Does it make me odd admitting that I've never read a Harry Potter book? I think I saw the first film once if that makes things a little bit better. Judging by the number of books sold, a lot of people have read the books.
Something not mentioned in the dictation is the fact that much of the first book was written in an Edinburgh coffee shop called The Elephant House.
The coffee shop takes it name from the fact that are many elephant based items of memorabilia on display.
- a very large plant-eating mammal with a prehensile trunk, long curved ivory tusks, and large ears, native to Africa and southern Asia. It is the largest living land animal.
- a size of paper, typically 28 × 23 inches (approximately 711 × 584 mm).
You're listening to Joanna
She has an American accent and expects you to use American spelling.
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Harry Potter is the central character in a series of seven novels written by the British Author J. K. Rowling. The books about a young wizard and his friends were reported to have sold more than 500 million copies by 2018. That makes it the best selling book series of all time. Perhaps a large part of their success is the fact that while they were written for children, many adults have also enjoyed reading the stories.
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