Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (UK) (Paper) (2) [ペーパーバック]

   ハリー・ポッターのように一途で魅力あふれる若いヒーローに恋をして、それでも彼が恐るべき危険に足を踏み入れていくのをただじっと見つめていることしかできないとしたら…。考えただけでたまらない！ しかし、いくつもの賞を受賞したJ.K.ローリングの『Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone』（邦題『ハリー・ポッターと賢者の石』）の待望の続編、『Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets』（邦題『ハリー・ポッターと秘密の部屋』）では、ハリーはまさに恐るべき危険に身をおくことになる。新学期からホグワーツ魔法魔術学校の2年生になる彼は、何者かに妨害されて学校へ向かう汽車に乗り損ねてしまう。とはいえ憎々しいダーズリー一家とともに長い夏を過ごしたあとではこれくらい何でもないかにみえた。彼の本当の不運は、残された唯一の移動手段だった空飛ぶ魔法の車が、貴重な（とはいえ明らかに不機嫌な）「暴れ柳」に激突したときから始まる。だがこんなこともみな、これからホグワーツの、とりつかれた校舎で起こる事件に比べれば、公園で過ごす穏やかなひとときのようなものだ。

   身を凍らすような邪悪な声が壁の中からハリーだけにささやきかける。どうやらクラスメートのドラコ・マルフォイがハリーの命を狙っているらしい。だが間もなく学校内で恐ろしい事件が次々に起こりはじめ、自分の命を案じなければならないのはハリーだけではなくなる。壁の、高さ30センチほどのところから、怪しげな光を放つ文字が告げている。「秘密の部屋の扉は開かれた。継承者の敵よ、気をつけよ」。だがこれはいったいどういう意味なのか？ ハリー、ハーマイオニー、ロンの3人は50年前に端を発するこの恐ろしい謎を解き明かそうと、自分たちの魔法の力でできることは何でもする。ときには命をかけて…。

   楽しくスリルあふれるこの作品は、想像力の豊かさ、人をひきつける力、ぞっとさせる力、どれをとっても1作目にまったく劣らない。作品の中では、どこの学校にもよくあるできごと、たとえばクラスメートと対抗意識を燃やしたり、片思いに頬を染めたり、物知り顔の先生にあきれたりといった日常茶飯事が、とっぴで、恐ろしく、現実離れしたできごとや、単純に笑えるできごとと渾然（こんぜん）一体となっている。今回もまたローリングは知性と奇抜な発想と背筋の凍るような筆致を総動員して作品を書き上げた。これを読んでしまったら、子どもも大人もみな、次の作品が待ち遠しくてたまらなくなるだろう。 --このテキストは、 ペーパーバック 版に関連付けられています。

This sequel to "The Philosopher's Stone" picks up where the first book finished, with Harry returning to Hogwarts School after his holidays. He is in his second year and little does he know that this year will be just as eventful as the last - even getting there is an adventure in itself!

A remarkable sequel to the best-selling Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Harry Potter is a wizard. He is in his second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Little does he know that this year will be just as eventful as the last even getting there is an adventure in itself! The three firm friends, Harry, Ron and Hermione, are soon immersed in the daily round of Potions, Herbology, Charms, Defence Against the Dark Arts, and Quidditch. But then horrible and mysterious things begin to happen. Harry keeps hearing strange voices, sinister and dark messages appear on the wall, and then Ron's sister Ginny disappears

It's hard to fall in love with an earnest, appealing young hero like Harry Potter and then to watch helplessly as he steps into terrible danger! And in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the much anticipated sequel to the award-winning Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, he is in terrible danger indeed. As if it's not bad enough that after a long summer with the horrid Dursleys he is thwarted in his attempts to hop the train to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to begin his second year. But when his only transportation option is a magical flying car, it is just his luck to crash into a valuable (but clearly vexed) Whomping Willow. Still, all this seems like a day in the park compared to what happens that fall within the haunted halls of Hogwarts.

Chilling, malevolent voices whisper from the walls only to Harry, and it seems certain that his classmate Draco Malfoy is out to get him. Soon it's not just Harry who is worried about survival, as dreadful things begin to happen at Hogwarts. The mysteriously gleaming, foot-high words on the wall proclaim, "The Chamber of Secrets Has Been Opened. Enemies of the Heir, Beware." But what exactly does it mean? Harry, Hermione, and Ron do everything that is wizardly possible--including risking their own lives--to solve this 50-year-old, seemingly deadly mystery. This deliciously suspenseful novel is every bit as gripping, imaginative, and creepy as the first; familiar student concerns--fierce rivalry, blush-inducing crushes, pedantic professors--seamlessly intertwine with the bizarre, horrific, fantastical, or just plain funny. Once again, Rowling writes with a combination of wit, whimsy, and a touch of the macabre that will leave readers young and old desperate for the next installment. (Ages 9 and older) --Karin Snelson
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J K Rowling's sequel to Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone carries on where the original left off. Harry is returning to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry after the summer holidays and, right from the start, things are not straightforward.

Unable to board the Hogwarts express, Harry and his friends break all the rules and make their way to the school in a magical flying car. From this point on, incredible events happen to Harry and his friends--Harry hears evil voices and someone, or something is attacking the pupils. Can Harry get to the bottom of the mystery before it's too late?

As with its predecessor Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is a highly readable and imaginative adventure story with real, fallible, characters, plenty of humour and, of course, loads of magic and spells. There is no need to have read Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone to enjoy this book. However, if you have read it, this is the book you have been waiting for... (Ages 9 to Adult)--Philippa Reece

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comments on the Harry Potter Cassettes and CDs
This release is complete and unabridged with not a word added nor a word taken out.

As with

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

this second instalment of the Harry Potter adventures is available on both cassette and CD with Stephen Fry as the narrator.

A review from The Times said that "Stephen Fry is your Potter-perfect narrator" and The Guardian considers that "Fry's reading is sublime".

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone made history when it was broadcast in its entirety on Boxing Day 2000 on Radio 4.

"Surely the vilest household in children's literature since the family Roald Dahl created for Matilda. Harry himself is the perfect confused and unassuming hero." --School Library Journal, starred review

"A brilliantly imagined and beautifully written fantasy." -- Booklist
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was J.K. Rowling's first novel, followed by Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, as well as two books written specifically for Comic Relief and based on the Harry Potter novels: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Quidditch Through the Ages. The Harry Potter novels have now sold over 325 million copies worldwide and been translated into 64 languages. J.K. Rowling has generated huge popular appeal for her books across the generations in an unprecedented fashion: she was the first children's author to be voted the BA Author of the Year, and also to win the British Book Awards Author of the Year.