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| | Illustrator =Jason Cockcroft (Bloomsbury)<br />] (Scholastic) | |||
| | name = Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows | |||
| | Release date = 21 July 2007| | |||
| | Number in series = Seven | |||
| | Chapter Count = 36 chapters and an epilogue | |||
| | Page Count = 607 <small>(UK)<small/><br />759 <small>(US)<small/> | |||
| | Sales = 44 million (worldwide)<ref> "The final one, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, has sold 44 million since it was published last July, including 15 million in the first 24 hours."</ref> | |||
| | Story timeline = ] and ] | |||
| | Preceded by = '']'' | |||
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| '''''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows''''' is the seventh and final of the '']'' novels written by ] author ]. The book was released on 21 July 2007, ending the series that began in 1997 with the publication of '']''. This book chronicles the events directly following '']'' (2005), and leads to the long-awaited final confrontation between ] and ]. | |||
| ''Deathly Hallows'' is published in the United Kingdom by ], in the United States by ], in Canada by ], and in Australia and New Zealand by ]. Released globally in ninety-three countries, ''Deathly Hallows'' broke sales records as the fastest-selling book ever, selling more than 11 million copies in the first twenty-four hours following its release. The previous record, nine million in its first day, had been held by ''Half-Blood Prince''.<ref name="sales">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6912529.stm|title=Harry Potter finale sales hit 11m|accessdate=2007-07-27 |publisher=BBC |date=23 July 2007}}</ref> The ''Deathly Hallows'' has also been translated into numerous languages, including ],<ref name="Ukrainian">{{cite web|url=http://www.kyivpost.com/guide/general/27427/|title=Kyiv Post|title=Ukrainian Potter comes first|accessdate=2007-07-29 |publisher=Kyiv Post |date=27 July 2007}}</ref> ],<ref name="tiden"/> ]<ref name="Polish">{{cite web|url=http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2008/1/26/cover-art-for-spanish-deathly-hallows-translation-released-novel-hits-stores-in-poland|title=Translated Edition of Deathly Hallows Hits Stores in Poland|accessdate=2008-01-25 |publisher=Leaky Cauldron website |date=25 January 2008}}</ref> and ].<ref name="Hindi">{{cite web|url=http://www.indore360.com/portal/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=211|title=Harry Potter aur Maut Ke Tohfe - Hindi Version of the Deathly Hallows|publisher=Indore City Portal|accessdate=2008-07-04}}</ref> | |||
| ==Pre-release history== | |||
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| ===Choice of title=== | |||
| Shortly before releasing the title, J. K. Rowling announced that she had considered three titles for the book.<ref name="webchat">{{cite news|url=http://www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter/content.asp?sec=3&sec2=1|accessdate=2007-07-31|publisher=]|title=Webchat with J.K. Rowling, 30 July 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/news_view.cfm?id=93|accessdate=2007-04-23|title=J.K.Rowling Official Site|publisher=News Archive}}</ref> The final title, ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'' was released to the public on 21 December 2006 via a special Christmas-themed ] puzzle on Rowling's website, confirmed shortly afterwards by the book's publishers.<ref name=book-7-title>{{cite web| url=http://www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter/cont_text.asp?sec=4&unart=yes&artTitle=Harry%20Potter%20and%20the%20Deathly%20Hallows|title=Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows|publisher=]|date=2006-12-21|accessdate = 2006-12-21}}</ref> Asked during a live chat as to the other titles she had been considering, Rowling mentioned ''Harry Potter and the Elder Wand'' and ''Harry Potter and the Peverell Quest''.<ref name="webchat">{{cite web|url=http://www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter/content.asp?sec=3&sec2=1|title=Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows|accessdate=2007-08-01|date=2007-07-30|publisher=Bloomsbury}}</ref> | |||
| ===Marketing campaigns=== | |||
| ] (US) edition.]] | |||
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| | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; font-size: large;" | ''Scholastic's seven questions'' | |||
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| | colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |In the build-up to the book's release, American publisher ] released seven questions that fans would find answered in the final book:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/activities/shriekingshack/ |title=Harry Potter: Shrieking Shack Poll|publisher=Scholastic|accessdate = 2007-08-18}}</ref><br /> | |||
| # Who will live? Who will die? | |||
| # Is ] good or evil? | |||
| # Will ] reopen? | |||
| # Who ends up with whom? | |||
| # Where are the ]es? | |||
| # Will ] be defeated? | |||
| # What are the ]? | |||
| |} | |||
| The launch was celebrated by an all-night book signing and reading at the ] in ], which Rowling attended along with 1700 guests chosen by ballot.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.bloomsbury.com/jkrevent/|title=Harry Potter|publisher=Scholastic|accessdate = 2007-05-25}}</ref> Rowling toured the USA in October 2007, where another event was held at ] in New York with tickets allocated by sweepstake.<ref name="sweepstake">{{cite web|url=http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/news_view.cfm?id=99|title=The Open Book Tour, October 2007|accessdate=2007-07-14|publisher=J.K.Rowling Official Site |date=14 July 2007}}</ref> | |||
