The Harry Potter logo first uised for the American edeetion o the novelle series (an some ither edeetions warldwide), an then the film series. | |
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Author | J. K. Rowling |
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Kintra | Unitit Kinrick |
Leid | Inglis |
Genre | Fantasy, drama, young-adult feection, meestery, thriller, Bildungsroman |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Arthur A. Levine Books (US) Little, Brown (UK) |
Published | 26 June 1997 – 21 July 2007, 31 July 2016[1] (ineetial publication) |
Media teep | Print (hardback & paperback) Audiobook E-book (as o 2012[update])[2] |
No. o beuks | 7 |
Wabsteid | www |
Harry Potter is a series o fantasy novelles written bi Breetish author J. K. Rowling. The novelles chronicle the life o a young wizard, Harry Potter, an his friends Hermione Granger an Ron Weasley, aw o whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The main story arc concerns Harry's struggle against Lord Voldemort, a dark wizard wha intends tae acome immortal, owerthrow the wizard govrenin bouk kent as the Ministry of Magic, an subjugate aw wizards an Muggles.
Syne the release o the first novelle, Harry Potter an the Philosopher's Stane, on 26 Juin 1997, the beuks hae foond immense popularity, creetical acclaim an commercial success warldwide. Thay hae attracted a wide adult audience as well as younger readers, an are eften considered cornerstones o modren young adult leeteratur.[3] The series haas an aa haed its share o creeticism, includin concern aboot the increasinly dark tone as the series progressed, as well as the eften gruesome an graphic violence it depicts. As o Julie 2013[update], the beuks hae sauld mair nor 450 million copies warldwide, makin them the best-sellin beuk series in history, an hae been owerset intae seiventy-three leids.[4][5] The last fower beuks consecutively set records as the fastest-sellin beuks in history, wi the final instalment sellin roughly eleiven million copies in the Unitit States within twinty-fower oors o its release.
The series wis oreeginally published in Inglis bi twa major publishers, Bloomsbury in the Unitit Kinrick an Scholastic Press in the Unitit States. A play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, based on a story bi Rowling, premiered in Lunnon on 30 Julie 2016 at the Palace Theatre, an its script wis published bi Little, Brown as the aicht beuk in the series.[6] The oreeginal seiven beuks war adaptit intae an aicht-pairt film series bi Warner Bros. Pictures, which haes acome the seicont heichest-grossin film series o aw time as o August 2015[update]. The franchise haes an aa generatit much tie-in merchandise, makin the Harry Potter brand worth in excess o $15 billion.[7]
A series o mony genres, includin fantasy, drama, comin o age an the Breetish schuil story (which includes elements o meestery, thriller, adventur, horror an romance), the warld o Harry Potter explores numerous themes an includes mony cultural meanins an references.[8] Accordin tae Rowling, the main theme is daith.[9] Ither major themes in the series include prejudice, corruption, an madness.[10]
The success o the beuks an films haes ensured that the Harry Potter franchise continues tae expand, wi numerous derivative wirks, a travellin exhibeetion that premiered in Chicago in 2009, a studio tour in Lunnon that opened in 2012, a deegital platform on which J.K. Rowling updates the series wi new information an insicht, an a trilogy o spin-off films premiering in November 2016, amang mony ither developments. Maist recently, themed attractions, collectively kent as The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, hae been biggit at several Universal Parks & Resorts amusement parks aroond the warld.
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