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| name = Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone<!-- The first edition was in the UK and was the Philosopher's Stone, NOT the Sorcerer's Stone. Read the second paragraph and do not change this! -->
| image = Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Book Cover.jpg
| caption = Cover for one of the earliest UK editions
| author = [[J. K. Rowling]]
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| illustrator = {{ubl | [[Thomas Taylor (artist)|Thomas Taylor]] (UK Edition) | Jonny Duddle (2014 UK Edition) | [[Mary GrandPré]] (US Edition) | [[Kazu Kibuishi]] (2013 US Edition) | Jim Kay (Illustrated edition)}}
| series = ''[[Harry Potter]]''
| release_number = {{ordinal|1}} in series
| genre = [[Fantasy novel|Fantasy]]
| publisher = {{ubl
|[[Bloomsbury Publishing|Bloomsbury]] (UK) (Canada 2010–present)
|[[Arthur A. Levine Books|Arthur A. Levine]]/<br />[[Scholastic Corporation|Scholastic]] (US)
|[[Raincoast Books|Raincoast]] (Canada 1998–2010)
}}
| pub_date = {{ubl | 26 June 1997 (UK)<ref>{{cite web|title=Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: J.K. Rowling: Bloomsbury Childrens|url=http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/harry-potter-and-the-philosophers-stone-9780747532699/|publisher=Bloomsbury|access-date=26 June 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626181223/http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/harry-potter-and-the-philosophers-stone-9780747532699/|archive-date=26 June 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> | 1 September 1998 (US) }}
| pages = {{ubl | 223 (UK Edition) | 332 (2014 UK Edition) | 309 (US Edition) | 336 (2013 US Edition) | 256 (Illustrated Edition) }}
| isbn = 0-7475-3269-9
| preceded_by =
| followed_by = [[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]
}}

'''''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone''''' is a [[fantasy novel]] written by British author [[J. K. Rowling]]. The first novel in the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series and Rowling's [[debut novel]], it follows [[Harry Potter (character)|Harry Potter]], a young [[Wizard (fantasy)|wizard]] who discovers his magical heritage on his eleventh birthday, when he receives a letter of acceptance to [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]]. Harry makes close friends and a few enemies during his first year at the school, and with the help of his friends, Harry faces an attempted comeback by the dark wizard [[Lord Voldemort]], who killed Harry's parents, but failed to kill Harry when he was just 15 months old.

The book was first published in the United Kingdom on 26 June 1997 by [[Bloomsbury Publishing|Bloomsbury]]. It was published in the United States the following year by [[Scholastic Corporation]] under the title '''''Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'''''. It won most of the British book awards that were judged by children and other awards in the US. The book reached the top of the ''New York Times'' list of best-selling fiction in August 1999 and stayed near the top of that list for much of 1999 and 2000. It has been translated into at least 73 other languages, and has been made into a [[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|feature-length film of the same name]], as have all six of its sequels. The novel has sold in excess of 120 million copies.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Chalton|first1=Nicola|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eF8HDgAAQBAJ&q=philosopher%27s+stone+120+million&pg=PA129|title=20th Century in Bite-Sized Chunks|last2=Macardle|first2=Meredith|date=2017-03-15|publisher=Book Sales|isbn=978-0-7858-3510-3|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-09-05|title=Burbank Public Library offering digital copies of first 'Harry Potter' novel to recognize the book's 20th anniversary|url=https://www.latimes.com/socal/burbank-leader/news/tn-blr-me-burbank-library-harry-potter-20180831-story.html|access-date=2020-09-03|website=Burbank Leader|language=en-US}}</ref>

Most reviews were very favourable, commenting on Rowling's imagination, humour, simple, direct style and clever plot construction, although a few complained that the final chapters seemed rushed. The writing has been compared to that of [[Jane Austen]], one of Rowling's favourite authors; [[Roald Dahl]], whose works dominated children's stories before the appearance of Harry Potter; and the Ancient Greek story-teller [[Homer]]. While some commentators thought the book looked backwards to Victorian and Edwardian [[boarding school]] stories, others thought it placed the genre firmly in the modern world by featuring contemporary ethical and social issues, as well as overcoming obstacles like bullies.

''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', along with the rest of the ''Harry Potter'' series, has been attacked by some religious groups and banned in some countries because of accusations that the novels promote [[witchcraft]] under the guise of a heroic, moral story. Other religious commentators have written that the book exemplifies important viewpoints, including the power of self-sacrifice and the ways in which people's decisions shape their personalities. The series has been used as a source of [[wikt:object lesson|object lessons]] in [[Education#Teaching|educational techniques]], [[sociology|sociological analysis]] and marketing.

==Synopsis==
===Plot===
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Harry Potter has been living a difficult life, constantly abused by his cold aunt and uncle, [[Dursley family|Vernon and Petunia Dursley]] and bullied by their spoiled son Dudley since the death of his parents ten years prior. His life changes on the day of his eleventh birthday when he receives a letter of acceptance into [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]], delivered by a half-giant named [[Rubeus Hagrid]] after previous letters had been destroyed by Vernon and Petunia. Hagrid details Harry's past as the son of [[James Potter (character)|James]] and [[Lily Potter]], who were a wizard and witch respectively, and how they were murdered by the most evil and powerful dark wizard of all time, [[Lord Voldemort]], which resulted in the one-year-old Harry being sent to live with his aunt and uncle. Voldemort was not only unable to kill Harry, but his powers were also destroyed in the attempt, forcing him into exile and sparking Harry's immense fame among the magical community.

Hagrid introduces Harry to the [[wizarding world]] by bringing him to [[Diagon Alley]], a hidden street in London, where Harry uncovers a fortune left to him by his parents at [[Gringotts Wizarding Bank]]. He also receives a pet owl, Hedwig, various school supplies, and a wand (which he learns shares a core from the same source as Voldemort's wand). There, he is surprised to discover how famous he truly is among witches and wizards as "The Boy Who Lived". A month later, Harry leaves the Dursleys' home to catch the [[Hogwarts Express]] from [[London King's Cross railway station|King's Cross railway station]]'s secret Hogwarts platform, [[Platform 9¾|Platform {{frac|9|3|4}}]]. On the train, he quickly befriends fellow first-year [[Ronald Weasley]] and the two boys meet [[Hermione Granger]], whose snobbiness and affinity for spells initially causes the two boys to dislike her. There, Harry also makes an enemy of yet another first-year, [[Draco Malfoy]], who shows prejudice against Ron for his family's financial difficulties.

Arriving at Hogwarts, the first-years are assigned by the magical [[Sorting Hat]] to [[House system|Houses]] that best suit their personalities, the four Houses being [[Gryffindor]], [[Slytherin]], [[Hufflepuff]] and [[Ravenclaw]]. Harry hears from Ron about Slytherin's dark reputation which is known to house potential dark witches and wizards, and thus objects to being sorted into Slytherin despite the Hat claiming that Harry has potential to develop under that House. He winds up in Gryffindor with Ron and Hermione, while Draco is sorted into Slytherin like his family before him.

As classes begin at Hogwarts, Harry discovers he has a talent for [[Broom#Magic|flying on broomsticks]], and is recruited into his House's team for [[Quidditch]] (a sport sharing similarities to [[Association football|football]]) as a Seeker. He also comes to dislike the school's Potions master, [[Severus Snape]], who is also the Head of Slytherin House who acts with bias in favour of members of his House while perpetually looking for opportunities to fail Harry and his friends. Malfoy tricks Harry and Ron into a duel in the trophy room to get them out of their rooms at night and secretly tells Filch, the school's caretaker, where they will be. Hermione unintentionally is forced to come along after her failed attempts to stop them, and they find Gryffindor student [[Neville Longbottom]] asleep outside the common area because he had forgotten the password to get in. After realizing the duel was a set-up to get them in trouble, they run away. They then discover a huge three-headed dog standing guard over a trapdoor in a forbidden corridor. The school's [[Halloween]] celebrations are interrupted by the entrance of a troll into the school, which enters the girls' bathroom where Hermione was. However, she is saved by Harry and Ron and, as a result, Hermione is grateful and the three become best friends. Coupled with Snape's recent leg injury as well as behaviour, the recent events prompt Harry, Hermione and Ron to suspect him to be looking for a way to enter the trapdoor.

Hermione forbids the boys from investigating for fear of expulsion, and instead makes Harry direct his attention to his first ever Quidditch game, where his broomstick begins to lose control and threatens to throw him off. This leads Hermione to suspect that Snape had jinxed Harry's broom, due to his strange behaviour during the match. After the excitement of winning the match has died down, Christmas arrives and Harry receives an invisibility cloak from an anonymous source claiming that the cloak belonged to Harry's father. Using the cloak to explore the school at night to investigate what is under the trapdoor, he discovers the Mirror of Erised, in which the viewer sees his or her deepest desires come true. Within the Mirror, Harry sees himself standing with both of his parents.

A visit to Hagrid's hut at the foot of the school leads the trio to find a newspaper report stating there had been an attempted robbery of a Gringotts vault—the same vault that Hagrid and Harry had visited when the latter was getting his school supplies. A further indiscretion from Hagrid allows them to work out that the object kept under that trapdoor is a [[Philosopher's Stone]], which grants its user [[immortality]] as well as the ability to turn any metal into pure [[gold]]. Harry is also informed by a centaur named [[Magical creatures in Harry Potter#Firenze|Firenze]] in the forest that a plot to steal the Stone is being orchestrated by none other than Voldemort himself, who schemes to use it to be restored back to his body and return to power. When the school's headmaster [[Albus Dumbledore]] is lured from Hogwarts under false pretences, Harry, Hermione and Ron fear that the theft is imminent and descend through the trapdoor themselves.