| ], the American publisher of the Harry Potter series, launched a multi-million dollar "THERE WILL SOON BE 7" marketing campaign with a 'Knight Bus' travelling to forty libraries across the United States, online fan discussions and competitions, collectible bookmarks, tattoos, and the staged release of seven ''Deathly Hallows'' questions most debated by fans.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.scholastic.com/aboutscholastic/news/press_03142007_BA.htm | date=14 March 2007|accessdate = 2007-07-09|title=Scholastic announces record breaking 12 million first printing in United States of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows |publisher=Scholastic}}</ref> | |||
| Scholastic also hosted "Harry Potter Place"—a magical and interactive street celebration at Scholastic headquarters in New York City, where the first U.S. signed edition of ''Deathly Hallows'' was unveiled on 20 July 2007. The festivities included {{convert|20|ft|m|0}} high Whomping Willow, face-painting, wand-making, fire-eaters, magicians, jugglers and stilt-walkers.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,129035.shtml | date=2007-06-26|accessdate = 2007-06-26|title=Scholastic to Host 'Harry Potter Place'|publisher=Scholastic}}</ref> | |||
| ] arranged with her publishers for a poster bearing the face of the missing ] child ] to be made available to book sellers when ''Deathly Hallows'' was launched on 21 July 2007 and said that she hoped that the posters would be displayed prominently in shops all over the world.<ref>{{cite news | title = Rowling in Madeleine poster plea | publisher = ] | date = ]| accessdate = 2007-07-17 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6901845.stm}}</ref> | |||
| ===Rowling on finishing the book=== | |||
| Rowling completed the book while staying at the ] in ] in January 2007, and left a signed statement on a marble ] of ] in her room which read: ''"J. K. Rowling finished writing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in this room (652) on 11 January 2007"''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=3&id=181062007|title=Finish or bust — J. K. Rowling's unlikely message in an Edinburgh hotel room|publisher=]|date = 2007-02-03|accessdate=2007-03-29|last=Cornwell|first=Tim}}</ref> In a statement on her website, she said, "I've never felt such a mixture of extreme emotions in my life, never dreamed I could feel simultaneously heartbroken and euphoric." She compared her mixed feelings to those expressed by ] in the preface of the 1850 edition of '']'', "a two-years' imaginative task." "To which," she added, "I can only sigh, try seventeen years, Charles..." She ended her message, "''Deathly Hallows'' is my favourite, and that is the most wonderful way to finish the series."<ref name="End">{{cite news|url=http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2007-02-06-rowling_x.htm|title=Rowling reacts to Potter's end|publisher=]|work=]|date=2007-02-06|accessdate=2007-07-21}}</ref> | |||
| When asked before publication about the forthcoming book, Rowling stated that she could not change the ending even if she wanted to. "''These books have been plotted for such a long time, and for six books now, that they're all leading a certain direction. So, I really can't.''"<ref name=Owen-Jones>{{cite news|url=http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2005/0705-edinburgh-jones-official.html|accessdate=2007-06-16|title=One-on-one interview with J.K. Rowling|date=2005-07-17|publisher=]|format=reprint}}</ref> She also commented that the final volume related closely to the previous book in the series, '']'', "almost as though they are two halves of the same novel."<ref name=book-six-progress>{{cite web|url=http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/news_view.cfm?id=62|date=2004-03-15|accessdate = 2006-12-23|title=Progress on Book Six|publisher=J. K. Rowling Official Site|last=Rowling|first=J. K.}}</ref> She has said that the last chapter of the book was written "in something like 1990", as part of her earliest work on the series.<ref name="last chapter">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5119836.stm|title="Rowling to kill two in final book"|publisher=]|date=2006-06-27|accessdate=2007-07-25}}</ref> | |||
| ===Spoiler embargo=== | |||
| Rowling made a public request that anyone with information about the content of the last book should keep it to themselves, in order to avoid spoiling the experience for other readers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/|title=J.K.Rowling Official Site|author=J K Rowling|accessdate=2007-05-18|date=14 May 2007}}</ref> To this end, Bloomsbury invested ]10 million in an attempt to keep the book's contents secure until the 21 July release date.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://inhome.rediff.com/movies/2007/jul/16harry.htm|title=10 million pounds to guard 7th Harry Potter book|publisher=Rediff News|accessdate=2007-07-16|date=16 July 2007}}</ref> Arthur Levine, U.S. editor of the ''Harry Potter'' series, denied distributing any copies of ''Deathly Hallows'' in advance for press review, but two U.S. papers published early reviews anyway.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?vid=163195|title=Editor Says 'Deathly Hallows' Is Unleakable|publisher=MTV Overdrive (video)|accessdate=2007-07-19|date=17 July 2007}}</ref><ref>There was speculation that some shops would break the embargo and distribute copies of the book early, as the penalty imposed for previous instalments—that the distributor would not be supplied with any further copies of the series—would no longer be a deterrent.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6292128.stm|title=Potter embargo 'could be broken'|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=2007-07-17|date=12 July 2007}}</ref> | |||
| ===Online leaks and early delivery=== | |||
