SCARPnotes for the book
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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Key Facts
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| Full title: |
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban |
| Author: |
Joanna Kathleen (J. K.) Rowling |
| Type of Work: |
Part three of a seven part Novel, containing 107,253 words. |
| Genre: |
Fantasy, Children's |
| Language: |
English |
| Time and Place Written: |
Late 1990's to 1999 |
| First Publication Date: |
UK: 8 July, 1999; US: Oct 1999 |
| Publisher: |
Great Britain: Bloomsbury Children's books; US: Arthur A. Levine Books an imprint of Scholastic inc. |
| Narrator: |
A detached third person close, but not in, the action |
| Point of View: |
The narrator, who is omniscient, ... |
| Tone: |
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| Tense: |
Past |
| Settings (time): |
Although in the beginning the books never actually gave an exact date for the school years, the large fan base extensively researched
internal clues and, through deductive reasoning, calculated Harry's birth date. Most likely to shut off the large amount of speculation,
the author (JKR) gave a tangential reference to a "real" date which then gave credence to the calculations once and for all. Some of the
specific's remain "magical" however as the author's references still do not always coincide with a normal calendar; for example,
the school year always begins on September 1st, and it's always a Monday, of every school year. Therefore, this book's action covers
his third school year at Hogwarts from September 1st (a Monday) 1992 to the end of June 1993. (Following the release of the 7th book - JKR gave a specific reference to a death as 1996, the end of Harry's 6th year). |
| Setting (place): |
Surrey and London England, and the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. |
| Protagonists: |
Harry Potter, Albus Dumbledore |
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Plot Overview
