Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
ISBN: 9781408855690(ISBN-10: 1408855690)
38 segments(38 chapters)
Characters (8)
| Name | Aliases | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Harry Potter An orphan raised by his unkind aunt and uncle who discovers on his eleventh birthday that he is a wizard. Enrolled at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry learns that he is famous in the wizarding world for surviving a killing curse as an infant. Brave, loyal, and stubborn, with a talent for getting into and out of trouble. | The Boy Who Lived, The Chosen One | Protagonist |
| Hermione Granger A Muggle-born witch and the brightest student of her year at Hogwarts. Bookish, principled, and relentlessly logical, Hermione tempers Harry's impulsiveness and Ron's laziness with careful planning and encyclopaedic knowledge. | Protagonist | |
| Ron Weasley The sixth of seven Weasley children and Harry's best friend from their first day at Hogwarts. Overshadowed by his brothers and insecure about his family's lack of wealth, Ron is nevertheless brave, fiercely loyal, and funnier than he gives himself credit for. | Ronald Bilius Weasley | Protagonist |
| Albus Dumbledore Headmaster of Hogwarts and widely regarded as the greatest wizard of the age. Brilliant, eccentric, and deeply kind, Dumbledore is Harry's most important mentor. Known for his love of sherbet lemons and his half-moon spectacles. | Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore | Major |
| Draco Malfoy Harry's rival at Hogwarts and a member of Slytherin house. Arrogant, prejudiced, and a bully, Draco comes from one of the wealthiest pure-blood families in the wizarding world. | Major | |
| Minerva McGonagall Deputy Headmistress of Hogwarts and Head of Gryffindor house. Stern, fair, and a supremely gifted Transfiguration teacher with a fierce loyalty to her students and a dry sense of humour. | Supporting | |
| Rubeus Hagrid Keeper of Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts, and later Professor of Care of Magical Creatures. Half-giant, enormously strong, and possessed of a deep love for dangerous animals. One of the first people to show Harry genuine kindness. | Major | |
| Severus Snape Potions Master and later Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts. Cold, sarcastic, and openly hostile towards Harry from their first meeting. A deeply complex figure whose true loyalties are one of the series' central mysteries. | The Half-Blood Prince | Major |
Groups (7)
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| Gryffindor(Series) | Faction |
| Slytherin(Series) | Faction |
| Order of the Phoenix(Series) | Organisation |
| Death Eaters |
History
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|---|---|
21 June 2003 | Publication | Published worldwide in English by Bloomsbury and Scholastic after a three-year wait - the longest gap in the series. Sold five million copies in the UK and US in its first 24 hours. At 766 pages in the UK edition and 870 in the US it remains the longest book in the series. Won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers in 2003. Critical reception was more mixed than previous volumes, with some reviewers finding it overlong and Harry's anger excessive - though many of those same critics later revised their view, recognising the book's political sharpness and the effectiveness of Umbridge as a villain. |
Publication21 June 2003
Published worldwide in English by Bloomsbury and Scholastic after a three-year wait - the longest gap in the series. Sold five million copies in the UK and US in its first 24 hours. At 766 pages in the UK edition and 870 in the US it remains the longest book in the series. Won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers in 2003. Critical reception was more mixed than previous volumes, with some reviewers finding it overlong and Harry's anger excessive - though many of those same critics later revised their view, recognising the book's political sharpness and the effectiveness of Umbridge as a villain.