He eavesdrops on them and hears them talking about “the Potters and their son Harry.” Vernon finds this horrifying because the Potters are his in-laws, and he and Petunia wouldn’t want anyone to find out about them. He forces himself to forget the cat, but upon arriving in town, he notices large groups of people wearing cloaks. None of them notice a large tawny owl flying past their window, but Vernon does notice the tabby cat reading a map and a street sign outside their house.

On Tuesday, 1 November 1981, the Dursleys begin the day by gossiping about their neighbours while Petunia wrestles the disagreeable Dudley into his high chair. Vernon is the director of a drill-making firm called Grunnings, and Petunia keeps house and raises their one-year-old son Dudley. They are the last people you’d expect to be involved in anything strange or mysterious, because they just don’t hold with such nonsense. Vernon and Petunia Dursley, of Number Four Privet Drive (in Little Whinging, Surrey), are proud to say that they are perfectly normal. ' To Harry Potter - The Boy Who Lived' - People meeting in secret all over the country to offer a toast to Harry Harry Potter as a baby Chapter 1: The Boy Who Lived Harry Potter thinks he is an ordinary boy - until he is rescued by a beetle-eyed giant of a man, enrols at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, learns to play Quidditch, and does battle in a deadly duel. There he finds not only friends, flying sports on broomsticks, and magic in everything from classes to meals. A letter with an invitation to an incredible place called Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Then a mysterious letter arrives by owl messenger. Harry's room is a tiny closet beneath the stairs, and he hasn't had a birthday party in ten years. He lives with the miserable Dursleys and their abominable son, Dudley. 'Until now there's been no magic for Harry Potter. There he finds not only friends, aerial sports, and magic around every corner, but a great destiny that's been waiting for him. A letter with an invitation to a wonderful place he never dreamed existed. Harry's room is a tiny Cupboard Under the Stairs, he hasn't had a birthday party in ten years, and his birthday present is his uncle's old socks.īut all that is about to change when a mysterious letter arrives by owl messenger. All Harry knows is a miserable life with the Dursleys: his horrible aunt and uncle and their abominable son, Dudley. He's never worn a Cloak of Invisibility, befriended a half-giant, or helped hatch a dragon. ' Harry Potter has never played a sport while flying on a broomstick. Rowling: Jessica, her eldest daughter, Anne, her late mother, and Di, her sister.Ĭover of the US edition, by Mary Grandpré

The book is dedicated to three female relatives of the author J. ' For Jessica, who loves stories, for Anne, who loved them too, and for Di, who heard this one first'

3.17 Chapter 17: The Man with Two Faces.

3.14 Chapter 14: Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback.

3.6 Chapter 6: The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-Quarters.

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