They encounter a series of obstacles, each of which requires unique skills possessed by one of the three, one of which requires Ron to sacrifice himself in a life-sized game of wizard's [[chess]]. In the final room, Harry, now alone, finds Quirinus Quirrell, the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, who reveals he had been the one working behind the scenes to kill Harry by first jinxing his broom and then letting a troll into the school, while Snape had been trying to protect Harry instead. Quirrell is helping Voldemort, whose face has sprouted on the back of Quirrell's head but is constantly concealed by his oversized turban, to attain the Philosopher's Stone so as to restore his body. Quirrell uses Harry to get past the final obstacle, the Mirror of Erised, by forcing him to stand before the Mirror. It recognises Harry's lack of greed for the Stone and surreptitiously deposits it into his pocket. As Quirrell attempts to seize the stone and kill Harry, his flesh burns on contact with the boy's skin and breaks into blisters. Harry's scar suddenly burns with pain and he passes out.

Three days later, he awakens in the school's infirmary, where Dumbledore explains his survival against Voldemort is due to his mother's sacrificing her life in order for him to live. This left a powerful protective charm on Harry that lives in his blood, which caused Quirrell's hands to burn on contact with Harry due to him being possessed by hatred and greed. He also reveals himself as the one who sent Harry his father's invisibility cloak, while Quirrell has been left to die by Voldemort, who still lives, and the Stone has now been destroyed. The eventful school year ends at the final feast, during which Gryffindor wins the House Cup. Harry returns to Privet Drive for the summer, neglecting to tell the Dursleys that the use of spells is forbidden by under-aged wizards and witches and thus anticipating some fun and peace over the holidays.

===Main characters===
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* [[Harry Potter (character)|Harry Potter]] is an orphan whom Rowling imagined as a "scrawny, black-haired, green eyed and bespectacled boy who didn't know he was a wizard."<ref name="jkrbio">{{cite web|url=http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/biography.cfm| title=J.K. Rowling Official Site: Biography |access-date=11 January 2009 |publisher=J.K. Rowling |year=2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217022342/http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/biography.cfm |archive-date=17 December 2008 }}</ref> She developed the series' story and characters to explain how Harry came to be in this situation and how his life unfolded from there.<ref name="RehmInterviewRowling">{{cite interview |last=Rowling |first=J.K. |subject-link=J.K. Rowling |interviewer=[[Diane Rehm]] |title=Interview with J.K. Rowling |url=http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/1999/1299-wamu-rehm.htm |work=[[The Diane Rehm Show]] |via=[[WAMU]] |publisher=Accio Quote |location=Washington |date=20 October 1999 |access-date=2 March 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070730185157/http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/1999/1299-wamu-rehm.htm |archive-date=30 July 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Apart from the first chapter, the events of this book take place just before and in the year following Harry's eleventh birthday.<!-- p 19, 28, 40, 45 --> Voldemort's attack left a lightning bolt-shaped scar on Harry's forehead,<!-- p 45 --><ref name="RehmInterviewRowling" /> which produces stabbing pains whenever Voldemort is present.<!-- p94, 187 --> Harry has a natural talent for [[Quidditch]] and became the first person in a century to get on their team in their first year.<!-- p 126 -->
* [[Ron Weasley|Ronald Weasley]] is Harry's age and Rowling describes him as the ultimate best friend, "always there when you need him."<ref name="Harry Potter and Me">{{cite web |url=http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2001/1201-bbc-hpandme.htm |publisher=Accio Quote |title=Harry Potter and Me |access-date=1 August 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070305182235/http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2001/1201-bbc-hpandme.htm |archive-date=5 March 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> He is freckled, red-haired and quite tall. He grew up in a fairly large pure-blood family as the sixth born of seven children. Although his family is quite poor, they still live comfortably and happily. His loyalty and bravery in the face of a game of Wizards Chess plays a vital part in finding the Philosopher's Stone.
* [[Hermione Granger]], the daughter of an all-Muggle family, is a bossy girl<!-- p 79–80 --> who has apparently memorised most of the textbooks before the start of term.<!-- p 79–80, 102–103 --> Rowling described Hermione as a "very logical, upright and good" character<ref name="EBF 2004">{{cite web |url=http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2004/0804-ebf.htm |title=J.K. Rowling at the Edinburgh Book Festival |last=Fraser |first=Lindsey |date=15 August 2004 |access-date=12 January 2009 |publisher=Accio Quote |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025062821/http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2004/0804-ebf.htm |archive-date=25 October 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> with "a lot of insecurity and a great fear of failure beneath her swottiness".<ref name="EBF 2004"/> Despite her nagging efforts to keep Harry and Ron out of trouble,<!-- pp115–116, 121 --> she becomes a close friend of the two boys after they save her from a troll,<!-- pp 131–132 --> and her magical and analytical skills play an important role in finding the Philosopher's Stone.<!-- pp 202, 206–208 --> She has bushy brown hair and rather large front teeth.
* [[Neville Longbottom]] is a plump, diffident boy,<!-- p79–80 --> so forgetful that his grandmother gives him a [[Remembrall]], to remind him if he forgets something.<!-- p 108, 116 --> Neville's magical abilities are weak and appeared just in time to save his life when he was eight.<!-- p 93 --> Despite his timidity, Neville will fight anyone after some encouragement<!-- p 164–166 --> or if he thinks it is right and important.<!-- p 198–199, 221 -->
* [[Rubeus Hagrid]], a half-giant nearly {{convert|12|ft|m}} tall, with tangled black hair and beard,<!-- p 16 --> was expelled from [[Hogwarts]] and his [[magic wand|wand]] was snapped in half (resulting in him never to use a wand again), however [[Professor Dumbledore]] let him stay on as the school's [[gamekeeper]],<!-- p48 --> a job which enables him to lavish affection, care and even [[pet name]]s on{{clarify|'pet names on'?|date=May 2020}} even the most dangerous of magical creatures.<!-- p 141, 172–173 --> Hagrid is fiercely loyal to Dumbledore<!-- p 48 --> and quickly becomes a close friend of Harry, Ron<!-- pp 104–106 --> and, later, Hermione,<!-- pp 141–142 --> but his carelessness makes him unreliable.<!-- p 16, 142, 193–194 -->
* [[Professor Dumbledore|Professor Albus Dumbledore]], a tall, thin man who wears half-moon spectacles and has silver hair and a beard that tucks into his belt,<!-- p12 --> is the headmaster of Hogwarts,<!-- p 77 --> and thought to be the only wizard Voldemort fears.<!-- p 14, 45 --> Dumbledore, while renowned for his achievements in magic,<!-- p 77 --> shrugs off praise,<!-- p14 --> though he is aware of his own brilliance.<!-- p217 --> Rowling described him as the "epitome of goodness".<ref name="Solomon">{{cite web|url=http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2000/0700-hottype-solomon.htm|title=J.K. Rowling Interview|last=Solomon|first=Evan|date=13 July 2000|work=CBCNewsWorld Hot Type|publisher=Accio Quote|access-date=12 January 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110423011613/http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2000/0700-hottype-solomon.htm|archive-date=23 April 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* [[Professor McGonagall|Professor Minerva McGonagall]], a tall, severe-looking woman with black hair tied in a tight [[Bun (hairstyle)|bun]],<!-- p13 --> teaches [[Transfiguration (Harry Potter)|Transfiguration]], and is able to transform herself into a cat.<!-- p13 --> She is Deputy Headmistress, and Head of Gryffindor House and, according to the author, "under that gruff exterior" is "a bit of an old softy".<ref name="Scholastic.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2000/1000-scholastic-chat.htm|title=About the Books: transcript of J.K. Rowling's live interview on Scholastic.com|date=16 October 2000|work=Scholastic.com|publisher=Accio Quote|access-date=12 January 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070501043417/http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2000/1000-scholastic-chat.htm|archive-date=1 May 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* [[Petunia Dursley]], the sister of Harry's mother [[Lily Potter|Lily]], is a thin woman with a long neck that she uses for spying on the neighbours.<!-- p 7 --> As a [[muggle]], she regards her magical sister as a freak<!-- p44 --> and tries to pretend that she never existed.<!-- p7 -->
* [[Vernon Dursley]], the husband of Petunia Dursley, is a heavily built man whose irascible bluster<!-- p9 --> covers a narrow mind and a fear of anything unusual.
* [[Dudley Dursley]] is an overweight, spoiled bully and Harry's cousin.<!-- pp 20–21, 23 -->
* [[Draco Malfoy]] is a slim, pale boy<!-- pp 59–60 --> who speaks in a bored [[drawl]].<!-- p 60 --> He is arrogant about his skill in [[Quidditch]],<!-- p60, 107 --> and despises anyone who is not a pure-blood wizard<!-- p60–61 -->&nbsp;– and wizards who do not share his views.<!-- p81 --> His parents had supported Voldemort, but changed sides after the dark wizard's disappearance, claiming they had been [[Imperius Curse|bewitched]].<!-- p82 --> Draco avoids direct confrontations, and tries to get Harry and his friends into trouble.<!-- p115–116 -->
* [[Oliver Wood (Harry Potter)|Oliver Wood]] is Harry's Quidditch captain and keeper for the Gryffindor Quidditch team.
* [[Professor Quirrell]] is a twitching, stammering and nervous man who teaches [[Defence Against the Dark Arts]].<!-- p55 --> Reputedly he was a brilliant scholar, but his nerve was shattered by an encounter with [[vampire]]s.<!-- p55 --> Quirrell wears a turban<!-- p94 --> to conceal the fact that he is voluntarily possessed by Voldemort,<!-- p 211 --> whose face appears on the back of Quirrell's head.<!-- p 212 -->
* [[Severus Snape|Professor Severus Snape]], who has a hooked nose, sallow complexion and greasy black hair,<!-- p 94 --> teaches [[Potions Class|Potions]], but would prefer to teach Defence Against the Dark Arts. Snape favours pupils in Slytherin, his own House, and seizes every opportunity to humiliate others, especially Harry.<!-- p 102–104 --> Several incidents, beginning with the shooting pain in Harry's scar during the start-of-term feast,<!-- p 94 --> lead Harry and his friends to think Snape is aiding Voldemort.<!-- pp 196–197 -->
* [[Argus Filch]], the school caretaker who knows the school's [[Hogwarts#Passages|secret passages]] better than anyone else except, perhaps, the Weasley twins.<!-- p99 --> His cat, Mrs. Norris, aids his constant hunt for misbehaving pupils.<!-- p 117 -->

