attendance at the obligatory Hogwarts School and "Mudbloods registration" with the Ministry) as allegories criticizing the state.
Collection of Christian allegories
The Harry Potter series has been criticized for supposing magic and occultism. Prior to the publication of Deathly Hallows, Rowling refused to speak about his religion, stating, "If I speak too freely, every reader, whether 10 or 60, will be able to guess what will come in the books". However, many have noted the Christian allegory seen in Deathly Hallows . For example, Harry dies and then lives again to save people, like Christ. The location where this happens is King's Cross. Harry also urges Voldemort to show his regret, restoring his ruined soul. Rowling also stated that "my belief and my struggle with religious beliefs... I think is quite clear in this book", which is shown when Harry fights with his faith in Dumbledore.
Deathly Hallows starts with a pair of epigraphs, one by Quaker leader William Penn and one from Aeschylus The Libation Bearers . About this, Rowling said, "I really enjoy choosing those two quotes because one of them is an idol, of course, and one comes from the Christian tradition I know it will be the two parts since the Chamber I always knew that if I could use it at the beginning of the seventh book then I would finish it perfectly If they are relevant then I go where I need to go They just say everything to me, they really ".
When Harry visits his parents' tomb, biblical references "The last enemy to be destroyed is death" (1 Corinthians 15:26) written on the grave. The Dumbledore family grave also contains a biblical passage: "Where your treasure is, there your heart will also be", which comes from Matthew 6:21. Rowling states, "They are British books, so on a very practical note Harry will find a biblical passage about the tombstones... [but] I think two particular quotes he found on the tombstone in Godric's Hollow, they summarize - they almost symbolizing the whole series ".
Harry Potter scholar John Granger also noted that one of the reasons why the book Harry Potter is so popular is the use of their literary alchemy (similar to Romeo and Juliet >, CS Lewis Perelandra and Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities and the symbolism of the vision. In this model, the author weave allegorical stories along the alchemical alchemy alchemy. Since the medieval period, the alcarians of alchemy have reflected the spirit, death, and resurrection of Christ. While the rest of the series used a common symbol in the alchemy, Deathly Hallows completed this cycle, binding the theme of death, rebirth, and Resurrection Stone to the main motif of alchemical alchemy, and the topics presented in the first book. from the series.
Release
Marketing and promotion
The launch was celebrated by the signing and reading of books throughout the night at the Natural History Museum in London, which Rowling attended along with 1,700 guests selected by ballot. Rowling toured the US in October 2007, where another event was held at Carnegie Hall in New York City with tickets allocated by lottery.
Scholastic, US publisher of the Harry Potter series, launches a multimillion dollar marketing campaign "There will be a 7" soon "Knight Bus" travels to 40 libraries across the United States, online fan discussions and competitions, collections of markers, tattoos and gradual release of seven Deathly Hallows questions are most disputed by fans. In preparation for the book release, Scholastic released seven questions to be answered by fans in the last book:
- Who will live? Who will die?
- Is Snape good or evil?
- Will Hogwarts reopen?
- Who ends with whom?
- Where's the Horcrux?
- Will Voldemort be defeated?
- What is the Deathly Hallows?
JK Rowling arranged with the publisher for a poster containing the face of a missing British child, Madeleine McCann, to be available to order the seller when Deathly Hallows was launched on July 21, 2007, and said she hoped that the poster would be displayed clear in stores around the world.
After being told that the novel will be released on July 21, 2007, Warner Bros. soon declared that the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix will be released shortly before the novel will be released. released, on July 13, 2007, led many to claim that July 2007, is the month of Harry Potter .
Embargo spoiler
Bloomsbury invested Ã, Â £ 10 million in an effort to keep the contents of the book safe until July 21st, the release date. Arthur Levine, the US editor of the Harry Potter series, denied distributing any copies of Deathly Hallows in advance for a press review, but two papers in the US published preliminary reviews. There is speculation that some stores will break the embargo and distribute copies of the book early, because the penalty imposed for previous installments - that the distributor will not be given a further copy of the series - will no longer be a barrier.
