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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Author J. K. Rowling
Jason Cockcroft,
Illustrators
Mary GrandPré
Genre Fantasy
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC,
Publishers
Scholastic Press, Raincoast Books
Released July 21, 2007
Book no. Seven
Sales 11 million+ first 24 hours[1]
Story July 1997 – May 1998 and 1
timeline September 2017
Chapters 36 chapters and an epilogue
607
Pages
759
Preceded Harry Potter and the Half-Blood
by Prince

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the seventh and final book of Harry
Potter novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The book was released on
July 21, 2007, ending the series that began in 1997 with the publication of Harry
Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. This book chronicles the events directly
following Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005), and leads to the long-
awaited final confrontation between Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort.

Deathly Hallows is published in the UK by Bloomsbury Publishing, in the USA by

Scholastic Press, in Canada by Raincoast Books and in Australia and New Zealand
by Allen & Unwin. Released globally in ninety-three countries, Deathly Hallows
broke sales records as the fastest-selling book ever, selling more than eleven million
copies in the first twenty-four hours following its release. The previous record, nine
million in its first day, had been held by Half-Blood Prince.[1]

Contents
1 Epigraph
2 Plot
2.1 Leaving the Dursleys
2.2 Search for the Horcruxes
2.3 The Deathly Hallows
2.4 The Battle of Hogwarts
2.5 Epilogue
3 Rowling's commentary and supplement
4 Pre-release history
4.1 Choice of title
4.2 Marketing campaigns
4.3 Rowling on finishing the book
4.4 Spoiler embargo
4.5 Online leaks and early delivery
4.6 Price wars and other controversies
5 Sales
6 Critical reception
7 Translations
8 Editions
9 References
10 External links

Epigraph
All the books in the Harry Potter series have dedications, but Harry Potter and the
Deathly Hallows is the only one to include an epigraph. It contains two quotes
relating to death and friendship. The first quotation is an English translation from
Ancient Greek of a passage from The Libation Bearers, by the 5th century BC
playwright Aeschylus.[2] The second quotation is from More Fruits of Solitude
(1682) by William Penn, the Quaker author and founder of the American
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.[3]

Plot
Leaving the Dursleys
Acting on information received from Severus Snape, Lord Voldemort and his
followers plot to ambush Harry Potter when he leaves the Dursleys' home for the
last time. Voldemort also seeks a new wand that can defeat Harry's. Shortly before
Harry's protection expires on his seventeenth birthday, the Dursleys are sent to an
undisclosed location, and Order of the Phoenix members arrive to escort Harry to a
safe house. Six Harry-lookalike decoys are used, but the real Harry is identified en
route and attacked by Voldemort and his Death Eaters. Harry narrowly escapes to
The Burrow, but Hedwig and Mad-Eye Moody are killed.

A few days later, Minister of Magic Rufus Scrimgeour arrives to give Harry, Ron
Weasley, and Hermione Granger their bequests from Albus Dumbledore's will. Ron
receives Dumbledore's Deluminator, and Hermione has been left a book of fairy
tales. Harry inherits Godric Gryffindor's sword and the Snitch he caught in his first-
ever Quidditch match, although Scrimgeour withholds the sword, claiming it never
belonged to Dumbledore. Later, the Snitch reveals a cryptic inscription in
Dumbledore's handwriting: "I open at the close."

Search for the Horcruxes

During Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour's wedding reception, Kingsley
Shacklebolt's Patronus appears with a warning that the Ministry has fallen and that
Death Eaters are coming. Harry, Ron and Hermione escape by Disapparating,
eventually taking refuge in the deserted Order of the Phoenix headquarters at
number twelve, Grimmauld Place. While there, Harry discovers that Sirius's late
brother, Regulus Black, shares the same initials with "R.A.B", the person who
removed the locket Horcrux from the hidden sea cave. [HP6] Hermione recalls seeing
a locket amongst house elf Kreacher's possessions. Kreacher fetches Mundungus
Fletcher, who admits he stole the locket from the house elf and used it to bribe
Dolores Umbridge. Convinced it is the Horcrux, the trio infiltrate the Ministry of
Magic disguised by Polyjuice Potion. They recover the locket, but their hiding place
at Grimmauld Place is uncovered.