Other members of staff include the dumpy [[Magic in Harry Potter#Herbology|Herbology]] teacher and Head of Hufflepuff House [[Professor Sprout]], <!-- p99 --> [[Professor Flitwick]], the tiny and excitable [[Magic in Harry Potter#Charms|Charms]] teacher, and Head of Ravenclaw House,<!-- p99 --> the soporific [[Magic in Harry Potter#History of Magic|History of Magic]] teacher, [[Professor Binns]], a ghost who does not seem to have noticed his own death;<!-- p99 --> and [[Madam Hooch]], the Quidditch coach, who is strict, but a considerate and methodical teacher.<!-- p 109–110;<ref name="Conn2002ClinicalTeachers" /> --> The [[poltergeist]] [[Peeves]] wanders around the castle causing trouble wherever he can.<!-- p. 96, 118–119 -->

In the book, Rowling introduces an eclectic cast of characters. The first character to be introduced is Vernon Dursley, Harry's uncle. Most of the actions centre on the eponymous hero [[Harry Potter (character)|Harry Potter]], an orphan who escapes his miserable childhood with the [[Dursley family]]. Rowling imagined him as a "scrawny, black-haired, bespectacled boy who didn't know he was a wizard",<ref name="jkrbio"/> and says she transferred part of her pain about losing her mother to him.<ref name=hilary/> During the book, Harry makes two close friends, Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger. Ron is described by Rowling as the ultimate best friend, "always there when you need him".<ref name="Harry Potter and Me"/> Rowling has described Hermione as a "very logical, upright and good" character<ref name="EBF 2004"/> with "a lot of insecurity and a great fear of failure beneath her swottiness".<ref name="EBF 2004"/>

Rowling also imagined a supporting cast of adults. The headmaster of Hogwarts is the powerful, but kind wizard [[Albus Dumbledore]], who becomes Harry's confidant. Rowling described him as "epitome of goodness".<ref name="Solomon"/> His right hand is severe [[Minerva McGonagall]], who according to the author "under that gruff exterior" is "a bit of an old softy",<ref name="Scholastic.com"/> the friendly half-giant [[Rubeus Hagrid]], who saved Harry from the Dursley family, and the sinister Severus Snape.<ref name="The Connection">{{cite web|url=http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/1999/1099-connectiontransc2.htm|title=Lydon, Christopher. J.K. Rowling interview transcript|date=12 October 1999|publisher=Accio Quote|work=The Connection (WBUR Radio)|access-date=12 January 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120727125553/http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/1999/1099-connectiontransc2.htm|archive-date=27 July 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Professor Quirrell is also featured in the novel.

The main antagonists are [[Draco Malfoy]], an elitist, bullying classmate<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/1999/1099-connectiontransc2.htm#p12|title=J.K. Rowling interview transcript|last=Lydon|first=Christopher|date=12 October 1999|publisher=Accio Quote|work=The Connection|access-date=22 January 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120727125553/http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/1999/1099-connectiontransc2.htm#p12|archive-date=27 July 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and [[Lord Voldemort]], the most powerful evil wizard who becomes disembodied when he tries to kill baby Harry. According to a 1999 interview with Rowling, the character of Voldemort was created as a literary foil for Harry, and his [[backstory]] was intentionally not fleshed-out at first:

{{blockquote|The basic idea... Harry, I saw Harry very very very clearly. Very vividly. And I knew he didn't know he was a wizard. [...] And so then I kind of worked backwards from that position to find out how that could be, that he wouldn't know what he was. [...] When he was one year old, the most evil wizard for hundreds and hundreds of years attempted to kill him. He killed Harry's parents, and then he tried to kill Harry—he tried to curse him. [...] And—so—but for some mysterious reason, the curse didn't work on Harry. So he's left with this lightning bolt shaped scar on his forehead and the curse rebounded upon the evil wizard, who has been in hiding ever since.<ref name="RehmInterviewRowling" />}}

==Development, publication and reception==
===Development===

The book, which was Rowling's debut novel, was written between approximately June 1990 and some time in 1995. In 1990 Jo Rowling, as she preferred to be known,{{efn|1=J.K. Rowling was christened Joanne Rowling, without a middle name, and adopted the [[nom de plume]] J.K. Rowling for publication.<ref name="mugglenet-bbc" /> She says that she was always known as "Jo".<ref name="CBC">{{cite web | last=Rogers | first=Shelagh | author-link=Shelagh Rogers | work=[[This Morning (radio program)|This Morning]] | url=http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2000/1023-thismorning-rogers.html | title=Interview: J.K. Rowling | publisher=Accio Quote | date=23 October 2000 | access-date=3 August 2013 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215222731/http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2000/1023-thismorning-rogers.html | archive-date=15 December 2013 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> The book's copyright page gives her name as "Joanne Rowling".<ref name="PSCopyright">{{cite book|last=Rowling|first=J.K.|title=Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone|publisher=Bloomsbury|year=1997|page=copyright notice| isbn=978-0-7475-3274-3}}</ref>}} wanted to move with her boyfriend to a flat in [[Manchester]] and in her words, "One weekend after flat hunting, I took the train back to London on my own and the idea for Harry Potter fell into my head... A scrawny, little, black-haired, bespectacled boy became more and more of a wizard to me... I began to write ''Philosopher's Stone'' that very evening. Although, the first couple of pages look nothing like the finished product."<ref name=hilary>{{cite web|url=http://www.hilary.com/career/harrypotter.html|title=Interview with JK Rowling, Author of Harry Potter|last=Riccio|first=Heather|date=1995–2009|publisher=Hilary Magazine|access-date=12 January 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131195036/http://www.hilary.com/career/harrypotter.html|archive-date=31 January 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Then Rowling's mother died and, to cope with her pain, Rowling transferred her own anguish to the orphan Harry.<ref name=hilary/> Rowling spent six years working on ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', and after it was accepted by Bloomsbury, she obtained a grant of £8,000 from the [[Scottish Arts Council]], which enabled her to plan the sequels.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kirk|first=Connie Ann|title=J.K. Rowling: A Biography|date=1 January 2003|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0313322051|page=[https://archive.org/details/jkrowlingbiograp0000kirk/page/62 62]|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GJgbW9c9mpwC&q=rowling+grant+8%2C000&pg=PA62|access-date=14 March 2014|chapter=Early Career|url=https://archive.org/details/jkrowlingbiograp0000kirk/page/62}}</ref> She sent the book to an [[Literary agent|agent]] and a publisher, and then the second agent she approached spent a year trying to sell the book to publishers, most of whom thought it was too long at about 90,000&nbsp;words. [[Barry Cunningham (publisher)|Barry Cunningham]], who was building a portfolio of distinctive fantasies by new authors for [[Bloomsbury Publishing|Bloomsbury Children's Books]], recommended accepting the book,<ref name="Eccleshare2002GuidePublishing" /> and the eight-year-old daughter of Bloomsbury's chief executive said it was "so much better than anything else".<ref>{{cite journal|date=3 July 2005|title=Revealed: the eight-year-old girl who saved Harry Potter|journal=[[The Independent]]|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/revealed-the-eightyearold-girl-who-saved-harry-potter-296456.html|access-date=20 May 2009|location=London|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206130553/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/revealed-the-eightyearold-girl-who-saved-harry-potter-296456.html|archive-date=6 December 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

===Publication and reception in the United Kingdom===

[[File:Harry Potter Platform Kings Cross.jpg|thumb|Imitation of the fictional [[Platform 9¾|Platform {{frac|9|3|4}}]] at the real [[London King's Cross railway station|King's Cross railway station]], with a luggage trolley apparently halfway through the magical wall]]