| In the week before its release, a number of texts purporting to be genuine leaks appeared in various forms. On 16 July, a set of photographs representing all 759 pages of the U.S. edition was leaked and was fully ] prior to the official release date.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://torrentfreak.com/harry-potter-fans-transcribe-book-from-photos/|title=Harry Potter Fans Transcribe Book from Photos|publisher=TorrentFreak|accessdate=2007-07-19|date=18 July 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/new-potter-book-leaked/2007/07/18/1184559825094.html|title=New Potter book leaked online|publisher=Sydney Morning Herald, Fairfax newspapers|accessdate=2007-07-18|date=18 July 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://torrentfreak.com/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-leaked-to-bittorrent/|title=Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows leaked to BitTorrent|publisher=TorrentFreak|accessdate=2007-07-19|date=17 July 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://opinion.latimes.com/bitplayer/2007/07/harry-potter-sp.html|title=Harry Potter Spoiler Count|publisher=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=2007-07-20|date=20 July 2007}}</ref> | |||
| The photographs later appeared on websites and ] networks, leading ] to seek a ] in order to identify one source.<ref name="nyt20070717">{{cite web|url=http://publiceditor.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07/19/did-the-times-betray-harry-potter-fans/|title=Did the Times Betray Harry Potter Fans?|publisher=New York Times|accessdate=2007-07-30|date=30 July 2007}}</ref> This represented the most serious security breach in the Harry Potter series' history.<ref name="ref1">{{cite web|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0fe8abcc-34aa-11dc-8c78-0000779fd2ac.html|title=Web abuzz over Potter leak claims|author=Ben Fenton|date=17 July 2007|accessdate=2007-07-20}}</ref> Rowling and her lawyer admitted that there were genuine online leaks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article2100186.ece|title=Harry Potter and the great web leak|author=Jack Malvern|date=2007-07-19 |accessdate=2007-07-19}}</ref> Reviews published in both '']'' and '']'' on 18 July 2007 corroborated many of the plot elements from this leak, and about one day prior to release, ''The New York Times'' confirmed that the main circulating leak was real.<ref name="ref1"/> | |||
| Scholastic announced that approximately one ten-thousandth (0.0001) of the U.S. supply had been shipped early — interpreted to mean about 1,200 copies. One reader in Maryland received a copy of the book in the mail from DeepDiscount.com four days before it was launched, which evoked incredulous responses on the part of both Scholastic and DeepDiscount. Scholastic initially reported that they were satisfied it had been a "human error" and would not discuss possible penalties.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bal-te.to.potter18jul18,0,394574,print.story?coll=bal_tab01_layout|title=The spell is broken|accessdate=2007-07-18|date=18 July 2007|publisher=The Baltimore Sun}}</ref> However, the following day Scholastic announced that it would be launching legal action against DeepDiscount.com and its distributor, Levy Home Entertainment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/07-18-2007/0004628143&EDATE=|title=Press release from Scholastic|publisher=PR Newswire (from Scholastic)|accessdate=2007-07-18|date=18 July 2007}}</ref> Scholastic has filed for damages in Chicago's Circuit Court of Cook County, claiming that DeepDiscount engaged in a "complete and flagrant violation of the agreements that they knew were part of the carefully constructed release of this eagerly awaited book."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19816389/|title=Distributor mails final Potter book early|publisher=MSNBC Interactive|accessdate=2007-07-18|date=18 July 2007}}</ref> Some of the early release books soon appeared on ], in one case being sold to '']'' for ]250 from an initial price of US$18.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=OTYxYmE5Y2UzNDMyNWQ2YzFmYTk3NzY1MTkxZGFhNzI=|title=I Was an eBay Voldemort|accessdate=2007-07-20|date=20 July 2007|publisher=National Review Online}}</ref> | |||
| ===Price wars and other controversies=== | |||
| ],<ref>In the UK, supermarket chain ] claimed that the retail price of the book (GB£17.99, equivalent to about US$37 at the time of release) was "holding children to ransom". The publisher responded by threatening to withdraw Asda's supply of the book, claiming a previously unpaid debt.{{cite web | url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article2089458.ece|title=Potter book firm clashes with supermarket over price|publisher=Times Newspapers|date=2007-07-17}} Asda issued an apology and settled the debt, and its supply of the book was restored. </ref> plus several other UK supermarkets, had already taken pre-orders for the book at a heavily discounted price. ASDA then sparked a further price war two days before the book's launch by announcing they would sell it for just GB£5 a copy (about US$10). Other retail chains also offered the book at discounted prices.<ref> At these prices the book is a ], but attracting large numbers of customers to their stores. This caused uproar from traditional UK booksellers who argued they had no hope of competing in those conditions. . Independent shops protested loudest, but even ], the UK's largest dedicated chain bookstore, could not compete with the supermarket price. Some small bookstores hit back by buying their stock from the supermarkets rather than their wholesalers. Asda tried to counter this by imposing a limit of two copies per customer to prevent bulk buying. Philip Wicks, a spokesman for the UK Booksellers Association, said, "It is a war we can't even participate in. We think it's a crying shame that the supermarkets have decided to treat it as a loss-leader, like a can of baked beans." Michael Norris, an analyst at Simba Information, said: "You are not only lowering the price of the book. At this point, you are lowering the value of reading." | |||