Online leakage and delivery online
In the week before release, a number of texts claiming to be genuine leaks appeared in various forms. On July 16, a set of photos representing all 759 pages of the US edition was leaked and fully transcribed before the official release date. The photographs later appeared on websites and peer-to-peer networks, which led the Scholastic to seek a subpoena to identify a single source. This is the most serious security breach in the history of the Harry Potter series. Rowling and his lawyers confirmed that there was an original online leak. The reviews published in both The Baltimore Sun and The New York Times on July 18, 2007 reinforce many plot elements of this leak, and about one day before the release, The New York Times asserts that major leakage circulation is real.
Scholastic announced that about one-ten-thousand (0.0001) of US supplies had been delivered early - interpreted to mean about 1,200 copies. A reader in Maryland received a copy of the book by post from DeepDiscount.com four days before launch, which evoked an unreliable response from Scholastic and DeepDiscount. Scholastics initially reported that they were satisfied it had become "human error" and would not discuss possible penalties; however, the following day Scholastic announced that it would launch legal action against DeepDiscount.com and its distributor, Levy Home Entertainment. Scholastic filed a lawsuit for damages in the PA District Court of Chicago, claiming that DeepDiscount was involved in a "complete and striking violation of the agreement they knew was part of a carefully crafted release of this long-awaited book." Some early release books soon appear on eBay, in one case being sold to Publisher Weekly for US $ 250 from the initial price of US $ 18.
Price wars and other controversies
Asda, along with several other British supermarkets, who had pre-book bookings at heavily discounted prices, sparked a price war two days before the book's launch announcing that they would sell for just $ 5 per copy. Other retail chains then also offer the book at a discount. At this price the book becomes a losing leader. This caused an uproar from traditional British book vendors who argued that they had no hope of competing under these conditions. Independent stores protest the harshest, but even Waterstone's, the largest dedicated chain of bookstores in Britain, can not compete with supermarket prices. Some small bookstores reciprocate by buying their shares from the supermarket rather than their wholesalers. Asda tries to overcome this by imposing a limit of two copies per customer to prevent bulk purchases. Philip Wicks, spokesman for the British Booksellers Association, said, "This is a war we can not even follow, we think it's a heartbreaking shame that the supermarket has decided to treat her as a loss leader, like a baked bean." Michael Norris, an analyst at Simba Information, said: "You do not just lower the book price, at this point you lower the reading value."
In Malaysia, a similar price war sparked controversy over the sale of the book. Four of Malaysia's largest bookstore chains, MPH Bookstore, Popular Bookstore, Times and Harris, decided to withdraw Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows from their shelves in protest against Tesco and Carrefour hypermarkets. The book retail price in Malaysia is MYR 109.90, while the Tesco and Carrefour hypermarkets sell the book at MYR 69.90. The move by the bookstores was seen as an attempt to pressure distributor Penguin Books to remove books from hypermarkets. However, on July 24, 2007, the price war has ended, with four bookstores involved continuing to sell books at their stores at a discount. Penguin Books has also confirmed that Tesco and Carrefour sell books in confusion, urging them to practice good business sense and fair trade.
The release on Saturday morning in Israel was criticized for breaking the Shabbat. Trade and Industry Minister Eli Yishai commented: "It is forbidden, according to Jewish and Jewish values, that something like this should be done at 2 am on Saturday, let them do it on another day." Yishai indicated that he would issue an indictment and a fine under the Hours of Work and Rest of Law.
Publication and acceptance
Critical response
Mary Carole McCauley, noted that the book is more serious than the previous novel in the series and has a more direct prose. Additionally, Alice Fordham's examiner of The Times wrote that "Rowling's genius is not just a total realization of the fantasy world, but a quieter skill in creating characters that bounce pages, real and flawed and brave and sweet". Fordham concluded, "We've been together for a long time, and neither Rowling nor Harry let us down in the end." The New York Times author Michiko Kakutani agrees, praising Rowling's ability to make Harry a hero and character who can be associated with him.
