LONDON — When Bloomsbury Publishing founder Nigel Newton brought home a manuscript for “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” by a then unknown J.K.…
Twenty-five years later, it is one of the biggest selling novels of all time after capturing the hearts and imaginations of children around the world.
Sunday marks 25 years since Rowling’s first book about the magical world of witches and wizards was published. “It was children and not their parents who were the original adopters of this book. It was a complete grassroots phenomenon.” The image of Harry in front of the Hogwarts Express, the train taking him to the famed magical school, is one of the most recognizable book covers in children’s literature.
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