Bloomsbury accepted the book, paying Rowling a £2,500 [[Advance payment|advance]],<ref>{{cite journal|publisher=[[McGraw-Hill]]|url=http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_22/b3935414.htm|journal=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]]|title=Nigel Newton|first=John|last=Lawless|access-date=9 September 2006|date=29 May 2005|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060827032307/http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_22/b3935414.htm|archive-date=27 August 2006|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and Cunningham sent [[Galley proof|proof copies]] to carefully chosen authors, critics and booksellers in order to obtain comments that could be quoted when the book was launched.<ref name="Eccleshare2002GuidePublishing" /> He was less concerned about the book's length than about its author's name, since the title sounded like a boys' book to him, and he believed boys preferred books by male authors. Rowling therefore adopted the ''[[nom de plume]]'' [[J.K. Rowling]] just before publication.<ref name="Eccleshare2002GuidePublishing" /> In June 1997, Bloomsbury published ''Philosopher's Stone'' with an initial print-run of 500 copies in hardback, three hundred of which were distributed to libraries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tomfolio.com/publishers/HarryPotter.html|title=The Phenomenon of Harry Potter|last=Elisco|first=Lester|publisher=TomFolio.com|access-date=22 January 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412095537/http://www.tomfolio.com/publishers/HarryPotter.html|archive-date=12 April 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Her original name, "Joanne Rowling", can be found in small print on the copyright page of this first British edition. (The 1998 first American edition would remove reference to "Joanne" completely.)<ref>{{cite web|title=Harry Potter and the Mystery of the Author's Name|url=https://blogs.princeton.edu/cotsen/2014/09/harry-potter-and-the-mystery-of-the-authors-name/|website=Cotsen Children's Library|publisher=Princeton University|access-date=16 September 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014144527/http://blogs.princeton.edu/cotsen/2014/09/harry-potter-and-the-mystery-of-the-authors-name/|archive-date=14 October 2014|df=dmy-all|date=2014-09-15}}</ref> The short initial print run was standard for first novels, and Cunningham hoped booksellers would read the book and recommend it to customers.<ref name="Eccleshare2002GuidePublishing" /> Examples from this initial print run have sold for as much as US$33,460 in a 2007 [[Heritage Auctions|Heritage]] Auction.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://historical.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=675&Lot_No=31059 |title=J.K. Rowling: The Rare True First Edition of the First Harry Potter Book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. |publisher=[[Heritage Auctions]] |date=26 October 2007 |access-date=9 September 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505191225/http://historical.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=675&Lot_No=31059 |archive-date=5 May 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Lindsey Fraser, who had previously supplied one of the [[blurb]] comments,<ref name="Eccleshare2002GuidePublishing">{{cite book|last=Eccleshare|first=Julia|author-link=Julia Eccleshare|title=A guide to the Harry Potter novels|publisher=Continuum International|year=2002|pages=7–14|chapter=The Publishing of a Phenomenon|isbn=978-0-8264-5317-4|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cHjF5K2uVdsC&pg=PA7|access-date=15 May 2009}}</ref> wrote what is thought to be the first published review, in ''[[The Scotsman]]'' on 28 June 1997. She described ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' as "a hugely entertaining thriller" and Rowling as "a first-rate writer for children".<ref name="Eccleshare2002GuidePublishing" /><ref name="Nel2001GuideReviews">{{cite book|last=Nel|first=Philip|author-link=Philip Nel|title=J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels: a reader's guide|publisher=Continuum International|year=2001|chapter=Reviews of the Novels|pages=53–55|isbn=978-0-8264-5232-0|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qQYfoV62d30C&pg=PA53|access-date=15 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113203617/http://books.google.com/books?id=qQYfoV62d30C&pg=PA53|archive-date=13 November 2013|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Another early review, in ''[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]]'', said, "I have yet to find a child who can put it down." Newspapers outside Scotland started to notice the book, with glowing reviews in ''[[The Guardian]]'' and ''[[The Sunday Times]]'', and in September 1997 ''[[Books for Keeps]]'', a magazine that specialised in children's books, gave the novel four stars out of five.<ref name="Eccleshare2002GuidePublishing" /> ''[[Sunday Times]]'' said "comparisons to Dahl are, this time, justified", while ''[[The Guardian]]'' called it "a richly textured novel given lift-off by an inventive wit" and ''[[The Scotsman]]'' said it had "all the makings of a classic".<ref name="Eccleshare2002GuidePublishing" />

In 1997 the UK edition won a [[Specsavers National Book Awards|National Book Award]] and a gold medal in the 9- to 11-year-olds category of the [[Nestlé Smarties Book Prize]].<ref name="Knapp2003InDefenseOfHP">{{cite journal
|last=Knapp|first=N.F.|year=2003|title=In Defense of Harry Potter: An Apologia|journal=School Libraries Worldwide
|publisher=International Association of School Librarianship|volume=9|issue=1|pages=78–91
|url=http://www.iasl-online.org/files/jan03-knapp.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110309051050/http://www.iasl-online.org/files/jan03-knapp.pdf|access-date=14 May 2009|archive-date=9 March 2011}}</ref> The ''Smarties'' award, which is voted for by children, made the book well known within six months of publication, while most children's books have to wait for years.<ref name="Eccleshare2002GuidePublishing" /> The following year, ''Philosopher's Stone'' won almost all the other major British awards that were decided by children.<ref name="Eccleshare2002GuidePublishing" />{{efn|1=The Children's Book Award, The Young Telegraph Paperback of the Year Award, the Birmingham Cable Children's Book Award and the Sheffield Children's Book Award.}} It was also shortlisted for children's books awards adjudicated by adults,<ref>{{cite web| publisher=[[Arthur A. Levine Books]]| url=http://www.arthuralevinebooks.com/awards.asp| title=Awards| access-date=21 May 2006| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060429093544/http://www.arthuralevinebooks.com/awards.asp| archive-date=29 April 2006| df=dmy-all}}</ref> but did not win. Sandra Beckett commented that books which were popular with children were regarded as undemanding and as not of the highest literary standards&nbsp;– for example the literary establishment disdained the works of Dahl, an overwhelming favourite of children before the appearance of Rowling's books.<ref name="Beckett2008Crossover" /> In 2003, the novel was listed at number 22 on the [[BBC]]'s survey [[The Big Read]].<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/top100.shtml "BBC&nbsp;– The Big Read"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031065136/http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/top100.shtml |date=31 October 2012 }}. BBC. April 2003, Retrieved 12 December 2013</ref>

''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' won two publishing industry awards given for sales rather than literary merit, the [[British Book Awards]] Children's Book of the Year and the Booksellers' Association / ''Bookseller'' Author of the Year.<ref name="Eccleshare2002GuidePublishing" /> By March 1999 UK editions had sold just over 300,000 copies,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/childrens-books-bestsellers-1083288.html |title=Children's Books: Bestsellers |date=27 March 1999 |work=The Independent |location=UK |access-date=16 May 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090804080805/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/childrens-books-bestsellers-1083288.html |archive-date=4 August 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and the story was still the UK's best-selling title in December 2001.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/harry-potter-hides-fall-in-number-of-books-sold--a-downturn-in-book-sales-748142.html|title=Harry Potter hides fall in number of books sold a downturn in book sales|last=Jury|first=J.|date=22 December 2001|access-date=16 May 2009|work=The Independent|location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100707082907/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/harry-potter-hides-fall-in-number-of-books-sold--a-downturn-in-book-sales-748142.html|archive-date=7 July 2010|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> A [[Braille]] edition was published in May 1998 by the Scottish Braille Press.<ref>{{cite book|last=Thomas|first=Scott|title=The Making of the Potterverse: A Month-by-Month Look at Harry's First 10 Years|publisher=[[ECW Press]]|year=2007|page=5|isbn=978-1-55022-763-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f6y2_oFOcjQC&pg=PA5|access-date=28 May 2009}}</ref>

[[Platform 9¾|Platform {{frac|9|3|4}}]], from which the Hogwarts Express left London, was commemorated in the real-life [[London King's Cross railway station|King's Cross railway station]] with a sign and a trolley apparently passing through the wall.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=4177&NewsAreaID=2&SearchCategoryID=8|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722082347/http://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/content/detail.aspx?releaseid=4177&newsareaid=2&searchcategoryid=8|title=Platform alteration for Hogwarts Express as King's Cross upgrade steps up a gear|date=17 February 2009 |publisher=[[Network Rail]]|location=London|archive-date=22 July 2012|access-date=15 May 2009}}</ref>
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===U.S. publication and reception===
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[[Scholastic Corporation]] bought the U.S. rights at the [[Bologna Children's Book Fair|Bologna Book Fair]] in April 1997 for US$105,000, an unusually high sum for a children's book.<ref name="Eccleshare2002GuidePublishing" /> Scholastic's Arthur Levine thought that "philosopher" sounded too archaic for readers<ref name="fansided">{{cite web |last1=Gumm |first1=Callum |title=Why is it Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and not the Philosopher's Stone? |url=https://wizardsandwhatnot.com/2018/08/01/sorcerers-stone-philosophers-stone/ |website=Fansided |access-date=31 January 2019|date=August 2018 }}</ref> and after some discussion (including the proposed title "Harry Potter and the School of Magic"<ref name="vox">{{cite web |last1=Grady |first1=Constance |title=The first Harry Potter book wasn't perfect, but it was magic |url=https://www.vox.com/2016/7/29/12311072/harry-potter-sorcerers-stone-reread-20th-anniversary |website=Vox |access-date=31 January 2019 |date=1 September 2018}}</ref>), the American edition was published in September 1998<ref>{{cite web|url=http://harrypotter.scholastic.com/jk_rowling/|title=Meet Author J.K. Rowling|publisher=[[Scholastic Press|Scholastic Inc]]|access-date=14 December 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212084906/http://harrypotter.scholastic.com/jk_rowling/|archive-date=12 December 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> under the title Rowling suggested, ''Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone''.<ref name="Eccleshare2002GuidePublishing" /> Rowling later said that she regretted this change and would have fought it if she had been in a stronger position at the time.<ref name="mugglenet-bbc">{{cite web|title=BBC "Red Nose Day" Online Chat Transcript|url=http://www.mugglenet.com/books/bbcchat1.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214105613/http://www.mugglenet.com/books/bbcchat1.shtml|work=[[BBC]]|publisher=[[MuggleNet]]|access-date=2 August 2013|archive-date=14 December 2013|date=12 March 2001}}</ref> [[Philip Nel]] has pointed out that the change lost the connection with [[alchemy]], and the meaning of some other terms changed in translation, for example from "[[crumpet]]" to "[[muffin]]". While Rowling accepted the change from both the British English "mum" and Seamus Finnigan's Irish variant "mam" to "mom" in ''Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'', she vetoed this change in the later books, which was then reversed in later editions of ''Philosopher's Stone''. However, Nel considered that Scholastic's translations were considerably more sensitive than most of those imposed on British English books of the time, and that some other changes could be regarded as useful [[copyedit]]s.<ref name="Nel2004JellyJello">{{cite book|last=Nel|first=Philip|title=The ivory tower and Harry Potter|editor-last=Whited|editor-first=Lana A.|publisher=[[University of Missouri Press]]|year=2004|pages=261–269|chapter=You Say "Jelly", I Say "Jell-O"?|isbn=978-0-8262-1549-9|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iO5pApw2JycC&pg=PA261 | access-date=15 May 2009}}</ref> Since the British editions of early titles in the series were published months prior to the American versions, some American readers became familiar with the British English versions owing to having bought them from online retailers.<ref>{{cite news|last=Cowell|first=Alan|author-link=Alan Cowell|date=18 October 1999|title=Harry Potter and the Magic Stock; A Children's Book Series Helps Rejuvenate a British Publisher|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/18/business/harry-potter-magic-stock-children-s-book-series-helps-rejuvenate-british.html|access-date=16 May 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090804185753/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/18/business/harry-potter-magic-stock-children-s-book-series-helps-rejuvenate-british.html|archive-date=4 August 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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At first the most prestigious reviewers ignored the book, leaving it to book trade and library publications such as ''[[Kirkus Reviews]]'' and ''[[Booklist]]'', which examined it only by the entertainment-oriented criteria of children's fiction. However, more penetrating specialist reviews (such as one by ''Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices'', which pointed out the complexity, depth and consistency of the world that Rowling had [[world-building|built]]) attracted the attention of reviewers in major newspapers.<ref name="UnsworthCoursesHPAndSorcerersStone" /> Although ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' and Michael Winerip in ''The New York Times'' complained that the final chapters were the weakest part of the book,<ref name="Nel2001GuideReviews" /><ref name="NYT">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/99/02/14/reviews/990214.14childrt.html|title=Children's Books|last=Winerip|first=Michael|date=14 February 1999|work=The New York Times|access-date=12 January 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209170509/http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/02/14/reviews/990214.14childrt.html|archive-date=9 December 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> they and most other American reviewers gave glowing praise.<ref name="Eccleshare2002GuidePublishing" /><ref name="Nel2001GuideReviews" />
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''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' was generally well received by critics. ''The New York Times'' writer Michael Winerip praised the novel saying, "''Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'' is as funny, moving and impressive as the story behind its writing."<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/99/02/14/reviews/990214.14childrt.html |title=Children's Books|last=Winerip|first=Michael|date=14 February 1999|work=New York Times|access-date=12 January 2009}}</ref> However he felt that the story-telling in the last few chapters was poor, and also did not appreciate characters behaving unlike themselves to advance the plot.<ref name="NYT" /> In 1998, [[Publishers Weekly]] described the novel as "A delightful award-winning debut from an author who dances in the footsteps of P.L. Travers and Roald Dahl."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0747573603/ |title=Editorial Reviews|year=1998|publisher=Reed Business Information, Inc.|access-date=12 January 2009}}</ref>
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A year later, the US edition was selected as an [[American Library Association Notable Book]], a ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' Best Book of 1998, and a [[New York Public Library]] 1998 Best Book of the Year, and won ''[[Parenting Magazine]]'''s Book of the Year Award for 1998,<ref name="Knapp2003InDefenseOfHP" /> the School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, and the American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults.<ref name="Eccleshare2002GuidePublishing" />

