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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

1998 novel by J. K. Rowling

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Author: J. K. Rowling
First published: 1998
Editions: 305
Subjects: series:Harry_Potter, Fantasy fiction, school stories, Fiction, Fantasy, Nestlé Smarties Book Prize winner, Juvenile fiction, Wizards

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inception: 1998-07-02
author name string: Rowling
title: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
first line: Not for the first time, an argument had broken out over breakfast at number four, Privet drive
last line: And together they walked back through the gateway to the Muggle world.

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is a fantasy novel by British author J. K. Rowling. The second novel in the Harry Potter series, it chronicles Harry Potter's second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. After several residents of the school are attacked and magically immobilised, Harry and his friends Ron and Hermione investigate.

The book was published in the United Kingdom on 2 July 1998 by Bloomsbury and later in the United States on 2 June 1999 by Scholastic Inc. Although Rowling says she found it difficult to finish the book, it won high praise and awards from critics, young readers, and the book industry, although some critics thought the story was perhaps too frightening for younger children. Much like with other novels in the series, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets triggered religious debates; some religious authorities have condemned its use of magical themes, whereas others have praised its emphasis on self-sacrifice and the way one's character is the result of one's choices.