The first ten sentences of Harry Potter's and the Philosopher's Stone are:
"Mr. and Mrs. Dursley of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. They were the last people you'd expect to be involved in anything strange or mysterious, because they just didn't hold with such nonsense.
Mr. Dursley was the director of a firm called Grunnings, which made drills. He was a big, beefy man with hardly any neck, although he did have a very large moustache. Mrs. Dursley was thin and blonde and had nearly twice the usual amount of neck, which came in very useful as she spent so much of her time craning over garden fences, spying on the neighbours. The Dursleys had a small son called Dudley and in their opinion there was no finer boy anywhere.
The Dursleys had everything they wanted, but they also had a secret, and their greatest fear was that somebody would discover it. They didn't think they could bear it if anyone found out about the Potters. Mrs. Potter was Mrs. Durlsey's sister, but they hadn't met for several years; in fact, Mrs. Dursley pretended she didn't have a sister, because her sister and her good-for-nothing husband were as unDursleyish as it was possible to be. The Dursleys shuddered to think what the neighbours would say if the Potters arrived in the street. The Dursleys knew that the Potters had a small son, too, but they had never even seen him."
The first ten pages of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, American edition ©2005 Hardcover, are part of the 18-paged first chapter entitled "The Other Minister," and tells about the Minister of Magic and the Prime Minister of England's relationship over the course of the Harry Potter series.
I believe typing out that much of a book would be considered copyright infringement of some sort, so you'll have to read it.
Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. They were the last people you'd expect to be involved in anything strange or mysterious, because they just didn't hold with such nonsense. Mr. Dursley was the director of a firm called Grunnings, which made drills. He was a big, beefy man with hardly any neck, although he did have a very large mustache. Mrs. Dursley was thin and blonde and had nearly twice the usual amount of neck, which came in very useful as she spend so much of her time craning over garden fences, spying on the neighbors. The Dursleys had a small son called Dudley, and in their opinion there was no finer boy anywhere. The Dursleys had everything they wanted, but they also had a secret, and their greatest fear was that somebody would discover it. They didn't think they could bear it if anyone found out about the Potters. Mrs. Potter was Mrs. Dursley's sister, but they hadn't met for several years; in fact, Mrs. Dursley pretended she didn't have a sister, because her sister and her good-for-nothing husband were as unDursleyish as it was possible to be. The Dursleys shuddered to think what the neighbors would say if the Potters arrived in the street. The Dursleys knew that the Potters had a small son, too, but they had never even seen him. This boy was another good reason for keeping the Potters away; they didn't want Dudley mixing with a child like that.
When Mr. and Mrs. Dursley woke up on the dull, gray Tuesday our story starts, there was nothing about the cloudy sky outside to suggest that strange and mysterious things would soon be happening all over the country. Mr. Dursley hummed as he picked out his most boring tie for work, and Mrs. Dursley gossiped away happily as she wrestled a screaming Dudley into his high chair.
Chapter 1 was titled, "The Other Minister." Cornelius Fudge met with the Muggle Prime Minister. He advised him on current events and that the Death Eaters and the wizarding world were at war. Fudge introduced the him to the new Minister for Magic, Rufus Scrimgeour.
The first page introduces the Dursley family. The first line is "Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. They were the last people you'd expect to be involved in anything strange or mysterious, because they just didn't hold with such nonsense."
The chapter is 'The Boy Who Lived' and it is introducing the Dursleys.
The first line is: 'Mr and Mrs Dursley of number four Privet Drive were perfectly normal, than you very much.'
Filming was completed in summer 2002, and the film was released on November 15th, 2002.
The philosophers stone featured in the first Harry Potter is a red coloured jewel guaranteed to make you immortal. It looks like a big, shiny, red rock.
Bloody hell.
The title of the first book in the US is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Internationally the book is titled Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Known as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in America.In America and a few other countries the title was changed to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone because the American publisher believed American children would not know what a Philosopher was. J.K Rowling later stated that she regrets allowing them to change it but didn't mind at the time because it was her first book and she was being published.Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone.
The first Harry Potter is called Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone but was published in the USA as Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone. I do not believe J.K Rowling ever considered another name for it.
She got on TV when she was 11(i think) but she got on tv though many auditions for harry potter. her first movie was Harry Potter and the Sorcers Stone(aka Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone)
J.K. Rowling got her first book, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone," published by Bloomsbury in the United Kingdom in 1997.
Filming was completed in summer 2002, and the film was released on November 15th, 2002.
The philosophers stone featured in the first Harry Potter is a red coloured jewel guaranteed to make you immortal. It looks like a big, shiny, red rock.
Bloody hell.
J K Rowling was living in Edinburgh when she began Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone.
The first book in the Harry Potter series is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone(American title) or Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone(other countries). The last book in the Harry Potter series is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
The first Harry Potter book is titled "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone." In the United States, it was published as "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone."
The title of the first book in the US is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Internationally the book is titled Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.