In August 1999, ''Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'' topped the ''New York Times'' list of best-selling fiction,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hawes.com/no1_f_d.htm|title=New York Times Best Seller Number Ones Listing Fiction By Date|publisher=Hawes Publications|access-date=16 May 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209040712/http://hawes.com/no1_f_d.htm|archive-date=9 February 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and stayed near the top of the list for much of 1999 and 2000, until the ''New York Times'' split its list into children's and adult sections under pressure from other publishers who were eager to see their books given higher placings.<ref name="Beckett2008Crossover">{{cite book|last=Beckett|first=Sandra L.|title=Crossover Fiction|publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]]|year=2008|pages=112–115|chapter=Child-to-Adult Crossover Fiction|isbn=978-0-415-98033-3|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9ipnQ2ryU7IC&pg=PA112|access-date=16 May 2009}}</ref><ref name="UnsworthCoursesHPAndSorcerersStone">{{cite web|url=http://www3.isrl.illinois.edu/~unsworth/courses/bestsellers/search.cgi?title=Harry+Potter+and+the+Sorcerer%27s+Stone|title=20th-Century American Bestsellers|last=Unsworth|first=John M.|access-date=16 May 2009|publisher=[[UIUC Graduate School of Library and Information Science]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820014315/http://people.lis.illinois.edu/~unsworth/courses/bestsellers/search.cgi?title=Harry+Potter+and+the+Sorcerer's+Stone|archive-date=20 August 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'''s report in December 2001 on cumulative sales of children's fiction placed ''Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'' 19th among hardbacks (over 5 million copies) and 7th among paperbacks (over 6.6&nbsp;million copies).<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20011217/28595-all-time-bestselling-children-s-books.html|title=All-Time Bestselling Children's Books|date=17 December 2001|volume=248|journal=[[Publishers Weekly]]|access-date=22 January 2009|issue=51|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121013558/http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20011217/28595-all-time-bestselling-children-s-books.html|archive-date=21 January 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In May 2008, Scholastic announced the creation of a 10th Anniversary Edition of the book<ref name="muggle">{{cite web|url=http://www.mugglenet.com/app/news/full_story/1638|title=Scholastic Reveals Sorcerer's Stone Anniversary Edition|date=20 May 2008|publisher=[[MuggleNet]]|access-date=12 January 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531033153/http://www.mugglenet.com/app/news/full_story/1638 | archive-date=31 May 2008}}</ref> that was released on 1 October 2008<ref name="10than">{{cite book|title=Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, 10th Anniversary Edition|df=dmy-all|isbn = 978-0545069670|last1 = Rowling|first1 = J. K.|year=2008}}</ref> to mark the tenth anniversary of the original American release.<ref name="muggle"/> For the fifteenth anniversary of the books, Scholastic re-released ''Sorcerer's Stone'', along with the other six novels in the series, with new cover art by [[Kazu Kibuishi]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/harry-potter-gets-new-book-covers-for-15th-anniversary/|title="Harry Potter" gets new book covers for 15th anniversary|last=Derschowitz|first=Jessica|date=13 February 2013|work=[[CBS News]]|publisher=CBS Interactive Inc|access-date=14 December 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214210344/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/harry-potter-gets-new-book-covers-for-15th-anniversary/|archive-date=14 December 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/13/new-harry-potter-cover-_n_2676932.html|title=Scholastic Reveals New Book Cover For 'Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone'|date=13 February 2013|newspaper=[[The Huffington Post]]|publisher=AOL Lifestyle|access-date=14 December 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325145921/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/13/new-harry-potter-cover-_n_2676932.html|archive-date=25 March 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/02/new-harry-potter-covers/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105092310/http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/02/new-harry-potter-covers|title=New Harry Potter Covers by Kazu Kibuishi|last=Liu|first=Jonathan|date=13 February 2013|magazine=Wired Magazine|access-date=14 December 2013|archive-date=5 January 2014}}</ref>

===Translations===
{{Main|Harry Potter in translation}}

By mid-2008, official translations of the book had been published in 67 languages.<ref name="Translations for Harry Potter">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7649962.stm|title=Rowling 'makes £5 every second'|date=3 October 2008|publisher=BBC|access-date=17 October 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006041211/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7649962.stm|archive-date=6 October 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2008/jun/18/harrypotter.artsandentertainment|title=Harry Potter breaks 400m in sales|date=18 June 2008|publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited|access-date=17 October 2008|location=London|first=Guy|last=Dammann|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031062921/http://www.theguardian.com/business/2008/jun/18/harrypotter.artsandentertainment|archive-date=31 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> By November 2017, the book had been translated into 80 languages, the 80th being [[Scots language|Lowland Scots]].<ref name="BBCScots">{{cite web |author1=BBC |title=First book in Harry Potter series translated into Scots |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-41944136 |website=[[BBC News]] |access-date=28 March 2019 |date=10 November 2017}}</ref> Bloomsbury have published translations in [[Latin]] and in [[Ancient Greek]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Rowling|first=J.K.|title=Harrius Potter et Philosophi Lapis|url=https://archive.org/details/harriuspotteretp00jkro|url-access=registration|author2=Needham, P.|publisher=Bloomsbury USA Children's Books|year=2003|isbn=978-1-58234-825-4|language=la}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Rowling|first=J.K.|author2=Wilson, A.|script-title=el:Άρειος Ποτηρ καὶ ἡ τοῦ φιλοσόφου λίθος|publisher=Bloomsbury USA Children's Books|year=2004|isbn=978-1-58234-826-1|language=grc|url=https://archive.org/details/areiospoterkaihe00rowl}}</ref> with the latter being described as "one of the most important pieces of Ancient Greek prose written in many centuries".<ref name="Brennan2005ReviewAncientGreek">{{cite journal|last=Brennan|first=Tad|date=7 August 2005|title=J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Translated into Ancient Greek by Andrew Wilson|journal=[[Bryn Mawr Classical Review]]|publisher=[[Bryn Mawr College]]|url=http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2005/2005-08-07.html|access-date=16 May 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090804162345/http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2005/2005-08-07.html|archive-date=4 August 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Style and themes==
{{see also|Harry Potter influences and analogues}}

[[Philip Nel]] highlighted the influence of [[Jane Austen]], whom Rowling has greatly admired since the age of twelve. Both novelists greatly encourage re-reading, because details that look insignificant foreshadow important events or characters much later in the story-line&nbsp;– for example Sirius Black is briefly mentioned near the beginning of ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', and then becomes a major character in the third to fifth books. Like Austen's heroines, Harry often has to re-examine his ideas near the ends of books. Some social behaviour in the ''Harry Potter'' books is remininiscent of Austen, for example the excited communal reading of letters. Both authors [[satire|satirise]] social behaviour and give characters names that express their personalities. However in Nel's opinion Rowling's humour is more based on [[caricature]] and the names she invents are more like those found in [[Charles Dickens|Charles Dickens's]] stories,<ref name="Nel2001GuideReviews" />{{rp|13–15}} and [[Amanda Cockrell]] noted that many of these express their owners' traits through [[allusion]]s that run from ancient Roman mythology to eighteenth-century German literature.<ref name="Cockrell2004Password">{{cite book|last=Cockrell|first=Amanda|author-link=Amanda Cockrell|title=The ivory tower and Harry Potter|editor-last=Whited|editor-first=Lana A.|publisher=University of Missouri Press|year=2004|pages=23–24|chapter=Harry Potter and the Secret Password|isbn=978-0-8262-1549-9|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iO5pApw2JycC&pg=PA23 | access-date=15 May 2009}}</ref> Rowling, like the [[The Chronicles of Narnia|Narnia]] series' author [[C.S. Lewis]], thinks there is no rigid distinction between stories for children and for adults. Nel also noted that, like many good writers for children, Rowling combines [[literary genre]]s{{nsmdns}}[[fantasy]], [[young adult fiction]], boarding school stories, ''[[Bildungsroman]]'' and many others.<ref name="Nel2001GuideReviews" />{{rp|51–52}}

