《哈利·波特》的導讀語（英文版）

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 threeheaded 
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. 

‘Funny, imaginative, magical ... Rowling has 
woken up a whole generation to reading. In 
the 2020s, thirty-something book-lovers 
will know each other by smug references 
to Diagon Alley and Quidditch’ The Times 

‘This is a terrific book’ Sunday Telegraph 

‘Has all the makings of a classic ... Rowling 
uses classic narrative devices with flair and 
originality and delivers a complex and 
demanding plot in the form of a hugely 
entertaining thriller’ Scotsman 

‘And you thought wizardry was for 
children. Harry Potter will make you think 
again. He casts his spells on grownups 
too’ James Naughtie 

‘Full of surprises and jokes; comparisons 
with Dahl are, this time, justified’ 
Sunday Times