Hardcover, 317 pages
English language
Published May 24, 1999 by Bloomsbury.
Next title in the Harry Potter series: Harry Potter is a wizard. He is in his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It's always a relief after summer with the Dursleys, however, Harry doesn't realise that this year will be just as eventful as the last two! The atmosphere at Hogwarts is tense. There's an escaped mass murderer on the loose, even the Muggles have been warned. The sinister prison guards of Azkaban have been called in to guard the school and Harry, Ron and Hermione rapidly discover why all witches and wizards live in fear of being sent to Azkaban. Lessons, however, must go on and there are lots of new subjects in third year - Care of Magical Creatures and Divination among others. Plus the delights of Hogsmeade, the only village in the UK entirely populated by the magical community. The Author: Jo Rowling lives …
Next title in the Harry Potter series: Harry Potter is a wizard. He is in his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It's always a relief after summer with the Dursleys, however, Harry doesn't realise that this year will be just as eventful as the last two! The atmosphere at Hogwarts is tense. There's an escaped mass murderer on the loose, even the Muggles have been warned. The sinister prison guards of Azkaban have been called in to guard the school and Harry, Ron and Hermione rapidly discover why all witches and wizards live in fear of being sent to Azkaban. Lessons, however, must go on and there are lots of new subjects in third year - Care of Magical Creatures and Divination among others. Plus the delights of Hogsmeade, the only village in the UK entirely populated by the magical community. The Author: Jo Rowling lives in Edinburgh with her daughter Jessie. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was her first novel. She came up with the idea for Harry Potter when she was on a train. She is currently working on the fourth out of a potential series of seven Harry Potter books.
Source: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/harry-potter-and-the-prisoner-of-azkaban-9780747545118/
Marking the Wizarding World's turn towards complexity and gradual maturity, Prisoner of Azkaban is dark in all the right places.
Have decided to re-read the entire series. Will not change the original star ratings, but will include my updated star ratings in the wall o' text.
4 stars
My favorite of the first 3 books, from the perspective of adulthood. The story is more complex with multiple seemingly unrelated subplots which converge rather neatly at the book's climax. Plus, Hermione really shines here -- really, this is her story; she gets to save the day by being brainy and ferocious, whereas Harry is lucky when it matters.
In Harry Potter's third year at Hogwarts, events do not fail to occur, all seeming to revolve around Harry himself. Now, a wizard criminal so dangerous as to merit a warning to those outside of the Wizarding world has escaped the notorious prison of Azkaban. He is on the loose and seems to be coming after Harry Potter. As more ties between him and Harry's parents are revealed, matters can only get more confusing before they can be resolved.
I have found the story to be interesting, though not of much value beyond that as of yet. So much hype over a children's fantasy series.
Le troisième tome de la célébrissime saga Harry Potter, qu'on ne présente plus. Je me souviens que je n'avais pas gardé un très bon souvenir de celui-ci après ma première lecture, mais j'ai appris à l'apprécier lors de mes lectures suivantes, notamment en anglais.