The trio are forced to go on the run. Unable to open or destroy the locket, they take
turns wearing it to keep it safe. They learn that the sword confiscated by the
Ministry is actually a replica; the real Gryffindor sword can destroy Horcruxes.
Harry wants to search for it, but Ron, fearing for his family's safety and frustrated
that Harry has no real plan, leaves the group. Harry and Hermione go to Godric's
Hollow to look for the sword. They are ambushed by Nagini and Voldemort. As
they escape, Hermione accidentally breaks Harry's wand.

In the Forest of Dean, Harry is led by a doe-shaped Patronus to an icy pond

containing Gryffindor's sword. As Harry attempts to retrieve it, the locket Horcrux
tightens around his neck. Meanwhile, Ron uses the Deluminator to locate Harry and
Hermione. He returns in time to rescue Harry, then destroys the locket with the
sword. Ron warns that Voldemort's name is now Tabooed - anyone uttering it
reveals their location.

The Deathly Hallows

The trio go to Xenophilius Lovegood, Luna's father, to ask about a symbol they saw
him wearing that matches the hand-drawn one in Hermione's book of fairy tales.
Lovegood says it represents the Deathly Hallows, three legendary objects that
conquer death: the Elder Wand, Resurrection Stone, and Invisibility Cloak. When
pressed about Luna's absence, Lovegood admits that Death Eaters abducted her; he
tells them he has alerted the Death Eater-controlled Ministry that they are there, but
they escape.

Bounty hunters capture the trio at their camp after Harry inadvertently speaks
Voldemort's name. They are imprisoned at Malfoy Manor, along with Luna
Lovegood, Dean Thomas, Ollivander the wandmaker, and Griphook the goblin.
Finding Gryffindor's sword among the trio's possessions, Bellatrix Lestrange
suspects they have broken into her vault at Gringotts Bank. Dobby apparates into
the cellar to rescue the prisoners. Peter Pettigrew enters to investigate the noise. He
chokes Harry, who tells him he is owed a life debt.[HP3] Pettigrew loosens his grip,
and his own silver hand strangles him to death in retribution. Harry and Ron rush
upstairs to rescue Hermione from Bellatrix's torture. Ron disarms Bellatrix and
Harry takes Draco's wand. Dobby reappears and they apparate to Bill and Fleur
Weasley's home. During their escape, Bellatrix throws a knife and fatally wounds
Dobby.

While at the cottage, Ollivander confirms the Elder Wand's existence and says that a
wand can change its allegiance if the previous owner is defeated or disarmed.
Bellatrix's behaviour convinces the trio that another Horcrux is hidden in the
Lestrange vault. Aided by Griphook, they infiltrate Gringotts, gain entry into the
vault and retrieve Helga Hufflepuff's Cup Horcrux; Griphook takes the sword,
claiming it rightfully belongs to the Goblins, and the trio escape with the Horcrux.
Meanwhile, Voldemort, who has stolen the Elder Wand from Dumbledore's tomb,
now realises that his Horcruxes are being destroyed. His mind link with Harry
unintentionally reveals that one is hidden at Hogwarts, which Harry soon learns is
Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem.

The Battle of Hogwarts

In Hogsmeade, Aberforth Dumbledore helps the trio to sneak into Hogwarts. Harry
alerts the staff to Voldemort's impending invasion. The Order of the Phoenix,
Dumbledore's Army, and former and current Hogwarts students arrive as
Voldemort's allies attack; among the many casualties are Fred Weasley, Remus
Lupin, Nymphadora Tonks Lupin, and Colin Creevey. As Harry searches for the
diadem, Ron and Hermione enter the Chamber of Secrets to retrieve basilisk fangs.
Hermione uses one to destroy the Cup Horcrux. Harry remembers seeing the
Diadem in the Room of Requirement. While there, the trio are attacked by Malfoy,
Crabbe, and Goyle; Crabbe mishandles the powerful Fiendfyre spell, killing himself
and destroying the diadem.

