Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Chapters - J. K. Rowling
Chapter 1: The Boy Who Lived
Vernon and Petunia Dursley's ordinary day is disrupted by strange happenings - owls flying by daylight, cloaked strangers celebrating in the streets, and whispers about the Potters. That night, Dumbledore meets McGonagall on Privet Drive and they discuss the defeat of Voldemort and the deaths of Lily and James Potter. Hagrid arrives on a flying motorbike to deliver baby Harry, who is left on the Dursleys' doorstep with a letter explaining everything.
POV: Harry Potter·On page: Vernon Dursley, Petunia Dursley, Dudley Dursley, Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, Rubeus Hagrid·Mentioned: Lord Voldemort, James Potter, Lily Potter
Chapter 2: The Vanishing Glass
Nearly ten years later, Harry lives miserably in the cupboard under the stairs at the Dursleys' home. On Dudley's birthday, the family reluctantly takes Harry along to the zoo, where he discovers he can communicate with a boa constrictor. When the glass of the snake's enclosure vanishes, Vernon punishes Harry by locking him in his cupboard, though Harry has no idea how the strange incident happened.
POV: Harry Potter·On page: Vernon Dursley, Petunia Dursley, Dudley Dursley, Piers Polkiss·Mentioned: Lily Potter, Arabella Figg
Chapter 3: The Letters from No One
A mysterious letter addressed to Harry in his cupboard under the stairs arrives at Privet Drive, but Vernon seizes and destroys it before Harry can read it. More letters arrive in ever-increasing numbers despite Vernon's frantic attempts to stop them - boarding up the letter box, fleeing to a hotel, and finally dragging the family to a desolate shack on a rock in the sea. As Harry counts down to his eleventh birthday at midnight, a thunderous knock sounds at the door.
POV: Harry Potter·On page: Vernon Dursley, Petunia Dursley, Dudley Dursley·Mentioned: Marjorie Dursley
Chapter 4: The Keeper of the Keys
Hagrid bursts into the shack on the rock, bringing a birthday cake for Harry and the astonishing news that he is a wizard. Hagrid is furious to learn that the Dursleys never told Harry the truth about his parents or Voldemort - that a dark wizard murdered Lily and James Potter but was somehow destroyed when he tried to kill baby Harry. After giving Dudley a pig's tail for good measure, Hagrid presents Harry with his Hogwarts acceptance letter, signed by McGonagall.
POV: Harry Potter·On page: Rubeus Hagrid, Vernon Dursley, Petunia Dursley, Dudley Dursley·Mentioned: Lord Voldemort, Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, James Potter, Lily Potter, Nicolas Flamel
Chapter 5: Diagon Alley
Hagrid takes Harry to London to buy his school supplies, beginning with a visit to Gringotts wizarding bank, where Harry discovers his parents left him a fortune. In Madam Malkin's robe shop, Harry meets a pale, drawling boy who turns out to be Draco Malfoy. Harry briefly encounters Quirrell in the Leaky Cauldron and receives his holly-and-phoenix-feather wand from Ollivanders - the brother wand to Voldemort's.
POV: Harry Potter·On page: Rubeus Hagrid, Draco Malfoy, Quirinus Quirrell, Garrick Ollivander, Madam Malkin, Tom (Leaky Cauldron), Griphook, Hedwig·Mentioned: Lord Voldemort, Albus Dumbledore
Chapter 6: The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-Quarters
Harry struggles to find Platform Nine and Three-Quarters at King's Cross until Molly Weasley kindly shows him how to get through the barrier. On the Hogwarts Express, Harry befriends Ron Weasley and has an unpleasant encounter with Draco Malfoy. Hermione Granger passes through their compartment looking for Neville's lost toad, and the students arrive at Hogwarts where Hagrid leads the first-years across the lake.
POV: Harry Potter·On page: Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Draco Malfoy, Neville Longbottom, Rubeus Hagrid, Molly Weasley, Fred Weasley, George Weasley, Vernon Dursley, Petunia Dursley, Dudley Dursley, Percy Weasley, Ginny Weasley, Vincent Crabbe, Gregory Goyle
Chapter 7: The Sorting Hat
McGonagall leads the first-years into Hogwarts' Great Hall for the Sorting Ceremony, where the Sorting Hat places Harry in Gryffindor after he silently begs not to be put in Slytherin. Ron, Hermione, and Neville also join Gryffindor, while Draco is sorted into Slytherin. During the welcome feast, Dumbledore warns students away from the third-floor corridor, and Harry feels a sharp pain in his scar when Snape looks at him from beside Quirrell.