Some reviewers compared ''Philosopher's Stone'' to the stories of [[Roald Dahl]], who died in 1990. Many writers since the 1970s had been hailed as his successor, but none had attained anything near his popularity with children and, in a poll conducted shortly after the launch of ''Philosopher's Stone'', seven of the ten most popular children's books were by Dahl, including the one in top place. The only other really popular children's author of the late 1990s was an American, [[R. L. Stine]]. Some of the story elements in ''Philosopher's Stone'' resembled parts of Dahl's stories. For example, the hero of ''[[James and the Giant Peach]]'' lost his parents and had to live with a pair of unpleasant aunts{{nsmdns}}one fat and one thin rather like Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, who treated Harry as a servant. However Harry Potter was a distinctive creation, able to take on the responsibilities of an adult while remaining a child inside.<ref name="Eccleshare2002GuidePublishing" />

Librarian Nancy Knapp and marketing professor Stephen Brown noted the liveliness and detail of descriptions, especially of shop scenes such as [[Diagon Alley]].<ref name="Knapp2003InDefenseOfHP" /><ref name="Brown2002MarketingForMuggles" /> Tad Brennan commented that Rowling's writing resembles that of [[Homer]]: "rapid, plain, and direct in expression."<ref name="Brennan2005ReviewAncientGreek" /> [[Stephen King]] admired "the sort of playful details of which only British fantasists seem capable" and concluded that they worked because Rowling enjoys a quick giggle and then moves briskly forward.<ref>{{cite news|author=King, Stephen|author-link=Stephen King|title=Wild About Harry|date=23 July 2000|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/00/07/23/reviews/000723.23kinglt.html|access-date=16 May 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20100809050706/https://www.nytimes.com/books/00/07/23/reviews/000723.23kinglt.html|archive-date=9 August 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

[[Nicholas Tucker]] described the early ''Harry Potter'' books as looking back to [[Victorian literature|Victorian]] and [[Edwardian]] children's stories: [[Hogwarts]] was an old-style [[boarding school]] in which the teachers addressed pupils formally by their surnames and were most concerned with the reputations of the houses with which they were associated; characters' personalities were plainly shown by their appearances, starting with the Dursleys; evil or malicious characters were to be crushed rather than reformed, including [[Argus Filch]]'s cat Mrs Norris; and the hero, a mistreated orphan who found his true place in life, was charismatic and good at sports, but considerate and protective towards the weak.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Tucker|first=Nicholas|author-link=Nicholas Tucker|date=December 1999|title=The Rise and Rise of Harry Potter |journal=Children's Literature in Education|volume=30|issue=4|pages=221–234|doi=10.1023/A:1022438704330|s2cid=141023445}}</ref> Several other commentators have stated that the books present a highly [[Social stratification|stratified]] society including many [[social stereotype]]s.<ref name="Fields2007HPSociologicalImagination">{{cite journal|last=Fields|first=Joyce W.|year=2007|title=''Harry Potter'', Benjamin Bloom, and the Sociological Imagination|journal=International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education|volume=19|issue=2|pages=167–177|url=http://www.isetl.org/ijtlhe/pdf/IJTLHE160.pdf|access-date=15 May 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818204930/http://www.isetl.org/ijtlhe/pdf/IJTLHE160.pdf|archive-date=18 August 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> However Karin Westerman drew parallels with 1990s Britain: a class system that was breaking down but defended by those whose power and status it upheld; the multi-ethnic composition of Hogwarts' students; the racial tensions between the various intelligent species; and school bullying.<ref>{{cite book
|last=Westman|first=Karin E.|title=The ivory tower and Harry Potter|editor-last=Whited|editor-first=Lana A.|publisher=University of Missouri Press|year=2004|pages=306–308
|chapter=Specters of Thatcherism|isbn=978-0-8262-1549-9
|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iO5pApw2JycC&pg=PA306 | access-date=15 May 2009
}}</ref>

Susan Hall wrote that there is no [[rule of law]] in the books, as the actions of [[Ministry of Magic]] officials are unconstrained by laws, [[accountability]] or any kind of legal challenge. This provides an opportunity for [[Voldemort]] to offer his own horrific version of order. As a side-effect Harry and Hermione, who were brought up in the highly regulated Muggle world, find solutions by thinking in ways unfamiliar to wizards. For example, Hermione notes that one obstacle to finding the Philosopher's Stone is a test of logic rather than magical power, and that most wizards have no chance of solving it.<ref name="Hall2003RuleOfLaw">{{cite book|last=Hall|first=Susan|title=Reading Harry Potter|editor-last=Anatol|editor-first=Giselle Liza|publisher=Greenwood Publishing|year=2003|pages=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780313320675/page/147 147–162]|chapter=Harry Potter and the Rule of Law|isbn=978-0-313-32067-5|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-__ICQemqaEC&pg=PA147|access-date=15 May 2009|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780313320675/page/147}}</ref>

Nel suggested that the unflattering characterisation of the extremely conventional, [[social status|status]]-conscious, materialistic Dursleys was Rowling's reaction to the family policies of the British government in the early 1990s, which treated the married heterosexual couple as the "preferred norm", while the author was a [[single parent|single mother]]. Harry's relationships with adult and juvenile wizards are based on affection and loyalty. This is reflected in his happiness whenever he is a temporary member of the Weasley family throughout the series, and in his treatment of first [[Rubeus Hagrid]] and later [[Remus Lupin]] and [[Sirius Black]] as father-figures.<ref name="Nel2001GuideReviews" />{{rp|13–15, 47–48}}<ref name="Cockrell2004Password" />

==Legacy==
===Sequels===

The second book, ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'', was originally published in the UK on July 2, 1998 and later, in the US on June 2, 1999.<ref name="Harry Potter UK Release Dates">{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/235354|title=A Potter timeline for muggles|date=14 July 2007|work=Toronto Star|access-date=27 September 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220001353/http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/235354|archive-date=20 December 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="Harry Potter US&nbsp;— Scholastic">{{cite web|url=http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/books/author/index.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080822142647/http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/books/author/index.htm|archive-date=22 August 2008|title=Harry Potter: Meet J.K. Rowling|publisher=Scholastic Inc|access-date=27 September 2008}}</ref> ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' was then published a year later in the UK on July 8, 1999 and in the US on September 8, 1999.<ref name="Harry Potter UK Release Dates" /><ref name="Harry Potter US&nbsp;— Scholastic" /> ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' was published on 8 July 2000 at the same time by [[Bloomsbury Press|Bloomsbury]] and [[Scholastic Press|Scholastic]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/jul/19/jkjoannekathleenrowling|title=Speed-reading after lights out|date=19 July 2000|publisher=[[Guardian News and Media Limited]]|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=27 September 2008|location=London|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231101931/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/jul/19/jkjoannekathleenrowling|archive-date=31 December 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' is the longest book in the series at 766 pages in the UK version and 870 pages in the US version.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/14/business/harry-potter-and-the-internet-pirates.html | title=Harry Potter and the Internet Pirates | newspaper=The New York Times | access-date=21 August 2008 | first=Amy | last=Harmon | author-link=Amy Harmon | date=14 July 2003 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403074718/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/14/business/harry-potter-and-the-internet-pirates.html | archive-date=3 April 2009 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> It was published worldwide in English on June 21, 2003.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/jan/16/harrypotter.books|title=Harry Potter and the hottest day of summer|last=Cassy|first=John|date=16 January 2003|publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=27 September 2008|location=London|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231091101/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/jan/16/harrypotter.books|archive-date=31 December 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' was published on July 16, 2005 and sold 11 million copies in the first 24 hours of its worldwide release.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/4113663.stm|title=July date for Harry Potter book|date=21 December 2004|publisher=BBC|access-date=27 September 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229024606/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/4113663.stm|archive-date=29 December 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6912529.stm |title=Harry Potter finale sales hit 11&nbsp;m |work=BBC News |access-date=21 August 2008 |date=23 July 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225034725/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6912529.stm |archive-date=25 December 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The seventh and final novel, ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'', was published on July 21, 2007.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6320733.stm|title=Rowling unveils last Potter date|date=1 February 2007|publisher=BBC|access-date=27 September 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228101051/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6320733.stm|archive-date=28 December 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The book sold 11 million copies within 24 hours of its release: 2.7 million copies in the UK and 8.3 million in the US.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6912529.stm|title=Harry Potter finale sales hit 11&nbsp;m|date=23 July 2007|publisher=BBC|access-date=20 August 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225034725/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6912529.stm|archive-date=25 December 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

=== Illustrated version ===
An illustrated version of ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' was released on October 6, 2015, with illustrations by Jim Kay.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/harry-potter-and-the-philosophers-stone-9781408845646/|title=Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: Illustrated Edition|publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing]]|access-date=26 December 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170623022326/http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/harry-potter-and-the-philosophers-stone-9781408845646|archive-date=23 June 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/224132/illustrated-edition-offers-harry-potter-fans-a-unique-reading-experience-2/|title=Illustrated edition offers 'Harry Potter' fans a unique reading experience|last=De Vera|first=Ruel S.|website=lifestyle.inquirer.net|language=en|access-date=25 March 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326051018/http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/224132/illustrated-edition-offers-harry-potter-fans-a-unique-reading-experience-2/|archive-date=26 March 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The book carries over 100 illustrations and will be followed by illustrated versions of all seven books from the series by the same artist.