Harry glimpses Voldemort's mind again, and the trio go to the Shrieking Shack.
They overhear Voldemort telling Snape that he believes the Elder Wand fails to
work properly for him because Snape became its master when Snape killed the
wand's former owner, Dumbledore.[HP6] Convinced that Snape's death will transfer
the wand's allegiance to him, Voldemort orders Nagini to kill him, then leaves. As
Snape lies dying, he gives Harry his memories; they reveal that Snape, although not
entirely good, was loyal to Dumbledore, motivated by his lifelong love for Lily
Potter, Harry's mother. Dumbledore, who was doomed to die after being cursed by
Gaunt's ring Horcrux, had ordered Snape to kill him, if necessary, to protect Snape's
role in the Order of the Phoenix and also to spare Draco Malfoy from fulfilling
Voldemort's task to murder the headmaster. It was Snape who sent the doe Patronus
that led Harry to Gryffindor's sword. The memories also reveal that Harry himself is
a Horcrux; Voldemort cannot die while Harry lives.

Resigned to his fate, Harry goes alone to the Forbidden Forest where Voldemort
awaits. Along the way, he deciphers the Snitch's clue, and it opens to reveal the
Resurrection Stone. Harry summons the spirits of his parents, Sirius Black, and
Remus Lupin, who provide comfort and accompany him to Voldemort's camp. He
then willingly allows Voldemort to strike him with the Avada Kedavra curse.
Awakening in an otherworldly place, Harry is uncertain whether he is alive or dead.
Albus Dumbledore appears and explains that Voldemort's Horcrux within Harry has
been destroyed by the killing curse. He says that just as Voldemort cannot die while
his soul fragments remain, Harry cannot be killed while his blood resides in
Voldemort's body. Harry, having "mastered death", is given the choice to "go on" or
return to the living world.

Harry revives, although he pretends to be dead. Voldemort has him carried to

Hogwarts as a trophy. Neville pulls Gryffindor's sword from the Sorting Hat and
beheads Nagini, destroying the final Horcrux, and the fighting resumes. Harry
covers himself with the Invisibility Cloak. The Hogsmeade villagers, Centaurs, and
Hogwarts' house elves join the battle against the Death Eaters who eventually fold
under superior numbers. Inside the castle, McGonagall, Kingsley, and Slughorn duel
Voldemort as Ginny, Hermione, and Luna are simultaneously fighting Bellatrix
Lestrange. When a killing curse nearly hits Ginny, Molly Weasley pushes the girls
aside and fiercely battles Bellatrix, fatally cursing her. Harry reveals himself and
challenges Voldemort, knowing that Voldemort was never the Elder Wand's true
master. When Draco Malfoy disarmed Dumbledore on the Astronomy Tower, Draco
unknowingly won the Elder Wand's allegiance; when Harry later captured Draco's
own wand, he became the Elder Wand's new master. Voldemort casts a Killing
Curse at Harry as Harry conjures a Disarming Spell, but the Elder Wand protects its
master by rebounding Voldemort's curse, killing him.

Following the battle, Harry visits Dumbledore's portrait. He tells the late headmaster
that he will keep the Invisibility Cloak, but to prevent the Deathly Hallows from
being reunited again, the Resurrection Stone will be left where it was dropped in the
Forbidden Forest, and the Elder Wand is to be returned to Dumbledore's tomb. If
Harry dies undefeated, the Elder Wand's power will be extinguished with his death.
Before placing the Elder Wand into the tomb, Harry uses it to repair his own broken
wand.