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| In ], a similar price war brought about controversy regarding sales of the book.<ref name="pricewars">{{cite web| url=http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/7/21/nation/18369076&sec=nation| title=Harry Potter and the ugly price war| accessdate=2007-07-21| date=21 July 2007|publisher=The Star Malaysia}}</ref> Four of the biggest bookstore chains in Malaysia, ], ]s, Times and Harris, decided to pull ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'' off their shelves as a protest against ] and ] hypermarkets. The retail price of the book in Malaysia is ] 109.90 (about GB£16), while the hypermarkets ] and ] sold the book at MYR 69.90 (about GB£10). The move by the bookstores was seen as an attempt to pressure the distributor ] to remove the books from the hypermarkets. However, as of 24 July 2007, the price war has ended, with the four bookstores involved resuming selling the books in their stores with discount. Penguin Books has also confirmed that Tesco and Carrefour are selling the book at a loss, urging them to practice good business sense and fair trade.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/7/24/nation/18386712&sec=nation| title=Bookstores end ‘Harry Potter’ boycott| accessdate=2007-07-24| date=24 July 2007| publisher=The Star Malaysia}}</ref> | |||
| The book's early Saturday morning release in ] was criticised for violating the ]. Trade and Industry Minister ] commented "It is forbidden, according to Jewish values and Jewish culture, that a thing like this should take place at 2 a.m. on Saturday. Let them do it on another day."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/18/arts/0719potter-israel.php|title=Plans for Sabbath sales of Harry Potter draw threats of legal action in Israel|publisher=International Herald Tribune|accessdate=2007-07-18|date=17 July 2007}}</ref> Yishai indicated that he would issue indictments and fines based on the Hours of Work and Rest Law.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/882972.html|title=Yishai warns stores over Harry Potter book launch on Shabbat|publisher=Haaretz|accessdate=2007-07-18|date=21 July 2007}}</ref> | |||
| ==Dedication and epigraph== | |||
| On the page, the unusual layout of the dedication resembles the shape of Harry's scar. It reads, "The dedication of this book is split seven ways: to Neil, to Jessica, to David, to Kenzie, to Di, to Anne, and to you, if you have stuck with Harry until the very end". | |||
| All the books in the Harry Potter series have dedications, but ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'' is the only one to include an ]. It contains two quotes relating to death and friendship. The first quotation is an English translation from ] of a passage from '']'', by the 5th century BC playwright ].<ref>'''' is the second in a trilogy of ] called ]. See ]. The quotation's wording depends on the translation used — Rowling used the ] translation published by ].</ref> The second quotation is from ''More Fruits of Solitude'' (1682) by ], the ] author and founder of the ] of ].<ref>''More Fruits of Solitude'' is the second part of the work '''' (1682), a collection of aphorisms published by William Penn. The full Penn quote used in ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'' is the last four lines of the aphorism titled ''''.</ref> | |||
| == Plot == | |||
| The ] attempts to bring ] to ] just prior to his seventeenth birthday but are ambushed by Death Eaters. Harry's wand, seemingly of its own accord, countercurses Voldemort and Harry escapes. ] ] gives Harry, ], and ] bequests from ]'s will: the ] for Ron, a first edition of a children's book, '']'', for Hermione, and a ], bearing the mysterious phrase "I open at the close", for Harry. The Ministry refuses to give Harry ]'s ], which Dumbledore also left to him. | |||
| At ] and ]'s wedding reception, a ] arrives, announcing that Scrimgeour is dead, that the ] has fallen under Voldemort's control, and that Death Eaters are on their way to the reception. Harry, Ron, and Hermione take refuge in ], which ] had left to Harry. Harry realizes that Sirius's brother ] was the "R.A.B" who took the ] ].{{HP6}} Hermione recalls seeing such a locket in the house.{{HP5}} The ] ] had kept the locket, but Mundungus Fletcher had stolen it from Kreacher and given it to ]. Using ], the trio infiltrate the Ministry of Magic and steal the locket, but they are forced to flee to the countryside with no means to destroy it. Harry and Hermione deduce that Griffindor's sword can destroy Horcruxes, which is why Dumbledore attempted to leave it to Harry, and learn that the one kept by the Ministry is a fake. Ron, however, abandons the mission and goes home. | |||
| Harry and Hermione look for the sword in ], Harry's birthplace as well as Gryffindor and Dumbledore's hometown. While there, they find a grave for Ignotus Peverell with a mysterious symbol on it. They are then ambushed by ] and Voldemort but escape due to Hermione's quick Blasting Curse, which also damages Harry's wand and knocks him unconscious. When he awakens, he and Hermione are in a forest. At night, Harry follows a silver ]-shaped ] to a pond containing the real Sword of Gryffindor. As Harry tries to retrieve it, the Locket Horcrux (which he is wearing) strangles him. Just then, Ron returns (using a secret power of the Deluminator) and rescues him and the sword. Harry directs Ron to destroy the Horcrux with it, and he does. Ron informs him that Voldemort's name is now ]: speaking it summons the Death Eaters. Additonally, Ron also supplies Harry with a Hawthorn wand that he managed to procure from a group of Snatchers. Harry, Ron and Hermione visit ], whom they had seen wearing the mysterious symbol briefly discussed at the wedding earlier, in order to learn its meaning. Lovegood explains that it represents the three legendary ] -- the Elder Wand (the most powerful wand in the world), the Resurrection Stone (which can bring back the dead), and the Invisibility Cloak (a true invisibility cloak that never wears out) -- discussed in a story in ''The Tales of Beedle the Bard'' that uses the symbol. According to the story, three brothers took these as "gifts" from Death. Lovegood tells them that "believers" in the Hallows think that the three brothers were the three Peverell brothers. Harry realizes that ] is suspiciously absent, and Lovegood admits that Death Eaters abducted his daughter and are coming for Harry and his friends now, desperately hoping against hope that by duing so, Luna will be returned to him unscathed. The trio barely escapes. | |||
