The Guardian reveals opening of Deathly Hallows?
With extreme caution for lack of authenticity, we bring you this article from The Guardian's online website. It holds, what they say, is the opening to Deathly Hallows dated October 23rd, 2006.According to their site, this small portion can be seen in video from the upcoming JK Rowling documentary we told you about a few days ago.
We've posted it in the black area below in case it is removed from The Guardian's website. Highlight in between the arrows if you wish to read.
-->'Chapter One. The Dark Lord Ascending. The two men appeared out of nowhere, a few yards apart in the narrow, moonlit lane. For a second they stood quite still, wands pointing at each other's chests: then, recognising each other, they stowed their wands beneath their cloaks and set off, side by side, in the same direction.
"News?", asked the taller of the two.
"The best," replied Snape.'<--
Please remember that it is still unknown as to whether or not this is real. Interesting, nonetheless. Thanks to everyone who e-mailed with the tip!
Emily's edit: I emailed Andrew saying I didn't think the excerpt was real. Here's why: There is a mixture of British/English grammar - the British spelling of "recognise" and the American use of "a few yards." There are also odd punctuation errors - a colon after "chest" and then ?", when only a question mark before the quotation mark would be used. Would Jo really make these errors? We'll find out soon.
Posted by Andrew on Jul 14th |
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To read, or not to read..
We're almost there. 6 days to go.
Oh cool! Hopefully i can watch it!!! Cause i couldn't if it were just on Tv!
AHHHHHHHH omg i am so excited....
I still insist on... my opinion on that character *shakefist*
omgg that made me want the book SO much more (i didn't think it was possible) haha it seems sooooo good. ahh i want it!!
oh my. i'm so torn right now. has anyone else read it?
Enlightening has been amazing and the podcasting workshop was the best ever. I can't wait to just read DH and find out what will happen, but yet again it will be so sad that it's over.
OMG FIRST PAGE!
i want to read hp7 NOW !!! top 10 !
*gasp* o.O
cool
AAH! It doesnt really give away much. Well, it gives away nothing. I dunno.
OMGoodness!!!!!
oh this is way too intense! "the best," replied Snape aaahhhhh!!!!!
OMG!! I WANT THE BOOK NOW!!!! I wonder who the taller man is... (if this is true)
OMG! i wonder if its true or not. i cant wait till next week!!!!!
omfg!...why!??..i haven't read it yet..still deciding if i am..lol
I wonder what that means... Hmm.
omguh I just fainted!
I want the book. I want the book. I want the book.
its okay if u read it its not reavealing about much. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hh 6 days... 5 actually
Nice. I am actually true. :] :] niCE nice NICE
I'm tearing myself apart on whether I should highlight it or not... D:
I have virtually no willpower. If MuggleNet posts access to spoilers, I will read them. Curse you (but, uh, not with an Unforgivable)! Of course, the authenticity is at issue, and even if this IS the opening, it doesn't give away anything. A man duplicitous throughout 6 books could certaintly be duplicitous beyond the first few lines of the seventh. Is it time for DH yet?
mmmm..... thats pretty interesting, if it is really from the book.
I couldn't keep myself from reading it... It seems so unlikely that this is real but it still got me super excited! Omg... I don't know what to say, all I know it that I'm going to have an absolute heartattack when the book is actually in my hands... aagh! :)
omg... i still can't believe its almost over. 6 DAYS!!!!
wow... didn't give much away... I wonder if its real... interesting very interesting as olivander would say!
I want to read, but I'm not going to. I don't want ANYTHING to spoil my surprise.
i can't decide! should I read it? ugh indecisiveness.
OMG HIGHLIGHTING THAT MADE ME LIKE WANT THE BOOK TO COME OUT SO MUCH FASTER!
yup, thats the beginning, iknow it
there's nothing much on there and the taller guy is Voldemort........I promise this will not spoil anything and it's probably not real
soooo excitingggg =]
Ahhh ohmygawd ohmygawd ohmygawd >.< I can't wait seven more days. All I've been thinking about is Harry Potter constantly. I'm so happy it starts out with Snape :333
OMFG TOP 3859385904385093485? i t sounds fake to me; jk's chapter titles haven't been so long yet- and it just sounds a little fishy to me anyway. and for the first chapter, it's a little uncharacteristic of jk to start the first line with "the two men..." with no introduction to them beforehand, even if we already know snape.
I think its fake because I dont think that the character speaking in the last line would say those words. It seems out of character for him. Plus thats a pretty weak opening sentence.
top 50!! omg i cant believe i read it!!!! but there's not too much...im guessing Snape's referring to the thing that happened at the end of HBP!! =O
fakeeeeeeeeee. At first I had a SPAZ. I was like. O-M-F-G. But yeah. I reeeeeally doubt that's the real thing, cause I think Jo wouldn't start with sentences like that. With like. 3 Words in it. So yeah, I think it's fake !
Tall... Tall.... Who we know thats tall? Well Dumbledore is... But i couldn't be him... His DEAD!!! Arg!! Give me the book!!!
OMFG NO WAIIII!!! -spazzes-
I don't think it is real. Even those few little lines it just seems to me not to be JK Rowling's writing style. I don't think it seems like something she would write anyway. I could be wrong though.
OH MY GOD! Bu-bu-but...Snape ...is...*runs away. can't read anymore.*
You guys are so in denial I swear. You could have the book right in front of you and be like oh no this is no her writing style its so fake... -_-
this isnt real! the title isnt anything jk would ever write! interesting all the same though...
Snape is most likely going to say that He killed dumbledore. And the "the taller one of the two" is most likely Voldemort.
That isn't even Jo's writing style!!! If she ever said that someone waited a 'second' I would have noticed. She would have said that they waited a 'moment.' 'Second,' in that context is a very American usage of that word. So, I can't possibly believe that this is a true exerpt of the book.
Yeah i agree- it sounds really fake. I dont think Jo would start a book so bluntly.
Interesting chapter title... It's funny that the book is beginning with Snape. I wonder when his allegiances will be clear!? ugh! I can't wait 'til Friday!!!
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