Epilogue
Nineteen years later, Harry is married to Ginny Weasley, and they have three
children: James, Albus Severus, and Lily. Ron and Hermione are also married and
have two children, Rose and Hugo. The families meet at King's Cross station, where
a nervous Albus is departing for his first year at Hogwarts. James, the eldest, is
already familiar with school while Lily will start in two years' time. Harry's
nineteen-year-old godson, Teddy Lupin, is found kissing Victoire Weasley (Bill
and Fleur's daughter) in a train compartment. Teddy is apparently very close to the
Potters, with Harry remarking, "He already comes round for dinner about four times
a week." Harry spots Draco Malfoy and his unnamed wife with their son, Scorpius;
Malfoy acknowledges Harry with a curt nod, then turns away. Harry comforts
Albus, who is worried he will be sorted into Slytherin, by telling him that his
namesake, Severus Snape, was a Slytherin and the bravest man he ever met. He
adds that the Sorting Hat takes one's own choice into account. Neville Longbottom
is now the Hogwarts Herbology professor and is close friends with Harry. The book
concludes with the words: "The scar had not pained Harry for nineteen years. All
was well."

Rowling's commentary and supplement

In an interview [4] and online chat,[5][6][7] Rowling gave additional information on
the futures of the main characters that she chose not to include in the epilogue of the
book. She stated that Harry becomes an Auror for the Ministry of Magic, and is
later appointed head of the department. He keeps Sirius's motorcycle, which Arthur
Weasley repaired for him, but he can no longer speak Parseltongue after
Voldemort's soul fragment inside him is destroyed. Ginny Weasley plays for the
Holyhead Harpies Quidditch team for a time, leaves to establish a family with Harry
and later becomes the lead Quidditch correspondent for the Daily Prophet.
Ron works at George's store, Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, then later becomes an
Auror. Hermione finds her parents in Australia and removes the memory
modification charm she put on them. She initially works for the Ministry of Magic
in the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, greatly
improving life for house elves and their ilk. She later moves to the Department of
Magical Law Enforcement and assists in eradicating oppressive, pro-pureblood
laws.

Rowling also explained the fates of several secondary characters. George Weasley
runs his successful joke shop, initially helped by Ron. George names his first child
Fred, after his late twin brother. Luna Lovegood searches the world for odd and
unique creatures. She eventually marries Rolf, a grandson of the famed naturalist,
Newt Scamander.[7] Her father's publication, The Quibbler, has returned to its usual
condition of "advanced lunacy" and is appreciated for its unintentional humour.
Firenze is welcomed back into his herd, who acknowledge that his pro-human
leanings were not shameful, but honourable. Dolores Umbridge is arrested,
interrogated, and imprisoned for crimes against Muggle-borns.

There have been transformations in the wider wizarding world. Kingsley

Shacklebolt is the Minister for Magic, with Percy Weasley working under him as a
high official. As one of the reforms introduced by Shacklebolt, Azkaban no longer
uses Dementors. Consequently, the world is now a "much sunnier place". Harry,
Ron, and Hermione have been instrumental in reforming the Ministry. At Hogwarts,
Slytherin House has become more diluted and is no longer the pureblood bastion it
once was. Nevertheless, its dark reputation lingers. Voldemort's jinx on the Defence
Against the Dark Arts (DADA) position was broken with his death, and there is a
permanent DADA teacher. A portrait of Snape, who briefly served as Hogwarts
Headmaster following Dumbledore's death, does not appear in the headmaster's
office, as he abandoned his post. Harry intends to lobby for the addition of Snape's
portrait, and has publicly revealed Snape's true allegiance.

Pre-release history
Choice of title
Shortly before releasing the title, J. K. Rowling announced that she had considered
three different titles for the book.[5][8] The final title, "Harry Potter and the Deathly
Hallows" was released to the public on December 21, 2006 via a special Christmas-
themed hangman puzzle on Rowling's website, confirmed shortly afterwards by the
book's publishers.[9] Asked during a live chat as to the other titles she had been
considering, Rowling mentioned Harry Potter and the Elder Wand and Harry
Potter and the Peverell Quest.[5]

Marketing campaigns

Scholastic's Seven Questions

In the build-up to the book's release, American publisher
Scholastic released seven questions that fans would find
answered in the final book:[10]

Question 1: Who Will Live? Who Will Die?

Question 2: Is Snape Good or Evil?

