Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies

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Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies
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Author J. K. Rowling
Genre Fantasy
Price £2.99 / US$3 / €2.99 
Publication date6 September 2016
Pages72

Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies is an e-book written by J. K. Rowling, a guide to Hogwarts' teachers. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Contents

Publication history

This book was released at the same time as two others Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide and Short Stories from Hogwarts of Power, Politics and Pesky Poltergeists as a part of a series named Pottermore Presents. It was released on 6 September 2016 in several languages at the same time. [6]

Content

In this guide, the readers find information about Minerva McGonagall, Remus Lupin, Sybill Trelawney and Silvanus Kettleburn. [7] [8] [9]

Reception

Kate Samuelson of Time.com expressed that the book contained a lot of surprising and intricate details about the characters as well as insight into the history of the wizarding world and interesting revelations of Rowling’s writing regrets. [7] Some fans reacted negatively to the fact that most of the book's content had already been available for free online at Pottermore. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

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