===Podcast version===
In May 2020, a reading podcast by [[Spotify]] was created and entitled ''Harry Potter at Home: Readings''. Each chapter is narrated by a celebrity guest from the ''Harry Potter'' and ''Wizarding World'' franchises.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Harry Potter At Home Readings|url=https://www.wizardingworld.com/chapters|access-date=2020-08-06|website=www.wizardingworld.com|language=en}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Chapter !! Title !! Release date !! Runtime !! Narrated by
|-
| 1 || ''The Boy Who Lived'' || 5 May 2020 || 25 mins, 54 secs || [[Daniel Radcliffe]]
|-
| 2 || ''The Vanishing Glass'' || 8 May 2020 || 27 mins, 27 secs || [[Noma Dumezweni]]
|-
| 3 || ''The Letters from No One'' || 12 May 2020 || 26 mins, 14 secs || [[Eddie Redmayne]]
|-
| 4 || ''The Keeper of the Keys'' || 14 May 2020 || 26 mins, 54 secs || [[Stephen Fry]]
|-
| 5 || ''Diagon Alley'' || 19 May 2020 || 48 mins, 1 sec || [[Simon Callow]], [[Bonnie Wright]] and [[Evanna Lynch]]
|-
| 6 || ''The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-Quarters'' || 20 May 2020 || 41 mins, 47 secs || [[Jamie Parker]] and cast of ''[[Harry Potter and the Cursed Child]]''
|-
| 7 || ''The Sorting Hat'' || 27 May 2020 || 27 mins, 1 sec || [[Olivia Colman]], [[Jonathan Van Ness]] and [[Kate McKinnon]]
|-
| 8 || ''The Potions Master'' || 28 May 2020 || 18 mins, 36 secs || [[Alia Bhatt]], [[Alec Baldwin]] and Carmen Baldwin
|-
| 9 || ''Midnight Duel'' || 3 June 2020 || 33 mins, 21 secs || [[Alison Sudol]] and [[Dan Fogler]]
|-
| 10 || ''Hallowe'en'' || 4 June 2020 || 29 mins, 06 secs || [[Whoopi Goldberg]]
|-
| 11 || ''Quidditch'' || 10 June 2020 || 22 mins, 27 secs || [[David Tennant]] and [[David Beckham]]
|-
| 12 || ''The Mirror of Erised'' || 3 July 2020 || 39 mins, 14 secs || [[Matthew Lewis (actor)|Matthew Lewis]], Helen Howard and [[Imelda Staunton]]
|-
| 13 || ''Nicolas Flamel'' || 7 July 2020 || 22 mins, 2 secs || [[Hugh Bonneville]]
|-
| 14 || ''Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback'' || 8 July 2020 || 26 mins, 6 secs || [[Jason Isaacs]], [[Tom Felton]] and [[Helen McCrory]]
|-
| 15 || ''The Forbidden Forest'' || 13 July 2020 || 33 mins, 3 secs || [[Claudia Kim]] and [[Dakota Fanning]]
|-
| 16 || ''Through the Trapdoor'' || 14 July 2020 || 51 mins, 35 secs || [[Kenneth Branagh]], [[Ruth Wilson]] and [[Helena Bonham Carter]]
|-
| 17 || ''The Man with the Two Faces'' || 16 July 2020 || 41 mins, 29 secs || Three families of ''Harry Potter'' fans, with a surprise appearance from [[J.K. Rowling]]
|}

===Film version===
{{Main|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)}}

In 1999, Rowling sold the film rights of the first four ''Harry Potter'' books to [[Warner Bros.]] for a reported £1&nbsp;million ($1.65 million in 1999).<ref name="WiGBPd About Harry">{{cite news|url=http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2000/0700-austfinrev-bagwell.html|work=[[The Australian Financial Review]]|publisher=Accio Quote|title=WiGBPd About Harry|date=19 July 2000|access-date=26 May 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110109034910/http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2000/0700-austfinrev-bagwell.html|archive-date=9 January 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Rowling demanded that the principal cast be kept strictly British but allowed for the casting of Irish actors such as the late [[Richard Harris (actor)|Richard Harris]] as Dumbledore and of foreign actors as characters of the same nationalities in later books.<ref name="Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/nov/16/jkjoannekathleenrowling|work=The Guardian|location=UK|title=Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone|date=16 November 2001|access-date=26 May 2007|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930184717/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/nov/16/jkjoannekathleenrowling|archive-date=30 September 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> After [[List of Harry Potter films cast members|extensive casting]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://movies.warnerbros.com/pub/movie/releases/harrycast.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070404184713/http://movies.warnerbros.com/pub/movie/releases/harrycast.html|archive-date=4 April 2007|publisher=Warner Brothers|title=Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson bring Harry, Ron and Hermione to life for Warner Bros. Pictures' 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'|date=21 August 2000|access-date=26 May 2007}}</ref> filming began in September 2000 at [[Leavesden Film Studios]] and in London, with production ending in July 2001.<ref name=greg>{{cite web|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/feature/comingsoon.html |title=Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) |access-date=30 May 2007 |author=Schmitz, Greg Dean |publisher=Yahoo! Movies |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070529214251/http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/comingsoon.html |archive-date=29 May 2007 }}<!-- Not exactly a dead link, but the page updates frequently and I have not been able to find anything archived. --></ref> ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' was released in London on 14 November 2001.<ref name="BBCFilmPreview">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/1634408.stm |title=Potter Casts Spell at World Premiere |access-date=23 September 2007 |date=15 November 2001 |work=BBC News |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312191433/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/1634408.stm |archive-date=12 March 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/034/034103p1.html |title=Bewitched Warner Bros. Delays Potter |access-date=8 July 2007 |date=17 May 2000 |website=IGN |last=Linder |first=Brian |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206110507/http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/034/034103p1.html |archive-date=6 December 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Reviewers' comments were positive, as reflected by an 80% Fresh rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/harry_potter_and_the_sorcerers_stone/ |title=Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) |access-date=8 July 2007 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203134925/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/harry_potter_and_the_sorcerers_stone/ |archive-date=3 December 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and by a score of 64% at [[Metacritic]], representing "generally favourable reviews".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/harrypotterandthesorcerersstone |title=Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone |access-date=20 July 2007 |website=[[Metacritic]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090711202402/http://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/harrypotterandthesorcerersstone |archive-date=11 July 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

===Video games===
{{Main|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)}}

Five unique video games by different developers were released between 2001 and 2003 by [[Electronic Arts]], that were loosely based on the film and book:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Developer !! Release date !! Platform !! Genre !! [[GameRankings]] !! [[Metacritic]] !! class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
| [[KnowWonder]] || rowspan="4"| 15 November 2001 || [[Microsoft Windows]] || [[Adventure game|Adventure]]/[[Puzzle video game|puzzle]] || style="text-align:center;"| 67.35%<ref>{{cite web|title=Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone for PC|url=http://www.gamerankings.com/pc/516702-harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone/index.html|publisher=[[GameRankings]]|access-date=7 June 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100705131317/http://www.gamerankings.com/pc/516702-harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone/index.html|archive-date=5 July 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| 65/100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone|title=Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (PC)|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=26 May 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110325092746/http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone|archive-date=25 March 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> || &nbsp;
|-
| [[Argonaut Games|Argonaut]] || [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] || [[Action-adventure game|Action-adventure]] || style="text-align:center;"| 66.98%<ref>{{cite web|title=Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone for PlayStation|url=http://www.gamerankings.com/ps/516645-harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone/index.html|publisher=GameRankings|access-date=7 June 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100906030559/http://www.gamerankings.com/ps/516645-harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone/index.html|archive-date=6 September 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| 64/100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation/harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone|title=Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (PSX)|website=Metacritic|access-date=26 May 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123203536/http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation/harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone|archive-date=23 November 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> || &nbsp;
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Griptonite Games|Griptonite]] || [[Game Boy Color]] || [[Role-playing game]] || style="text-align:center;"| 73%<ref>{{cite web|title=Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone for Game Boy Color|url=http://www.gamerankings.com/gbc/565542-harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone/index.html|publisher=GameRankings|access-date=7 June 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100906030702/http://www.gamerankings.com/gbc/565542-harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone/index.html|archive-date=6 September 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> || {{N/A}} || &nbsp;
|-
| [[Game Boy Advance]] || [[Puzzle video game#Action puzzle|Action puzzle]] || style="text-align:center;"| 68.37%<ref>{{cite web|title=Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone for Game Boy Advance|url=http://www.gamerankings.com/gba/516672-harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone/index.html|publisher=GameRankings|access-date=7 June 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100906030656/http://www.gamerankings.com/gba/516672-harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone/index.html|archive-date=6 September 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| 64/100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/game/game-boy-advance/harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone|title=Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (GBA)|website=Metacritic|access-date=26 May 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714041053/http://www.metacritic.com/game/game-boy-advance/harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone|archive-date=14 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> || &nbsp;
|-
| [[Aspyr]] || 28 February 2002 || [[OS X|Mac OS X]] || Adventure/puzzle || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || Port of Windows version<ref name="CVG2002HPSS">{{cite web|url=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=27945|title=Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Mac)|date=15 April 2002|publisher=Future Publishing Limited|access-date=25 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090804123113/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=27945|archive-date=4 August 2009|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Warthog Games|Warthog]] || rowspan="3"| 9 December 2003 || [[GameCube]] || rowspan="3"| Action-adventure || style="text-align:center;"| 63.31%<ref>{{cite web|title=Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone for GameCube|url=http://www.gamerankings.com/gamecube/917863-harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone/index.html|publisher=GameRankings|access-date=7 June 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100821062303/http://www.gamerankings.com/gamecube/917863-harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone/index.html|archive-date=21 August 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| 62/100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/game/gamecube/harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone|title=Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Cube)|website=Metacritic|access-date=26 May 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101218181714/http://www.metacritic.com/game/gamecube/harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone|archive-date=18 December 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> || &nbsp;
|-
| [[PlayStation 2]] || style="text-align:center;"| 57.90%<ref>{{cite web|title=Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone for PlayStation 2|url=http://www.gamerankings.com/ps2/917861-harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone/index.html|publisher=GameRankings|access-date=7 June 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100906030728/http://www.gamerankings.com/ps2/917861-harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone/index.html|archive-date=6 September 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| 56/100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-2/harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone|title=Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (PS2)|website=Metacritic|access-date=26 May 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018011313/http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-2/harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone|archive-date=18 October 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> || &nbsp;
|-
| [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]] || style="text-align:center;"| 61.82%<ref>{{cite web|title=Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone for Xbox|url=http://www.gamerankings.com/xbox/917862-harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone/index.html|publisher=GameRankings|access-date=7 June 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100906030740/http://www.gamerankings.com/xbox/917862-harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone/index.html|archive-date=6 September 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| 59/100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox/harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone|title=Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Xbox)|website=Metacritic|access-date=26 May 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714050052/http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox/harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone|archive-date=14 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> || &nbsp;
|}

