How to read "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"? Why, very quickly, to begin with, and perhaps also to make an end. Why read it? Presumably, if you cannot be persuaded to read anything better, Rowling will have to do.

Harold Bloom
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J.K Rowling is popular for her Harry Potter book series. The book was first released in 1997. The books are based on the life of a young boy wizard named Harry Potter. The story revolves around Harry who lives with his parents in Privet Drive, Little Whinging, Surrey, England.

He has an aunt and uncle who are his guardians. Harry also has two best friends Sirius Black and Remus Lupin. Harry Potter is a wizard who attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry which is located in Scotland.

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