Left magazine Lev Grossman named it one of the 10 Best Fiction Books of 2007, ranking it in No. 8, and praised Rowling for proving that the book could still be a global mass media. Novelist Elizabeth Hand criticized that "... the spectacular and intricate interactions of narrations and characters are often read as if all the valuable trilogy to be summed has been crammed into one volume." In the star review of Kirkus , the reviewer said, "Rowling has shown unusual skills in playing them with and against each other, and also weaving them into excellent bildungsroman, stuffed by easy characters remembered and impregnated with an unbearable and pleasant pleasure ". They also praised the second half of the novel, but criticized the epilogue, calling it "faint provocative". In another review from The Times, observer Amanda Craig says that while Rowling is "not an original, high-concept writer," she's "up there with another great fiction of the kids". Craig goes on to say that the novel was "beautifully judged, and the return of victory to form", and that Rowling's imagination changed the perception of the whole generation, which "more than all but a handful of living writers, in any genre, has been achieved in half a century last ".
In contrast, Jenny Sawyer of The Christian Science Monitor says, "There is much to be loved about the Harry Potter series, from its brilliantly-conscious magical world to its multilevel narrative", however, "A story is about someone who changes, and, on the side of puberty, Harry has not changed much.As Rowling imagines, he walks on a good track without fear that his final victory over Voldemort is felt, not only inevitable, but void. The New York Times, Christopher Hitchens compared the series of English high school stories of World War Two, and when he wrote that "Rowling has won an unbeaten fame" for the series as a whole, he also stated that he does not likes the use of deus ex machina by Rowling, that the mid-book camp chapters are "very long", and Voldemort "becomes more exhausting than Ian Fleming's villain". Catherine Bennett of The Guardian praised Rowling for having included small details from previous books and making them big in Deathly Hallows, such as Grindelwald mentioned on Chocolate Frog Cards at first Book. While he shows "as his critics say, Rowling is not Dickens," he says that Rowling "has become a fictitious, in every book, a new legion of characters, spots, spells, rules and dozens of unimaginable bends and subplots."
Stephen King criticized the reaction of some reviewers of the books, including McCauley, for jumping too quickly to the conclusion of work. He feels this is inevitable, because of the extreme secrecy before launch that does not allow reviewers time to read and consider the book, but means many initial reviews do not have depth. Instead of finding a disappointing writing style, he felt it had matured and developed. He acknowledges that the subject of the books has become more mature, and that Rowling has clearly written with mature audiences firmly in mind since the mid-series. He compared the works in this case with Huckleberry Finn and Alice in Wonderland that achieved success and has become an established classic, in part by attracting the attention of both adult audiences and children.
Sales, awards, and honors
Sales for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows are setting a record. The initial US printing run for Deathly Hallows is 12 million copies, and over one million have been pre-booked through Amazon.com and Barnes & amp; Noble, 500% higher than pre-sale for Half-Blood Prince . On April 12th, 2007, Barnes & amp; Noble states that Deathly Hallows has broken its pre-order record, with over 500,000 pre-ordered copies through its site. On the day of opening, a record 8.3 million copies were sold in the United States (more than 96 per second), and 2.65 million copies in the UK. It holds the Guinness World record for the fastest fiction book sales in 24 hours for US sales. At WH Smith, sales are reported to reach 15 books sold per second. In June 2008, almost a year after it was published, worldwide sales were reported at around 44 million.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows have won several awards. In 2007, the book was named one of The New York Times's 100 Famous Books, and one of the Leading Children's Books. The novel was named the best book of 2007, by critics of Malcolm Jones's Newsweek . Weekly Publishers also lists Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows between their Best Books 2007. In 2008, the American Library Association named the novel one of the Best Books for Young Adults, and also recorded it as the Leading Children's Book. Furthermore, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows received the 2008 Colorado Blue Spruce Book Award.
