One of the reasons Harry Potter is so wildly popular is because it appeals to both children and adults. The perfect mix of mystery and fantasy keeps readers wanting more. If you consider yourself somewhat of a grown-up Potter fan, you might want to visit the Facebook pageHarry Potter Memes And Stuff. With 299 thousand followers, it’s a glorious gallery of magical content. Bored Panda has picked our favorite Harry Potter memes from the page. Keep scrolling and don’t forget to upvote yours.
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2023 marked 25 years since Harry Potter and his friends burst onto the scene in America. “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” was first published in the U.S. in September 1998. The initial 50 thousand copies flew off the shelves. Since then, the Harry Potter series has sold over 230 million copies in America and 600 million worldwide.According to thepublisher, the series has been published in 85 languages, made into eight blockbuster films, and the audiobooks have been listened to for over one billion hours. It was an unexpected success for the author J.K. Rowling, who was unknown before she wrote about “the “boy who lived.”
2023 marked 25 years since Harry Potter and his friends burst onto the scene in America. “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” was first published in the U.S. in September 1998. The initial 50 thousand copies flew off the shelves. Since then, the Harry Potter series has sold over 230 million copies in America and 600 million worldwide.
According to thepublisher, the series has been published in 85 languages, made into eight blockbuster films, and the audiobooks have been listened to for over one billion hours. It was an unexpected success for the author J.K. Rowling, who was unknown before she wrote about “the “boy who lived.”
Joanne Rowling wrote her first book at the age of six. It was a story about a rabbit, simply called “Rabbit”. She wrote her first novel when she was eleven. This time it was about seven cursed diamonds and the people who owned them. The idea for the Harry Potter series came to her in 1990 during a delayed train journey from Manchester to London King’s Cross.
Rowling used her spare time to finish the book. And once she had a full manuscript, she sent the first three chapters to a bunch of publishers. Only one wrote back, asking to see the rest of it. It was “the best letter I had ever received in my life,” said Rowling on her site. The first Harry Potter book was finally published in the U.K. in 1997. Seven years after the idea was sparked on that destined delayed train ride.
When the book was published in America in 1998, the publisher chose to change the title to “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”. It was the beginning of a bunch of record-breaking successes for Rowling, who added six more books to the series over the years.
Both the author and the series have skirted controversy since the first book was published. Some accused Rowling of promoting witchcraft and paganism in her writing. And the books were banned and even burned in some places. “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” was the most frequently challenged book in the U.S. in 1999.
“The Harry Potter series, three of which were published in the U.S. in 1999, made the list of the top 100 most frequently challenged books of the decade 1990-1999 (#48), even though they were only out for part of one year of the decade!“wrotethe Office for Intellectual Freedom of the American Library Association. “And, of course, the series topped the most frequently challenged list of 2000-2009.”
The author also challenged police to arrest her under a new hate crime law after describing several trans women as men. And she’s hadpublic spatswith Harry Potter film starsDaniel Radcliffeand Emma Watson, when they came to the defence of the trans community.
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