| ].]] | |||
| Despite Ron and Hermione's skepticism, Harry believes that Dumbledore's gifts indicate that the Deathly Hallows are real and that Dumbledore had all three (although, amazingly, by his own knowing actions, not at the same time- therefore he is not considered to be a Master of Death). They include Harry's Invisibility Cloak and the ring Dumbledore was wearing (the Resurrection Stone),{{HP6}} which is probably inside the Snitch. He concludes Voldemort is pursuing the Elder Wand, which was buried with Dumbledore at Hogwarts. Harry then accidentally speaks Voldemort's name, and the trio are captured and taken to the cellar of Malfoy Manor, with Harry disguised. Finding Gryffindor's Sword, ] fears the trio has broken into her ] vault and indicates that something else of Voldemort's is there. She tortures Hermione for information. Harry calls for help using a two-way mirror piece, in which he sees an eye. ] then apparates into the cellar and rescues the other prisoners, which include Luna, the goblin ] and wand-maker ]. Lucius Malfoy sends ] to the cellar to check on the noise. Harry reminds Wormtail of his life debt.{{HP3}} Wormtail hesitates and is then fatally strangled by his own silver hand{{HP4}} (which forced Womrtail's allegiance to Lord Voldemort or else kill him at the slightest sign of betrayal)<ref>What Will Happen in Harry Potter 7</ref>. Harry and Ron rescue Hermione; Ron disarms Bellatrix and Harry disarms ]. Dobby reappears and disapparates with them, but he is struck by Bellatrix's knife during the escape and dies. | |||
| Harry now has to decide whether to chase Horcruxes (battle Voldemort, and follow Dumbledore's instructions) or Hallows (and battle Death as he learns more about Dumbledore's past). He chooses to seek the Horcruxes and discusses breaking into Gringotts with Griphook. Ollivander confirms that the Elder Wand exists and that a wand will fully transfer its allegiance if its owner is defeated or disarmed (unlike any other wand which would still retain a loyalty to its original owner). Aided by Griphook, Harry, Ron and Hermione penetrate Gringotts and retrieve ] ] from the Lestrange vault, although they lose Gryffindor's sword to Griphook in the process and are thus unable to destroy the Horcrux. Voldemort takes the Elder Wand from Dumbledore's tomb. Through his mental connection to Harry, he inadvertently reveals that a Horcrux is hidden at Hogwarts. Harry, Ron and Hermione head to Hogsmeade to find a way in. The bartender at the Hog's Head Inn turns out to be Aberforth Dumbledore. He tells Harry the story of his family, including his brother and ]'s role in his sister Ariana's accidental death. Harry realizes that Albus Dumbledore had been begging to die in his sister's place during his delirium while attempting to retrieve the Locket Horcrux.{{HP6}} Aberforth smuggles the trio into Hogwarts with the help of Neville Longbottom, who has assumed the leadership of ] at Hogwarts, and other members of the Order and Dumbledore's Army begin showing up. Luna suggests that the fifth Horcrux could be Ravenclaw's lost diadem. Hermione destroys the Cup Horcrux with basilisk venom (procuring a fang from the Chamber of Secrets- Ron duplicating the sounds he heard Harry make in order to open it). Harry recalls seeing the diadem in the Room of Requirement when he hid his Potions book the previous year.{{HP6}} Harry, Ron and Hermione enter, but Draco Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle ambush them there. Crabbe mishandles the powerful Fiendfyre spell, killing himself and destroying the Diadem Horcrux. Harry saves Draco's life in their escape. | |||
| The ] commences between the Order of the Phoenix and most of the Hogwarts faculty and student body on one side and the Death Eaters, the Ministry of Magic, the Slytherins and the giants on the other. Fred Weasley, Remus Lupin and Tonks are among the dead. Harry follows Voldemort to the Shrieking Shack, where Voldemort deliberately kills Snape to become the Elder Wand's master. Harry captures the dying Snape's last memories and takes them to Dumbledore's Pensieve. He learns that Snape had loved Harry's mother Lily since they were children, and the silver doe was Snape's Patronus as a result. Snape had turned double agent for Dumbledore to save Lily's life and had remained loyal even after her death. When he acquired the Resurrection Stone, Dumbledore was cursed by the Ring Horcrux, causing his dead hand, but Snape had saved his life by containing the curse.{{HP6}} Dumbledore then ordered Snape to kill him if needed, in order to spare Draco. Snape's last memory is Dumbledore's conclusion that Harry himself is a Horcrux, which had created the connection between Harry and Voldemort. Harry must die to finally kill Voldemort. | |||