POV: Harry Potter·On page: Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Draco Malfoy, Neville Longbottom, Minerva McGonagall, Albus Dumbledore, Rubeus Hagrid, Severus Snape, Quirinus Quirrell, Fred Weasley, Argus Filch, Filius Flitwick, Percy Weasley, Oliver Wood, Seamus Finnigan, Lavender Brown, Parvati Patil, Vincent Crabbe, Gregory Goyle, Nearly Headless Nick, Bloody Baron, Mrs Norris, Sorting Hat, Hedwig
Chapter 8: The Potions Master
Harry navigates his first week of lessons at Hogwarts, from McGonagall's strict Transfiguration class to Quirrell's underwhelming Defence Against the Dark Arts. The worst lesson is Potions, where Snape singles Harry out with impossible questions and openly favours Draco. Neville melts a cauldron, and Snape unfairly docks points from Harry. Over tea at Hagrid's hut, Harry and Ron discover a newspaper clipping about the break-in at Gringotts - on the very day Hagrid collected a mysterious package from vault 713.
POV: Harry Potter·On page: Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Severus Snape, Draco Malfoy, Neville Longbottom, Rubeus Hagrid, Minerva McGonagall, Quirinus Quirrell, Argus Filch, Filius Flitwick, Percy Weasley, Peeves·Mentioned: Fred Weasley, George Weasley, Cuthbert Binns
Chapter 9: The Midnight Duel
During a flying lesson, Draco steals Neville's Remembrall after Neville breaks his wrist falling from a broom. Harry chases Draco and catches the Remembrall in a spectacular dive, leading McGonagall to make him Gryffindor's youngest Seeker in a century. That night, Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville stumble upon a monstrous three-headed dog guarding a trapdoor on the forbidden third-floor corridor while fleeing from Filch.
POV: Harry Potter·On page: Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Draco Malfoy, Neville Longbottom, Minerva McGonagall, Fred Weasley, George Weasley, Argus Filch, Madam Hooch, Poppy Pomfrey, Percy Weasley, Seamus Finnigan, Parvati Patil, Vincent Crabbe, Gregory Goyle, Pansy Parkinson, Nearly Headless Nick, Peeves, Fluffy, Fang·Mentioned: Dean Thomas
Chapter 10: Hallowe'en
Harry receives a Nimbus Two Thousand broomstick from McGonagall and begins Quidditch training with Oliver Wood. On Hallowe'en, Ron upsets Hermione during Charms class and she spends the afternoon crying in the toilets. When Quirrell announces a troll in the dungeons, Harry and Ron rush to warn Hermione and end up battling the mountain troll together - Ron levitates its own club to knock it out. Snape arrives at the scene with a mysteriously injured leg, and from this moment on, Hermione becomes Harry and Ron's friend.
POV: Harry Potter·On page: Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Draco Malfoy, Minerva McGonagall, Severus Snape, Quirinus Quirrell, Albus Dumbledore, Neville Longbottom, Vincent Crabbe, Gregory Goyle·Mentioned: Hedwig
Chapter 11: Quidditch
Harry plays his first Quidditch match against Slytherin, but during the game his broomstick is jinxed and tries to buck him off. Hermione spots Snape muttering without blinking and sets his robes on fire, accidentally knocking Quirrell over in the process. Harry regains control and catches the Snitch in his mouth. Afterwards, Hagrid accidentally reveals that the three-headed dog Fluffy is guarding something connected to Nicolas Flamel, giving the trio a new lead in their investigation.
POV: Harry Potter·On page: Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Severus Snape, Rubeus Hagrid, Quirinus Quirrell, Neville Longbottom, Fred Weasley, George Weasley, Minerva McGonagall, Madam Hooch, Poppy Pomfrey, Lee Jordan, Oliver Wood, Nearly Headless Nick, Peeves
Chapter 12: The Mirror of Erised
As Christmas approaches, Draco taunts Harry and Ron about having no proper family, while the trio searches fruitlessly for Nicolas Flamel. Harry stays at Hogwarts for Christmas and receives an Invisibility Cloak with an anonymous note saying it belonged to his father. Fred and George celebrate Christmas morning with the Weasley jumpers. Using the cloak to explore at night, Harry discovers the Mirror of Erised, which shows him his dead parents. Dumbledore finds Harry and explains that the mirror shows the deepest desire of one's heart, warning him not to go looking for it again.