Question 3: Will Hogwarts Reopen?

Question 4: Who Winds Up With Whom?

Question 5: Where are the Horcruxes?

Question 6: Will Voldemort Be Defeated?

Question 7: What are the Deathly Hallows?

The launch was celebrated by an all-night book signing and reading at the Natural
History Museum in London, which Rowling attended along with 1700 guests chosen
by ballot. [11] Rowling intends to tour the USA in October, where another event will
be held at Carnegie Hall in New York with tickets allocated by sweepstake.[12]

Scholastic Inc., the American publisher of the Harry Potter series, launched a multi-
million dollar "THERE WILL SOON BE 7" marketing campaign with a 'Knight
Bus' travelling to forty libraries across the United States, online fan discussions and
competitions, collectible bookmarks, tattoos, and the staged release of seven
Deathly Hallows questions most debated by fans.[13]

Scholastic also hosted "Harry Potter Place" — a magical and interactive street
celebration at Scholastic headquarters in New York City, where the first U.S. signed
edition of Deathly Hallows were unveiled on July 20.[14] The festivities included a
20 foot (6 metre)-high Whomping Willow, face-painting, wand-making, fire-eaters,
magicians, jugglers and stilt-walkers.

Several bookstores set up small kiosks displaying free-to-take bookmarks. The

bookmarks show reasons why Severus Snape should be considered a friend or a foe
on opposite sides along with the Deathly Hallows logo at the bottom. [15]

J. K. Rowling arranged with her publishers for a poster bearing the face of the
missing Madeleine McCann to be made available to book sellers when Deathly
Hallows was launched on 21 July and said that she hoped that the posters would be
displayed prominently in shops all over the world. [16]

Rowling on finishing the book

Rowling completed the book while staying at the Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh in
January 2007, and left a signed statement on a marble bust of Hermes in her room
which read: "JK Rowling finished writing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in
this room (652) on 11 January 2007".[17] In a statement on her website, she said,
"I've never felt such a mixture of extreme emotions in my life, never dreamed I
could feel simultaneously heartbroken and euphoric." She compared her mixed
feelings to those expressed by Charles Dickens in the preface of the 1850 edition of
David Copperfield, "a two-years' imaginative task." "To which," she added, "I can
only sigh, try seventeen years, Charles..." She ended her message, "Deathly Hallows
is my favourite, and that is the most wonderful way to finish the series."[18]

When asked before publication about the forthcoming book, Rowling stated that she
could not change the ending even if she wanted to. "These books have been plotted
for such a long time, and for six books now, that they're all leading a certain
direction. So, I really can't."[19] She also commented that the final volume related
closely to the previous book in the series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,
"almost as though they are two halves of the same novel." [20] She has said that the
last chapter of the book was written "in something like 1990", as part of her earliest
work on the series. [21]
Spoiler embargo
Rowling made a public request that anyone with advance information about the
content of the last book should keep it to themselves, in order to avoid spoiling the
experience for other readers. [22] To this end, Bloomsbury invested GB£10 million
in an attempt to keep the book's contents secure until the July 21 release date.[23]
Arthur Levine, U.S. editor of the Harry Potter series, denied distributing any copies
of Deathly Hallows in advance for press review, but two U.S. papers published early
reviews anyway.[24][25]

Online leaks and early delivery

The title page of the

leaked book.

In the week prior to its release, a number of texts purporting to be genuine leaks
appeared in various forms. On July 16, a set of photographs representing all 759
pages of the U.S. edition was leaked to the Internet and was fully transcribed prior
to the official release date.[26][27][28][29] The photographs later appeared on websites
and peer-to-peer networks, leading Scholastic to seek a subpoena in order to
identify one source.[30] This represented the most serious security breach in the
Harry Potter series' history. [31] Rowling and her lawyer admitted that there were
genuine online leaks.[32] Reviews published in both The Baltimore Sun and The New
York Times on July 18, 2007 corroborated many of the plot elements from this leak,
and about one day prior to release, The New York Times confirmed that the main
circulating leak was real.[33]