===Uses in education and business===

Writers on education and business subjects have used the book as an {{Linktext|object lesson}}. Writing about clinical teaching in medical schools, Jennifer Conn contrasted Snape's technical expertise with his intimidating behaviour towards students. Quidditch coach Madam Hooch on the other hand, illustrated useful techniques in the teaching of physical skills, including breaking down complex actions into sequences of simple ones and helping students to avoid common errors.<ref name="Conn2002ClinicalTeachers">{{cite journal|last=Conn|first=Jennifer J.|year=2002|title=What can clinical teachers learn from ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone''?|journal=Medical Education|volume=36|issue=12|pages=1176–1181|doi=10.1046/j.1365-2923.2002.01376.x|pmid=12472752|citeseerx=10.1.1.463.8854|s2cid=22560995}}</ref> Joyce Fields wrote that the books illustrate four of the five main topics in a typical first-year sociology class: "sociological concepts including culture, society, and [[socialisation]]; stratification and [[social inequality]]; [[social institutions]]; and [[social theory]]".<ref name="Fields2007HPSociologicalImagination" />

Stephen Brown noted that the early ''Harry Potter'' books, especially ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', were a runaway success despite inadequate and poorly organised marketing. Brown advised marketing executives to be less preoccupied with rigorous statistical analyses and the "analysis, planning, implementation, and control" model of management. Instead he recommended that they should treat the stories as "a marketing masterclass", full of enticing products and brand names.<ref name="Brown2002MarketingForMuggles">{{cite journal|last=Brown|first=Stephen|year=2002|title=Marketing for Muggles: The Harry Potter way to higher profits|journal=Business Horizons|volume=45|issue=1|pages=6–14 | doi=10.1016/S0007-6813(02)80004-0 }}</ref> For example, a real-world analogue of [[Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans]] was introduced [[Licence#Trademark and brand licensing|under licence]] in 2000 by toymaker [[Hasbro]].<ref name="Brown2002MarketingForMuggles" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timewarner.com/newsroom/press-releases/2000/02/Hasbro_Wins_Wide_Range_Rights_for_Harry_Potter_from_02-11-2000.php|title=Hasbro Wins Wide Range of Rights for Harry Potter from Warner Bros. Consumer Products|date=11 February 2000|publisher=[[Time Warner]]|location=Burbank, California|access-date=14 May 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029203833/http://www.timewarner.com/newsroom/press-releases/2000/02/Hasbro_Wins_Wide_Range_Rights_for_Harry_Potter_from_02-11-2000.php|archive-date=29 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Release history==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Country
! Release date
! Edition<br /><small>(Hardback/Paperback)</small>
! Publisher
! Pages
|-
|rowspan="10"|United Kingdom
|rowspan="2"|26 June 1997<ref>{{cite book|title=Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Book 1)|id= {{ASIN|0747532699|country=uk}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Book 1)|id= {{ASIN|0747532745|country=uk}}}}</ref>
|Hardback Children's Edition
|rowspan="10"|[[Bloomsbury Publishing|Bloomsbury]]
|rowspan="5"|223
|-
|Paperback Children's Edition
|-
|11 September 1998<ref>{{cite book|title=Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Book 1)|id= {{ASIN|0747542988|country=uk}}}}</ref>
|Paperback Adult Edition <small>(Original)</small>
|-
|27 September 1999<ref>{{cite book|title=Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Book 1)|id= {{ASIN|0747545723|country=uk}}}}</ref>
|Hardback Signature Special Edition
|-
|8 October 2001<ref>{{cite book|title=Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Book 1)|id= {{ASIN|0747558191|country=uk}}}}</ref>
|Paperback Special Edition
|-
|10 July 2004<ref>{{cite book|title=Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Book 1)|id= {{ASIN|0747574472|country=uk}}}}</ref>
|Hardback Adult Edition <small>(Re-issue with new cover)</small>
|336
|-
|4 October 2004<ref>{{cite book|title=Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Book 1)|id= {{ASIN|0747573603|country=uk}}}}</ref>
|Paperback Adult Edition <small>(Re-issue with new cover)</small>
|rowspan="3"|223
|-
|1 November 2010<ref>{{cite book|title=Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone|id= {{ASIN|1408810549|country=uk}}|edition= Harry Potter Signature}}</ref>
|Paperback Harry Potter Signature Edition
|-
|18 July 2013<ref>{{cite book|title=Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter 1 Adult Cover) |id= {{ASIN|1408834960|country=uk}} }}</ref>
|Paperback Adult Edition <small>(Re-issue with new cover)</small>
|-
|6 October 2015<ref>{{cite book|title=Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Illustrated Hardcover) |id= {{ASIN|1408845644|country=uk}} }}</ref>
|Hardcover Illustrated Edition <small>(Illustrated by Jim Kay)</small>
|256
|-
|rowspan="8"|United States
|1 September 1998<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jk-rowling/harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone/|title=Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone|magazine=[[Kirkus Reviews]]|date=1 September 1998|access-date=14 December 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214105044/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jk-rowling/harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone/|archive-date=14 December 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|Hardback
|rowspan="8"|[[Arthur A. Levine Books|Arthur A. Levine]]/<br />[[Scholastic Corporation|Scholastic]]
|rowspan="3"|309
|-
|8 September 1999<ref>{{cite book|title=Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1)|isbn=978-0590353427|url=https://archive.org/details/harrypottersorce00rowl|last1=Rowling|first1=J. K.|year=1998}}</ref>
|Paperback
|-
|1 November 2000<ref>{{cite book|title=Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone|isbn = 978-0439203524|last1 = Rowling|first1 = J. K.|date = October 2000}}</ref>
|Hardback Collector's Edition
|-
|1 November 2001<ref>{{cite book|title = Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone (mm)|isbn = 978-0439362139|last1 = Rowling|first1 = Joanne K.|year = 1997|url = https://archive.org/details/harrypottersorce00jkro}}</ref>
|Mass Market Paperback
|400
|-
|September 2008<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mugglenet.com/app/news/full_story/1894|title= New cover for Sorcerer's Stone paperback edition|date=29 September 2008|publisher=[[MuggleNet]]|access-date=14 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205061144/http://mugglenet.com/app/news/full_story/1894|archive-date=5 December 2008}}</ref>
|Paperback <small>(Exclusive Scholastic School Market Edition)</small>
|rowspan="2"|309
|-
|1 October 2008<ref name="10than"/>
|Hardback 10th Anniversary Edition
|-
|27 August 2013<ref>{{cite book|title=Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1)|isbn = 978-0545582889}}</ref>
|Paperback <small>(Re-issue with new cover)</small>
|336
|-
|6 October 2015<ref>{{cite book|title=Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1)|isbn = 978-0545790352|last1 = Rowling|first1 = J. K.|year = 2015}}</ref>
|Hardcover Illustrated Edition <small>(Illustrated by Jim Kay)</small>
|256
|-
|rowspan="9"|Canada
|rowspan="2"|1 December 1998<ref>{{cite book|title=Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone British Children's Cloth Edition|id= {{ASIN|0747532699|country=ca}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Harry Potter and Philosopher's Stone|id= {{ASIN|0747542988|country=ca}}}}</ref>
|Hardback Children's Edition
|rowspan="6"|[[Raincoast Books|Raincoast]]
|rowspan="5"|223
|-
|Paperback Adult Edition <small>(Original)</small>
|-
|1 November 1999<ref>{{cite book|title=Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: Deluxe Gift Edition|id= {{ASIN|0747545723|country=ca}}}}</ref>
|Hardback Signature Special Edition
|-
|31 August 2000<ref>{{cite book|title=Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Children's Paperback Edition|id= {{ASIN|155192398X|country=ca}}}}</ref>
|Paperback Children's Edition
|-
|16 October 2002<ref>{{cite book|title=Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone|id= {{ASIN|1551926121|country=ca}}|edition= Magic}}</ref>
|Paperback Magic Edition
|-
|4 October 2004<ref>{{cite book|title=Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Book 1)|id= {{ASIN|1551927284|country=ca}}}}</ref>
|Hardback Adult Edition <small>(Re-issue with new cover)</small>
|336
|-
|rowspan="2"|12 January 2011<ref>{{cite book|title=Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone|id= {{ASIN|0747574472|country=ca}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone|id= {{ASIN|1408810549|country=ca}}}}</ref>
|Paperback Adult Edition <small>(Re-issue with new cover)</small>
|rowspan="3"|Bloomsbury
|rowspan="3"|223
|-
|Paperback Harry Potter Signature Edition
|-
|27 August 2013<ref>{{cite book|title=Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone|id= {{ASIN|1408834960|country=ca}}}}</ref>
|Paperback Adult Edition <small>(Re-issue with new cover)</small>
|}

==Footnotes==
===Notes===

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===References===

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==External links==
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