Translation
Because of his worldwide fame, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows have been translated into many languages. The first translation to be released is a Ukrainian translation, on September 25, 2007 (such as ??????????????????????? - Harry Potter me smertel'ni relikviji ). The Swedish title of the book was revealed by Rowling as Harry Potter and the Death Relics ( Harry Potter och DÃÆ'¶dsrelikerna ), following the pre-release question from Swedish publishers about the difficulty of translating two words " Deathly Hallows " without reading the book. This is also the title used for French translations ( Harry Potter and les reliques de la mort ), Spanish translation ( Harry Potter y las Reliquias de la Muerte ), Dutch translation ( Harry Potter en de Relieken van de Dood ) and Brazilian Portuguese translation ( Harry Potter e as RelÃÆ'quias da Morte ). The first Polish translation was released under a new title: Harry Potter i Insygnia? Mierci - Harry Potter and Insignia of Death . Hindi translation Harry Potter aur Death to Tohfe ( ???? ???? ?????????? ? ), meaning "Harry Potter and the Death Prize", was released by Manjul Publication in India on June 27, 2008. The Romanian version was released on December 1, 2007 using the title ( Harry Potter? i Talismanele Mor? ii ).
Issue
Deathly Hallows was released in hardcover on July 21, 2007 and in paperback in the UK on July 10, 2008 and the United States on July 7, 2009. In SoHo, New York, there was a release party for the American Edition cover, with many games and activities. An "Adult Edition" with different cover illustrations was released by Bloomsbury on July 21, 2007. To be released alongside the original US hardcover on July 21 with only 100,000 copies is the deluxe edition of Scholastic, highlighting the new cover art by Mary GrandPrà ©  ©. In October 2010, Bloomsbury released a paperback edition of "Celebratory", featuring a featured and starred cover. Finally, on November 1, 2010, the "Signature" edition of the novel was released in a novel by Bloomsbury.
Adaptations
Movies
A two-part adaptation film of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was directed by David Yates, written by Steve Kloves and produced by David Heyman, David Barron and J. K. Rowling. Part 1 was released on November 19, 2010, and Part 2 on July 15, 2011. Filming started in February 2009, and ended on June 12, 2010. However, the players confirmed that they will be reshooting the epilogue scene as they only have two days to shoot original. Reshoot officially ends around December 2010. Part 1 ends in Chapter 24 of the book, when Voldemort regains the Elder Wand. However, there are some omissions, such as the appearance of Dean Thomas and Viktor Krum, and the death of Peter Pettigrew. James Bernadelli of Reelviews said the script stuck closest to the text since Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets , but this met with the negative of some audiences when the film was inherited â € problem of books itself ".
Audiobooks
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows were released simultaneously on July 21, 2007, in both the United Kingdom and the United States. The English edition features Stephen Fry's sound and runs about 24 hours while the US edition features the sound of Jim Dale and runs about 21 hours. Both Fry and Dale recorded 146 distinct and distinguishable character sounds, and were most noted by an individual on the audiobook at the time.
For his work at Deathly Hallows , Dale won the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Spoken Album for Kids. He was also awarded the Earphone Award by AudioFile , which claims, "Dale has upgraded the standards on very high audiobook interpretations making it hard to imagine the narrator jumping over it."
Stories Beedle the Bard
On December 4, 2008, Rowling released The Tales of Beedle the Bard in Britain and the United States. The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a spin-off of the Deathly Hallows and contains fairy tales that are told to children in the "Wizarding World". The book covers five short stories, including "The Story of the Three Brothers" which is the Deathly Hallows story.
Amazon.com released an exclusive edition of a collector's book which is a replica of a book Amazon.com purchased at an auction in December 2007. Seven copies were auctioned in London by Sotheby's. Each is illustrated and handwritten by Rowling and 157 pages. It is tied to a brown Moroccan leather and adorned with five sterling silver ornaments which are seeded by hand and up the moon stones.
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References
Bibliography
External links
- Harry Potter on the Bloomsbury.com website Information book of UK publishers
- Harry Potter on the Scholastic.com website US publisher information book
- Harry Potter at Allen & amp; Unwin website at WebCite (archives July 28, 2007) Australian-New Zealand publisher information book
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