The Guardian reveals opening of Deathly Hallows?
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.'
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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 | 1648 Comments
Visitor Comments
Posted by cliffy22 Jul 16th 2007

i'm not calling you a liar... i'm just saying that wat u believe is probably not true. Like i stressed earlier... do you really think that the best protection for this book would it get in the hands of somebody who would post 500 pics of it on the internet... BTW i can't get on the pics... you have to pay.


Posted by sweets7 Jul 16th 2007

I care not: won't be reading it. It would be easy to make a fake though. Loads of very long fanfiction online, print it out, right typeface, make it look like the book covers around it and there you have it. Your own HP book. If this is real, then why does it not have the last 200 pages of the book? They in all liklihood be where all the action takes place.


Posted by sambo60 Jul 16th 2007

no you don't have to pay!! wow people are stupid these days... you need to use the FREE one. Anyway, here's another link to it http://www.justupit.com/c 8fb724720e1f79519d8ecb858 6ffce6 You also need winrar to decompress it. I'm on page 8 of the book now, and it is most definitely real. But believe what you will....


Posted by Eviegrl941 Jul 16th 2007

Good point, Scarface! We're all mental over Harry Potter, especially the Deathly Hallows and these stupid spoilers!


Posted by sambo60 Jul 16th 2007

Believe what you want people. I have been reading this, and I believe it to be real. I'm not spoiling anything, I'm giving you an opportunity to read the book to the point that I have. I don't know why the ending of the book wasn't photographed yet. All I know is that what is here is very real. I'm just taking an advance on Saturday (I have the book preordered).


Posted by cliffy22 Jul 16th 2007

well hmmm..................... ..


Posted by MissMalfoy Jul 16th 2007

tbh i think, at the end of the day, there's not long left. so people should have some self-restraint instead of looking at dodgy links!!! :) my opinion.


Posted by sweets7 Jul 16th 2007

If it is real her lawyers will go ape. There were other 'leaked' copies doing the rounds and they completely ignored them. If it is real, it won't be online for long. I am quite happy, not knowing anything though. I figure that epligue is pretty fake so yeah all good. As long as the book is good, I will be happy.


Posted by sambo60 Jul 16th 2007

Sweets, From the first chapter, I can tell you that you should be eagerly awaiting Friday Night... This book is gonna be awesome!! I love the beginning!


Posted by Eviegrl941 Jul 16th 2007

I CAN'T OPEN THE GOD.DAM.N FILES!!!!!!!!!! WTF IS THE POINT OF HAVING THEM IF THE FU.CKING INTERNET WON'T ALLOW THEM TO OPEN?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?


Posted by cliffy22 Jul 16th 2007

Sambo how do you open it?


Posted by sambo60 Jul 16th 2007

WINRAR (rarlabs.com)


Posted by Adham Jul 16th 2007

i dont agree with emily.i think its real. jo very often uses american measurements in the british books.especially in ootp


Posted by tylermiller Jul 16th 2007

what is the url for the spoiler site????????????????????? ??????????????


Posted by sweets7 Jul 16th 2007

Yards isn't American. We use them here.


Posted by Eviegrl941 Jul 16th 2007

If you have to buy winRAR, then it's not free, is it? You're paying for the server. It's a scam, they say it's free, but it's not. The book is probably fake. I already want to kill myself for reading the spoilers. All I need to know is: Is the article beginning legit? If not, please let someone know. If it is, let us know so the madness will stop.


Posted by bludgerbanger Jul 16th 2007

Wow. This is so obviously not the real book. It's terrible writing, the style is nothing like JKR's. There is such a lack of detail and back story to what is going on here.... THE two men? Which two men? A narrow moon-lit lane? Oh that's realy descriptive. Not. Definitley, absolutely, clearly not the real book. What sad people there must be in the world who are trying to hype it up and make themselves famous saying they have an excerpt from DH. Come to think of it though, JKR never gave us one like she did for HBP. I was looking forward to that. Oh well, only 6 more days to wait for the real thing.


Posted by sambo60 Jul 16th 2007

God you are a fool!! The program has a free trial, and will allow you to read the book from the link I posted. Stop acting like a little child.


Posted by sweets7 Jul 16th 2007

All i want right now, is for that epilogue to be fake. I could care less about the things it says and talks about. I mean would we care if that was the ending. Although I obviously hope that all the characters will live, it only tells us a very small number definitely have and it is littered with characters I could care less about. It is utter rubbish.


Posted by manoyjoe Jul 16th 2007

guys sorry to tell you this is real, but the ending is not spoiled its only upt to 495 pages


Posted by sweets7 Jul 16th 2007

Well if people thing it is good and that proves to be the real thing I will be happy. Just please not that epilogue, there are many ingenous ways to do it. I have fate in JKR!


