Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling EPUB & PDF – eBook Details
- Authors: J.K. Rowling
- Publish Date: October 1, 2001
- Language: English
- Genre: Thriller, Fiction, Mystery
- Format: PDF / EPUB
- Size: 1.2 MB
- Pages: 448
- Price: Free
- ISBN: 0439136369
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Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways. For one thing, he
hated the summer holidays more than any other time of year. For another, he
really wanted to do his homework but was forced to do it in secret, in the dead
of night. And he also happened to be a wizard.
It was nearly midnight, and he was lying on his stomach in bed, the
blankets drawn right over his head like a tent, a flashlight in one hand and a
large leather-bound book (A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot) propped
open against the pillow. Harry moved the tip of his eagle-feather quill down
the page, frowning as he looked for something that would help him write his
essay, “Witch Burning in the Fourteenth Century Was Completely Pointless
— discuss.”
The quill paused at the top of a likely-looking paragraph. Harry pushed his
round glasses up the bridge of his nose, moved his flashlight closer to the
book, and read:
Non-magic people (more commonly known as Muggles) were particularly
afraid of magic in medieval times, but not very good at recognizing it. On the
rare occasion that they did catch a real witch or wizard, burning had no ef ect
whatsoever. The witch or wizard would perform a basic Flame Freezing
Charm and then pretend to shriek with pain while enjoying a gentle, tickling
sensation. Indeed, Wendelin the Weird enjoyed being burned so much that she
allowed herself to be caught no less than forty-seven times in various
disguises.
Harry put his quill between his teeth and reached underneath his pillow for
his ink bottle and a roll of parchment. Slowly and very carefully he
unscrewed the ink bottle, dipped his quill into it, and began to write, pausing
every now and then to listen, because if any of the Dursleys heard the
scratching of his quill on their way to the bathroom, he’d probably find
himself locked in the cupboard under the stairs for the rest of the summer.
The Dursley family of number four, Privet Drive, was the reason that
Harry never enjoyed his summer holidays. Uncle Vernon, Aunt Petunia, and
their son, Dudley, were Harry’s only living relatives. They were Muggles, and
they had a very medieval attitude toward magic.
Harry’s dead parents, who
had been a witch and wizard themselves, were never mentioned under the
Dursleys’ roof. For years, Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon had hoped that if
they kept Harry as downtrodden as possible, they would be able to squash the
magic out of him. To their fury, they had been unsuccessful.
These days they
lived in terror of anyone finding out that Harry had spent most of the last two
years at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The most they could
do, however, was to lock away Harry’s spellbooks, wand, cauldron, and
broomstick at the start of the summer break, and forbid him to talk to the
neighbors.
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