Resumo de Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the seventh and final book in the Harry Potter series of novels by J. K. Rowling. The book is scheduled to be released globally in English-speaking countries shortly after midnight (00:01), British Summer Time, on 21 July 2007. In the U.S. (which spans several time zones), it is to be released for sale within each time zone at 00:01 local time, a few hours after the other English-speaking countries.
The book reached the top spot on both the Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble bestseller lists just a few hours after the date of publication was announced on 1 February 2007.
The Harry Potter series was originally published as a children''s book by British publisher Bloomsbury, and American publisher Scholastic Press. It rapidly became a phenomenal success amongst children and adults alike. The books each chronicle one year at school for the characters concerned and follows a long tradition of children''s series about life in schools. Perhaps unlike some of the traditional series following this format, each new book has matured along with its original target audience (roughly keeping pace with the age of the principal characters), expanded in complexity and scope, and darkened in tone in comparison to previous volumes<. The books began as relatively slim volumes (223 pages Philosopher''s Stone UK ed. 309 pages "Sorcerer''s Stone" US ed.), but have grown as the series progressed (766 pages Order of the Phoenix UK ed. 870 pages "Order of the Phoenix" US ed). The books contain significant elements of fantasy and magic, combined with a detective-novel approach to the story. Each volume involves a self-contained problem and task for the heroes to complete and adds to the background information about the fictional wizarding world. The books often provide seemingly innocuous pieces of information, the importance of which only becomes apparent in later volumes (one of many methods of foreshadowing used by Rowling, known as a Chekhov''s gun). Rowling comprehensively plotted the entire series of seven books before the first was published, and although the overall plot remains unchanged, she has stated that it has undergone a number of revisions. A number of books about the Harry Potter series have now become highly popular, with some 190 books written. A book produced by the fan site MuggleNet reached position #2 on the New York Times children''s paperback best seller list with over 335,000 copies in print. theories more than I can possibly say. I take it as the highest compliment that people analyse the books so much and think about what might happen next so much. There are people who have got very close to the end of the final series." In a web update on 6 February 2007, she wrote, "While each of the previous Potter books has strong claims on my affections, ''Deathly Hallows'' is my favourite, and that is the most wonderful way to finish the series."
Book cover artwork release UK editions

UK Child''s Cover
UK Adult CoverThe UK children''s cover depicts Harry, Ron and Hermione apparently falling into a large treasure of silver ears frightened in the picture. Some creature''s (presumably a house-elf) hand grips Harry''s right shoulder, and wields a silver sword with a red stone mounted on the hilt with its other hand. The sword matches the description of Godric Gryffindor''s sword in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. The cover spine features a circle inscribed in a triangle with a vertical line bisecting the pair. The meaning of the symbol is uncertain. The front flap depicts Harry''s Patronus (a stag) while the back flap shows a snake in a crystal ball. The UK adult cover shows Salazar Slytherin''s locket as described in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: golden with a large engraved serpentine S in green gems. Bloosmbury has released the inside flaps and full jacket covers alongside their respective covers.: Inside Flap: ? Harry has been burdened with a dark, dangerous and seemingly impossible task: that of locating and destroying Voldemort?s remaining Horcruxes. Never has Harry felt so alone, or faced a future so full of shadows. But Harry must somehow find within himself the strength to complete the task he has been given. He must leave the warmth, safety, and companionship of The Burrow and follow without fear or hesitation the inexorable path laid out for him.
In this final, seventh instalment of the Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling unveils in spectacular fashion the answers to the many questions that have been so eagerly awaited. The spellbinding, richly woven narrative, which plunges, twists and turns at a breathtaking pace, confirms the author as a mistress of storytelling, whose books will be read, reread and read again.
? Back Cover: ? Harry is waiting in Privet Drive. The Order of the Phoenix is coming to escort him safely away without Voldemort and his supporters knowing ? if they can. But what will Harry do then? How can he fulfil the momentous and seemingly impossible task that Professor Dumbledore has left him with? ?
U.S. editions

The U.S. book cover
The Deluxe U.S. book coverScholastic has also released the American cover. The cover is a wraparound, meaning that it depicts a single panoramic image spanning over the entire front, back and spine of the book. David Saylor, art director at Scholastic, described the cover: ? The structures around Harry show evident destruction and in the shadows behind him, we see outlines of other people. On the back cover, spidery hands are outstretched toward Harry. Only when the book is opened does one see a powerful image of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, his glowing red eyes peering out from his hood. ? Mary GrandPré, the illustrator of the U.S. edition books, has not used a monochromatic colour scheme, as she did with Order of the Phoenix (blue hues) and Half-Blood Prince (green hues). Instead, she has reverted back to the colour schemes of the first four books. The U.S. Deluxe Edition features a different cover picture, with Harry and company flying on the back of a dragon above a small village that is nestled in a valley surrounded by mountains.

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