| Harry asks Neville Longbottom to kill Nagini if he gets the chance and then heads for Voldemort's camp in the Forbidden Forest. On the way, Harry realizes the meaning of the clue on the Snitch, says, "I am about to die", and retrieves the Resurrection Stone, which he uses to summon the spirits of his parents, Sirius, and Lupin to accompany him. Voldemort casts the "]" curse at Harry, and Harry dies (along with his Horcrux). He awakens in an ethereal place that looks like (to him) ], unsure whether he is alive or dead. Dumbledore appears and congratulates Harry on choosing to destroy Horcruxes instead of chasing the Hallows, as Dumbledore had done in his quest to revive Ariana. He explains that, just as Voldemort cannot die while his soul fragments remain alive, Voldemort cannot kill Harry because he used Harry's blood in his resurrection.{{HP4}} Harry then is presented with the choice of easily succumbing to Death (passing on) or to return to the world of the living in order to continue to struggle against Voldemort. | |||
| Harry revives but feigns death. Voldemort orders Narcissa Malfoy to check Harry. She realises that Harry is alive, asks him very quietly about Draco (the only person for whom she now cares), then, once Harry (barely whispering back) informs her that he is, tells Voldemort that Harry is dead (apparently able to perform Occlumency to a degree sufficient enough to not be caught in her lie). Harry's still body is carried to Hogwarts by the weeping Hagrid as Voldemort's trophy. Voldemort resumes his assault on Hogwarts. When Neville defies the Death Eaters, the Sorting Hat appears. Neville draws Gryffindor's Sword out of it and decapitates Nagini, destroying the final Horcrux. Harry quickly hides under his Invisibility Cloak as reinforcements arrive for his side in the form of the centaurs and the house-elves, led by ]. | |||
| Voldemort uses the Elder Wand to blast multiple opponents off their feet. Harry then takes off the Invisibility Cloak and confronts Voldemort, informing him that Draco (not Snape) had become the Elder Wand's master by disarming Dumbledore.{{HP6}} This allegiance was transferred to Harry when he won Draco's wand, and so Harry (not Voldemort) is the master of the true Elder Wand. The two circle each other and Harry offers, despite all the strife and sorrow he has caused, Voldemort a final chance at redemption. Voldemort, playing to character, vehemently declines and they both become (further) prepared to act at a split moment's notice. As in their first duel,{{HP4}} Harry then casts Expelliarmus, while Voldemort casts the killing curse Avada Kedavra. The Elder Wand's allegiance prevents the spell from harming Harry, and the Killing Curse rebounds off Harry's disarming spell, thereby killing Voldemort. After the climatic battle, Harry decides that the Elder Wand will be returned to Dumbledore's tomb, that the Resurrection Stone will be left in the Forbidden Forest, and that the Invisibility Cloak will continue to be a family heirloom, as Harry is the last descendant of Ignotus Peverell. Before returning the Elder Wand, Harry uses its power to repair his own wand. By giving up the Hallows, Harry, the first person to have possessed all three simultaneously (and therefore the first, and only, Master of Death), shows that he has come to terms with the notion of life ending for everyone, is not afraid of death, and demonstrates a strength beyond that of any other character in the series (including Dumbledore, Voldemort, and Snape). | |||
| Nineteen years later, Harry and ] are married and have three children; Ron and Hermione are married and have two children; Draco Malfoy is married with one child. The families meet to send their children on the Hogwarts Express for the school year. The Lupins' son, Teddy, also is mentioned to be for all intents and purposes part of the family and seems to be having a romantic relationship with Bill and Fleur's daughter. It is shown that Harry has come to the realization that both Dumbledore and Snape are heroes (having named one of his sons after the two) and has come to accept the Slytherin house. The book ends with these final words: "The scar had not pained Harry for nineteen years. All was well." | |||
| ==Rowling's commentary and supplement== | |||
| In an interview,<ref name="connect">{{cite news|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19959323/|date=]|accessdate=2007-07-26|publisher=]|last=Brown|first=Jen|title=Finished Potter? Rowling tells what happened next.}}</ref> online chat,<ref name="webchat"/><ref name="chat2">{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.msn.com/news/article.aspx?news=270634>1=10150&mpc=1|title=Rowling Answers Fans' Final Questions|publisher=]|date=2007-07-30|accessdate=2007-07-31}}</ref> the Wizard of the Month section of her website, and during her 2007 U.S. Open Book Tour, Rowling revealed additional character information that she chose not to include in the book. The first bits of information were about the trio and their families, starting with Harry. | |||
| She said that Harry became an ] for the Ministry of Magic, and was later appointed head of the department. He also kept ] motorcycle, which ] repaired for him, but he can no longer speak ] after the destruction of Voldemort's soul fragment within him. She also said that ] played for the ] ] team for a time, then left to establish a family with Harry, and later became the lead Quidditch ] for the '']''. Ron Weasley worked at George's store for a time, ], and then joined Harry as an Auror. Hermione found her parents in Australia, and removed the memory modification charm she had put on them for safety. Initially, she worked for the Ministry of Magic in the ], greatly improving life for house elves. She later moved to the ] and assisted in eradicating oppressive, pro-pureblood laws. She was also the only member of the trio to go back and complete her seventh year at Hogwarts. Rowling then went on to explain that Dumbledore's relationship with ] extended beyond mere friendship; indeed, Rowling has revealed that "Dumbledore is ], actually",<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/50787|title=Rowling says Dumbledore is Gay|date=16 October 2007|accessdate=2007-10-21|publisher=Newsweek}}</ref> and harboured romantic feelings for Grindelwald.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7053982.stm|title=JK Rowling outs Dumbledore as gay|date=2007-10-20|accessdate=2007-10-21|publisher=]}}</ref> | |||