Scholastic announced that approximately one ten-thousandth (0.01%) of the U.S.

supply had been shipped early — interpreted to mean about 1,200 copies.[34] One
reader in Maryland received a copy of the book in the mail from DeepDiscount.com
four days before it was launched, which evoked incredulous responses on the part of
both Scholastic and DeepDiscount. Scholastic initially reported that they were
satisfied it had been a "human error" and would not discuss possible penalties.[35]
However, the following day Scholastic announced that it would be launching legal
action against DeepDiscount.com and its distributor, Levy Home Entertainment.[36]
Scholastic has filed for damages in Chicago's Circuit Court of Cook County,
claiming[37] that DeepDiscount engaged in a "complete and flagrant violation of the
agreements that they knew were part of the carefully constructed release of this
eagerly awaited book." Some of the early release books soon appeared on eBay, in
one case being sold to Publishers Weekly for US$250 from an initial price of
US$18. [38]

Price wars and other controversies

ASDA,[39] plus several other UK supermarkets, had already taken pre-orders for the
book at a heavily discounted price. ASDA then sparked a further price war two days
before the book's launch by announcing they would sell it for just GB£5.00 a copy
(about US$10). Other retail chains also offered the book at discounted prices. [40] In
Malaysia, a similar price war brought about controversy regarding sales of the
book.[41] The book's early Saturday morning release in Israel was criticised for
violating the Sabbath.[42]

Sales

Queue in London at
Waterstone's near Picadilly
Circus; some people camped
outside the bookseller for over
two days to be among the first
to get the book.

On 21 July 2007, all English language editions, except for the American and
Canadian editions, were released at one minute past midnight (00:01) BST; the
American and Canadian editions were released at one minute past midnight (00:01),
local time. [43][44] It was released globally in 93 countries.[45] The book reached the
top spot on both the Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble best-seller lists just a few
hours after the date of publication was announced on 1 February 2007.[46] In July
2007 the U.K. newspaper the Daily Telegraph reported that it had been bought by
more than 10% of the British population in the 5 days since its release. [47]

The countdown to the

book's release outside of Toys
R Us, Times Square, New
York City.

Retailers such as Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, and Borders reported that more
orders had been placed for this book than for any other in history, [48] with
Amazon.com stating that advance orders of the book reached 2.2 million
worldwide, [49] breaking the record set by the sixth book of 1.5 million. [50]
Scholastic announced an unprecedented initial print run of 12 million copies.[13]
A bookstore in the United
States just before the midnight
release.

On the book's first day of sales, it sold 11 million copies in the UK and U.S.,
breaking the record of 9 million held by the sixth book.[51] In the U.S., 8.3 million
hardcovers were sold during the first 24 hours, breaking the record of 6.9 million set
by the sixth book.[52] In addition 400,000 copies were sold in Germany in the first
24 hours,[47] all 250,000 copies made available in Holland and Belgium, [47] 170,000
in India,[53] and just over 573,000 copies in Australia; [54] while in Canada over
800,000 copies were sold in the first two days. [55] Barnes & Noble, the largest U.S.
book chain, reported all-time record sales of 1.8 million copies in the first two days
including 560,000 in the first hour - a rate of more than 150 copies per second. The
audiobook broke records as well, with 225,000 copies sold in the first two days,
according to Random House Audio's Listening Library.[56] Borders reported record
sales of 1.2 million copies on the first day, breaking the record of 850,000 set by the
sixth book.[57]

During the run-up to the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,
Bloomsbury's stock lost more than £151M in value. Investors were reacting to the
end of the publisher's key product.[58] In the last financial year in which no Harry
Potter book was released, Bloomsbury's profits dropped by 75%.

