Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

J. K. ROWLING HARRY POTTER

When a letter arrives for unhappy but ordinary Harry Potter, a decade-old secret is revealed to him. His parents were wizards, killed by a Dark Lord's curse when Harry was just a baby, and which he somehow survived. Escaping from his unbearable Muggle guardians to Hogwarts, a wizarding school brimming with ghosts and enchantments, Harry stumbles into a sinister adventure when he finds a three-headed dog guarding a room on the third floor. Then he hears of a missing stone with astonishing powers which could be valuable, dangerous, or both.

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

for Jessica, who loves stories, for Anne, who loved them too, and for Di, who heard this one first.

- CHAPTER ONE -