| Next, Rowling revealed the fate of Voldemort. After his death, he was forced to exist in the stunted form Harry witnessed in the King's Cross ], as his crimes were too severe for him to become a ghost. | |||
| Rowling also explained the fates of several secondary characters, starting with the ]. ] continued his successful joke shop. George married fellow Quidditch player ] and had two children: a son named Fred, in memory of his late twin brother, and a daughter, Roxanne. Next, Rowling proceeded to explain ]'s future, saying that she searched the world for odd and unique creatures. She eventually married Rolf, a grandson of the famed naturalist ],<ref name="chat2"/> writer of ''Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them''. They have twins called Lorcan and Lysander. Her father's publication, '']'', has returned to its usual condition of "advanced lunacy" and is appreciated for its unintentional humour. | |||
| Rowling then gave briefer histories on some more of the minor characters, as follows. ]'s wife, Astoria (or Asteria), was the younger sister of his Slytherin classmate Daphne Greengrass. ] married a woman named Audrey and had two daughters, named Molly and Lucy. ] was welcomed back into his herd, who finally acknowledged the virtue of his pro-human leanings. ] was arrested, interrogated, and imprisoned for crimes against Muggle-borns. ] went on to marry a Muggle.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://blog.nola.com/living/2007/10/new_orleans_students_give_rowl.html|title=New Orleans students give Rowling a rousing welcome|date=2007-10-18|accessdate=2007-10-18|last=Larson|first=Susan|publisher=The Times-Picayune}}</ref> ] found love in his native ].<ref>{{Citation |last= |first= |title=J.K. Rowling and the Live Chat, Bloomsbury.com, July 30, 2007 (2.00-3.00pm BST). |url=http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2007/0730-bloomsbury-chat.html |accessdate=2007-10-09}}</ref> ] became professor of Herbology at Hogwarts and married ], who became the landlady of the Leaky Cauldron.<ref>{{Citation |last=Weingarten |first=Tara |title=Rowling Says Dumbledore Is Gay |url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/50787 |accessdate=2007-10-19}}</ref> ] and ] had a total of three children, a younger son named Louis, and two daughters, named Dominique and ]. | |||
| Rowling also revealed further transformations in the wider ] as follows. ] became the permanent ], with Percy Weasley working under him as a high official. Among the reforms introduced by Shacklebolt, ] no longer used ]. Harry, Ron, and Hermione were also instrumental in reforming the Ministry.<ref name="webchat"/> At Hogwarts, ] House became more diluted and no longer held the title as the pure-blood bastion it once was, although its dark reputation lingered.<ref name="webchat"/> Voldemort's ] on the Defence Against the Dark Arts position was broken with his death, and there was a permanent Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher stated. Harry also is said to come to the Defence Against the Dark Arts class to lecture several times a year.<ref name="connect">{{cite news|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19959323/|date=]|accessdate=2007-07-26|publisher=]|last=Brown|first=Jen|title=Finished Potter? Rowling tells what happened next.}}</ref> Lastly, Rowling says that a portrait of ], who briefly served as Hogwarts Headmaster, had not appeared in the headmaster's office, as he had abandoned his post. Harry then ensures the addition of Snape's portrait, and publicly revealed Snape's true allegiance.<ref name="webchat"/> | |||
| ==Critical reception== | |||
| '']'''s critic, Mary Carole McCauley, praised the series as "a classic ], or coming-of-age tale." She noted that "ook seven... lacks much of the charm and humor that distinguished the earlier novels. Even the writing is more prosaic", but then observed that given the book's darker subject matter, "how could it be otherwise?"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/booksmags/bal-2potter0718,0,2741335.story?coll=bal_tab05_layout | title=An inevitable ending to Harry Potter series | author=McCauley, Mary Carole | publisher=Baltimore Sun | accessdate=2007-07-21 | date=18 July 2007}}</ref> | |||
| Reviewer Alice Fordham from '']'' writes that "Rowling’s genius is not just her total realisation of a fantasy world, but the quieter skill of creating characters that bounce off the page, real and flawed and brave and lovable." Fordham concludes, "We have been a long way together, and neither Rowling nor Harry let us down in the end."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/book_reviews/article2113614.ece | title=Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows | author=Fordham, Alice | publisher=] |accessdate=2007-07-25 | date=21 July 2007}} </ref> | |||
| By contrast, Jenny Sawyer of the '']'' says that while "There is much to love about the Harry Potter series, from its brilliantly realised magical world to its multilayered narrative," however, "A story is about someone who changes. And, puberty aside, Harry doesn't change much. As envisioned by Rowling, he walks the path of good so unwaveringly that his final victory over Voldemort feels, not just inevitable, but hollow."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0725/p09s02-coop.html | title=Missing from 'Harry Potter" – a real moral struggle | author=Sawyer, Jenny | publisher=Christian Science Monitor | accessdate=2007-07-25 | date=25 July 2007}} </ref> | |||