Critical reception
The Baltimore Sun's critic, Mary Carole McCauley's, praised the entire Harry Potter
series as "a classic bildungsroman, or coming-of-age tale." She noted that "[b]ook
seven... lacks much of the charm and humor that distinguished the earlier novels.
Even the writing is more prosaic", but then observed that given the book's darker
subject matter, "[h]ow could it be otherwise?"[59]

Reviewer Alice Fordham from The Times writes that "Rowling’s genius is not just
her total realisation of a fantasy world, but the quieter skill of creating characters
that bounce off the page, real and flawed and brave and lovable." Fordham
concludes, "We have been a long way together, and neither [Rowling] nor Harry let
us down in the end."[60]

By contrast, Jenny Sawyer of the Christian Science Monitor says that while "There
is much to love about the Harry Potter series, from its brilliantly realized magical
world to its multilayered narrative," however, "A story is about someone who
changes. And, puberty aside, Harry doesn't change much. As envisioned by
Rowling, he walks the path of good so unwaveringly that his final victory over
Voldemort feels, not just inevitable, but hollow."[61]

Stephen King criticised the reactions of some reviewers to the books, including
McCauley, for jumping too quickly to surface conclusions of the work.[62] He felt
this was inevitable, because of the extreme secrecy before launch which did not
allow reviewers time to read and consider the book, but meant that many early
reviews lacked depth. Rather than finding the writing style disappointing he felt it
had matured and improved. He acknowledged that the subject matter of the books
had become more adult, and that Rowling had clearly been writing with the adult
audience firmly in mind since the middle of the series. He compared the works in
this respect to Huckleberry Finn and Alice in Wonderland which also achieved
success and have become established classics, in part by appealing to the adult
audience as well as children. Criticisms of the book included a tendency on
Rowling's part to spend too much time on some elements, such as the extended
period of camping out through the books, and a certain tendency to produce magical
solutions out of nowhere in a sticky situation. This is perhaps inevitable, in a world
of magic, but King also attributed some of this to Rowling having fun and
introducing humour into her work.

Translations
Main article: Harry Potter in translation

Following a pre-release question from the Swedish publisher about the difficulty of
translating the two words "Deathly Hallows" without having read the book, Rowling
revealed an alternative title from which non-English editions could be translated:
Harry Potter and the Relics of Death.[63] Translation of the book is underway in a
range of languages.[64]

Editions

Stack of the Scholastic

version displayed at Comic
Con 2007.

Bloomsbury (United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, etc.)

ISBN 0-7475-9105-9 Hardcover

ISBN 0-7475-9106-7 Hardcover (adult edition)
ISBN 0-7475-9107-5 Hardcover (special edition)

Scholastic (United States, etc.)

ISBN 0-545-01022-5 Hardcover

ISBN 0-545-02937-6 Deluxe Hardcover

Raincoast (Canada, etc. - Same as Bloomsbury editions)

ISBN 1551929767 Hardcover

ISBN 1551929783 Hardcover (adult edition)

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depends on the translation used - Rowling used the Robert Fagles translation
published by Penguin Classics.
3. ^ More Fruits of Solitude is the second part of the work Fruits of Solitude
(1682), a collection of aphorisms published by William Penn. The full Penn
quote used in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the last four lines of
the aphorism titled Union of Friends.
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installments — that the distributor would not be supplied with any further
copies of the series — would no longer be a deterrent.Potter embargo 'could
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children to ransom". The publisher responded by threatening to withdraw
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customers to their stores. This caused uproar from traditional UK booksellers
who argued they had no hope of competing in those conditions.
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Some small bookstores hit back by buying their stock from the supermarkets
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two copies per customer to prevent bulk-buying. Philip Wicks, a spokesman
for the UK Booksellers Association, said: 'It is a war we can't even participate
in. We think it's a crying shame that the supermarkets have decided to treat it
as a loss-leader, like a can of baked beans." Michael Norris, an analyst at
Simba Information, said: "You are not only lowering the price of the book. At
this point, you are lowering the value of reading."
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109.90 (about GB£16), while the hypermarkets Tesco and Carrefour sell the
book at MYR 69.90 (about GB£10). The move by the bookstores was seen as
an attempt to pressure the distributor Penguin Books to remove the books
from the hypermarkets. However, as of 24 July 2007, the price war has ended,
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