Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - Deepstash

Explore the World's Best Ideas

Join today and uncover 100+ curated journeys from 50+ topics. Unlock access to our mobile app with extensive features.

Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone;

This is a summary of the first book in the Harry Potter series, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" (also known as "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" in the United States):

10

280 reads

The story follows a young boy named Harry Potter, who lives a miserable life with his neglectful aunt, uncle, and cousin. On his eleventh birthday, Harry discovers that he is a wizard and receives an acceptance letter to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Despite initial resistance from his aunt and uncle, Harry embarks on a magical journey to Hogwarts.

10

183 reads

At Hogwarts, Harry makes friends with Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley. He also learns about his past and the mysterious circumstances surrounding his parents' death. Harry discovers that he is famous in the wizarding world for surviving an attack by the dark wizard Voldemort as an infant.

10

153 reads

Throughout the school year, Harry and his friends unravel secrets about the Philosopher's Stone, an object that grants immortality. They suspect that someone is trying to steal it for dark purposes. With the help of their knowledge and courage, Harry and his friends confront challenges, including traps set to protect the stone.

10

141 reads

In the end, Harry faces Professor Quirrell, who is possessed by Voldemort. With the help of the stone's protective magic and the presence of love from his mother, Harry defeats Quirrell and prevents Voldemort from obtaining the stone. The story concludes with Harry returning to his aunt and uncle for the summer but looking forward to more adventures at Hogwarts in the future.

10

173 reads

IDEAS CURATED BY

Curious about different takes? Check out our Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Summary book page to explore multiple unique summaries written by Deepstash users.

Different Perspectives Curated by Others from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Curious about different takes? Check out our book page to explore multiple unique summaries written by Deepstash curators:

Discover Key Ideas from Books on Similar Topics

How to Use Your Enemies

22 ideas

How to Use Your Enemies

Baltasar Gracián

Purple Cow

12 ideas

Purple Cow

Seth Godin

Why I Am so Clever

4 ideas

Why I Am so Clever

Friedrich Nietzsche

Read & Learn

20x Faster

without
deepstash

with
deepstash

with

deepstash

Personalized microlearning

100+ Learning Journeys

Access to 200,000+ ideas

Access to the mobile app

Unlimited idea saving

Unlimited history

Unlimited listening to ideas

Downloading & offline access

Supercharge your mind with one idea per day

Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.

Email

I agree to receive email updates