| ] criticised the reactions of some reviewers to the books, including McCauley, for jumping too quickly to surface conclusions of the work.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20044270_20044274_20050689,00.html| title=J K Rowling's Ministry of Magic | author= Stephen King| accessdate= 2007-08-21 | publisher= entertainment weekly }}</ref> He felt this was inevitable, because of the extreme secrecy before launch which did not allow reviewers time to read and consider the book, but meant that many early reviews lacked depth. Rather than finding the writing style disappointing, he felt it had matured and improved. He acknowledged that the subject matter of the books had become more adult, and that Rowling had clearly been writing with the adult audience firmly in mind since the middle of the series. He compared the works in this respect to '']'' and '']'' which achieved success and have become established classics, in part by appealing to the adult audience as well as children. | |||
| In the 12 August 2007 ''New York Times'', Christopher Hitchens compared the series to World War Two-era English boarding school stories, and while he wrote that "Rowling has won imperishable renown" for the series as a whole, he also opined that her "repeated tactic of ] has a deplorable effect on both the plot and the dialogue", that the mid-book camping chapters are "abysmally long" and that Voldemort "becomes more tiresome than an Ian Fleming villain."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/books/review/Hitchens-t.html?_r=1&pagewanted=2&oref=slogin| title=The Boy Who Lived | author= Hitchens, Christopher| accessdate= 2008-04-01 | publisher= The New York Times}}</ref> | |||
| ] world champion Anne Jones read the book's 199,900 words in 47 minutes and 1 second. She said, "Without being too critical, the plot does seem to be a bit complicated, but I would not change a word. ''Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows'' is a real page-turner."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22113892-5006506,00.html|title=Deathly Hallows finished in 47min by reviewer|publisher=The Daily Telegraph|author=Mike Collett-White|date=21 July 2007|accessdate=2007-12-12}}</ref> | |||
| '']'' magazine's Lev Grossman named it one of the Top 10 Fiction Books of 2007, ranking it at #8, and praising Rowling for proving that books can still be a global mass medium. Opining that the book is "dense with Rowling's ruling themes: love and death", Grossman compared the novel to the earlier books in the series thus: "This isn't the most elegant of the Potter volumes, but it feels like an ending, the final iteration of Rowling's abiding thematic concern: the overwhelming importance of continuing to love in the face of death."<ref>Grossman, Lev; "The 10 Best Fiction Books"; '']'' magazine; 24 December 2007; Pages 44–45.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/top10/article/0,30583,1686204_1686244_1691862,00.html|author= Grossman, Lev|publisher=time.com|title=Top 10 Fiction Books|accessdate=2007-12-24|date=24 December 2007}}</ref> | |||
| ==Translations== | |||
| {{main|Harry Potter in translation}} | |||
| Because of ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows''' worldwide fame, it has been translated into many languages. The first translation to be released was the ] translation, on 25 September 2007 (as Гаррі Поттер і смертельні реліквії).<ref name="Ukrainian"/> The Swedish title of the book was revealed by Rowling as '''''Harry Potter and the Relics of Death''''' (Harry Potter och Dödsrelikerna), following a pre-release question from the Swedish publisher about the difficulty of translating the two words "''Deathly Hallows''" without having read the book.<ref name="tiden">{{cite web|url=http://www.panorstedt.se/templates/Tiden/News.aspx?id=46232|title=Släppdatum för sjunde Harry Potter-boken klar!|publisher=Tiden|accessdate=2007-07-24}}</ref> The first ] translation was released on 26 January 2008<ref name="Polish"/> with a new title: ''Harry Potter i Insygnia Śmierci'' - ''Harry Potter and the Insignia of Death''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pl.librarything.com/work/3577382|publisher=LibraryThing|title=Harry Potter i insygnia śmierci|accessdate=2007-12-24|date=24 December 2007}}</ref> The ] translation "Harry Potter aur Maut ke Tohfe" (हैरी पॉटर और मौत के तोहफे) translated as "Harry Potter and the Gifts of Death" was released by Manjul Publication in India on 27 June 2008.<ref name="Hindi"/> | |||
| ==Film adaptations== | |||
| {{main|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (films)}} | |||
| A two-part ] of ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'' is planned, with ], who directed the preceding two films, directing both parts. Part I is slated for release on 19 November 2010, and Part II on 15 July 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=53203|publisher=ComingSoon.net|title=Official: Two Parts for Deathly Hallows Movie|accessdate=2009-03-02|date=25 February 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=44442|publisher=ComingSoon.net|title=Release Date Set for Harry Potter 7: Part I |accessdate=2008-05-25|date=25 April 2008}}</ref> The script was delayed as ] was not able to start working on it until the ] had ended.<ref name=empireonline>{{cite web|url=http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=21781|publisher=]|title=About Those Harry Potter Rumours|accessdate=2008-02-14|date=14 January 2008}}</ref> Filming begins in February 2009 and will last for a year.<ref>{{cite news | author = Olly Richards | title = Potter Producer Talks Deathly Hallows | publisher = ] | date = ] | url = http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=22200 | accessdate=2008-03-15}}</ref> ], who composed the scores to the first three films, has expressed interest in returning to score the films.<ref name=williams-hpana-august>{{cite news |url=http://www.jwfan.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=856&Itemid=1 |title=Williams Might be Back for Last 'Potter' Film |date=2007-08-22 |accessdate=2007-08-25 |publisher=JWFAN}}</ref> | |||
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