POV: Harry Potter·On page: Ron Weasley, Draco Malfoy, Rubeus Hagrid, Albus Dumbledore, Severus Snape, Fred Weasley, George Weasley, Minerva McGonagall, Quirinus Quirrell, Percy Weasley, Vincent Crabbe, Gregory Goyle, Lily Potter·Mentioned: Hermione Granger
Chapter 13: Nicolas Flamel
After the Christmas holidays, Hermione returns and the search for Nicolas Flamel continues. Harry finally identifies Flamel from a Chocolate Frog card, and Hermione confirms from a library book that he is the only known maker of the Philosopher's Stone - a legendary object that produces the Elixir of Life. Snape referees the next Quidditch match, but with Dumbledore watching, Harry catches the Snitch in record time. Afterwards, Harry overhears Snape threatening Quirrell in the Forbidden Forest about the Stone's protections.
POV: Harry Potter·On page: Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Neville Longbottom, Severus Snape, Quirinus Quirrell, Albus Dumbledore, Draco Malfoy, Fred Weasley, George Weasley, Peeves·Mentioned: Nicolas Flamel
Chapter 14: Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback
Hagrid reveals he has won a dragon egg from a mysterious stranger in a pub and is secretly hatching it in his hut. Harry, Ron, and Hermione visit to see the Norwegian Ridgeback hatch, but Draco spies through the window. The trio arranges to smuggle the dragon to Ron's brother Charlie in Romania. Ron is bitten by the dragon and ends up in the hospital wing, where Draco discovers their plan by reading Charlie's letter.
POV: Harry Potter·On page: Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Rubeus Hagrid, Draco Malfoy, Severus Snape, Oliver Wood, Norbert, Fang, Hedwig·Mentioned: Quirinus Quirrell, Nicolas Flamel
Chapter 15: The Forbidden Forest
After being caught out of bed delivering the dragon, Harry, Hermione, and Neville lose 150 points for Gryffindor and receive detention. McGonagall is furious, and Harry becomes the most hated student in the school. For detention, Hagrid takes them and Draco into the Forbidden Forest to find an injured unicorn. Harry discovers a hooded figure drinking unicorn blood and his scar burns with terrible pain. A centaur named Firenze rescues Harry and reveals that Voldemort is the one drinking the blood to stay alive.
POV: Harry Potter·On page: Hermione Granger, Neville Longbottom, Draco Malfoy, Rubeus Hagrid, Minerva McGonagall, Ron Weasley, Lord Voldemort, Argus Filch, Filius Flitwick, Poppy Pomfrey, Vincent Crabbe, Gregory Goyle, Mrs Norris, Firenze, Bane, Ronan, Fang
Chapter 16: Through the Trapdoor
After exams, Harry realises that Hagrid accidentally told the stranger in the pub how to get past Fluffy - with music. Learning that Dumbledore has been lured away from Hogwarts, Harry, Ron, and Hermione resolve to go through the trapdoor themselves. After Neville bravely tries to stop them and Hermione reluctantly petrifies him, the trio navigates past Fluffy, Devil's Snare, flying keys, and a giant chess game where Ron sacrifices himself so Harry can continue. Hermione stays behind at Snape's logic puzzle, and Harry goes on alone.
POV: Harry Potter·On page: Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Neville Longbottom, Rubeus Hagrid, Severus Snape, Minerva McGonagall, Filius Flitwick, Percy Weasley, Fluffy·Mentioned: Albus Dumbledore, Lord Voldemort
Chapter 17: The Man with Two Faces
Harry enters the final chamber to find not Snape but Quirrell, who reveals he has been serving Voldemort all along - the Dark Lord's face is living on the back of Quirrell's head beneath the turban. Quirrell cannot touch Harry without burning, and Harry blacks out while fighting him off. He wakes in the hospital wing where Dumbledore explains that Harry's mother's love protects him, that Snape was actually trying to save him all year, and that Quirrell has died. At the end-of-year feast, Dumbledore awards last-minute points to Ron, Hermione, Neville, and Harry, winning Gryffindor the House Cup.
POV: Harry Potter·On page: Quirinus Quirrell, Lord Voldemort, Albus Dumbledore, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Neville Longbottom, Rubeus Hagrid, Draco Malfoy, Vernon Dursley, Poppy Pomfrey, Ginny Weasley·Mentioned: Severus Snape, Petunia Dursley, Dudley Dursley, Filius Flitwick, Pomona Sprout, Lily Potter, Nicolas Flamel