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Reuters
Marie Louise Gumtian
London — Nigel Newton, founder of Bloomsbury Publishing, of the then-unknown J.K.'s "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" When you bring the manuscript home. Rolling, his daughter Alice described it as "probably one of the best books 8/9 years old can read."
Twenty-five years later, after capturing the hearts and imaginations of children around the world, it is one of the best-selling novels to date.
"I gave it to Alice, who took it upstairs ... at that stage there was a chapter up to Diagon Alley," Newton told Reuters.
"She went down the stairs an hour later and said," Dad, this book is better than what you showed me. "
Sunday is 25 years since Rolling published his first book on the magical world of witches and wizards.
Rolling faced rejection until Bloomsbury took on her job with a £ 2,500 advance. Her story became a huge hit all over the world, producing a series of books and a huge movie franchise.
"Did you know that you could sell more than 500 million copies by the summer of 2022? No, but you knew it was a great sentence," Newton said.
"The first time this book was adopted was by children, not parents. It was a complete grassroots phenomenon."
These children were in 2007. I was waiting for hours in front of the bookstore waiting for the latest Harry Potter adventure, which culminated in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows."
For those who are now 23, like Jacqueline Hulbert, it also helped them enjoy reading.
"It was just amazing. It wasn't like I tried to read it before because I knew the story well and wanted to continue reading," Hulbert said. I am saying.
"Because it is not known to Muggles (books without magical powers), and like everyone we know, this hidden world is almost in clear view. Because it was. "
The image of Harry in front of the Hogwarts Express is the train that takes him to the famous Muggle School and is one of the most famous books in children's literature.
This was done by author and illustrator Thomas Taylor on the first working committee. Taylor, then 23, working in a children's bookstore, dropped a sample portfolio of dragons in Bloomsbury.
"A few days later ... the phone rang and Bloomsbury's Barry Cunningham asked if he wanted to do cover art for a new book by a new writer that no one had ever heard of." Taylor, known for books for children of the sea, said.
"So I was so excited that I said yes, and of course I didn't know what would happen." (Report by Marie-Louise Gumuchian; by Emeria Sithole-Matarise Edit)