Posted by cliffy22 Jul 16th 2007

i read like two pages and i'm not satisfied... i don't think it is the real copy. Voldemorts way of talking was way different than the other books.


Posted by sambo60 Jul 16th 2007

OK cliffy, I think you're very wrong, but we will all know on Friday night :D Can't wait for my copy of the book!


Posted by cliffy22 Jul 16th 2007

: ] i'm hoping i'm wrong!


Posted by manoyjoe Jul 16th 2007

well if its a fake then they really took the time i mean it has the cover mary grand pre illustration the chapter titles and the first chaper is definitely The Dark Lord Ascending


Posted by jerkyhole Jul 16th 2007

BELLATRIX KILLS RON, NEVILLE KILLS BELLA, VOLDY KILLS SNAPE, PERCY AND LUPIN DIE AS WELL, HARRY KILLS VOLDEMORT


Posted by cliffy22 Jul 16th 2007

i meant right. about it not being the real copy.


Posted by Flistea Jul 16th 2007

Yards are a british measurement from the imperial system. Contrary to mainland Europe we still often use traditional yards, feet and inches instead of the metric system. Saying that Jo wouldn't use seconds as it's more Americn is also rubbish. The use of seconds rather than moments simply implies a more immediate reaction.


Posted by cliffy22 Jul 16th 2007

this being on the internet is like illegal music downloads.... same thing just for music... you can't do it... i can only assume the reason it hasn't been taken off is cause its not real BAMM!!!


Posted by Xceptional Jul 16th 2007

IS IT THE WHOLE BOOK??????


Posted by Just_Cuz Jul 16th 2007

http://www.demonoid.com/f iles/details/1252898/2632 4944/ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows (pgs. 1-495) if these ain't real, there some pretty darn good fakes :D


Posted by Eviegrl941 Jul 16th 2007

I hope cliffy's right, too. I might actually kill myself if I read the real thing before I ever hold the book. So for the sake of my life, I hope it's fake. (only joking, I don't want to die, but I hoe cliffy's right!)


Posted by Xceptional Jul 16th 2007

SO ITS NOT THE WHOLE BOOK???


Posted by Just_Cuz Jul 16th 2007

The link i posted isn't, but theres rumors going on over there that the whole book is scanned, take the spaces out of the link i posted, MN must of broke the link =/


Posted by Eviegrl941 Jul 16th 2007

Professor Charity Burbage? Honestly, that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard, and she knows Snape AND Draco?!? They both hate Muggleborns! God, this has to be fake! It just has to be! 4 more days, just 4 more days...


Posted by jerkyhole Jul 16th 2007

BELLATRIX KILLS RON, NEVILLE KILLS BELLA, VOLDY KILLS SNAPE, PERCY AND LUPIN DIE, HARRY KILLS VOLDEMORT!


Posted by JJ171539 Jul 16th 2007

Hey everybody I just wanted to prove once and for all to you guys that these chapter titles are all completely real. How do I know this? I found the following link on a website of what takes place in chapters 1 to 5. Beware i am warning you guys don't click on the link I am about to give you if you really don't want to know what will happen in book 7 chapters 1 to 5. *The following link is packed full of spoilers* http://rapid share.com/files/43233344/ Cap1-5.zip Like I said before these following chapters show all the excerpts through chapters 1 to 5. After you download it you should go on the part of your computer that says either my documents or my pictures. When you go in there you will see alot of different files. Then you click on it and you will see the excerpts. Although you have to use zoom in to see the chapter titles properly. In case you guys are intrigued as to where I found this I just found it just randomly searching on google. At first I thought like you guys these chapter titles were fake but this person showed me other wise. If it 5 days it turns out these were fake then the person who wrote all of that is one very good JKR imitator and they wrote the best fan fic ever. PS. ANyone who wants the links for the other chapter titles you can email me at Nicjohn13@aol.com


Posted by Godric_83 Jul 16th 2007

omg i can't wait for the book to come out!!!!! i think this is real


Posted by JJ171539 Jul 16th 2007

Sorry everybody for some reason I put a space in the link. I will try to post the link again http://rapidshar e.com/files/43233344/Cap1 -5.zip


Posted by bullyweekev Jul 16th 2007

I bet the person snape is with is Albus Dumbledore... hmmm? 5 days!


Posted by JJ171539 Jul 16th 2007

JKR told us that dumbledore is dead so no it is not him.


Posted by amandafaye81 Jul 16th 2007

I think that if all of this is real and that is a really big "IF" then those of you who are reading it are being very disrespectfull to J.K. Rowling.


Posted by ladykrystyna Jul 16th 2007

With all those links above, I thought about downloading. I'm not big on "surprises" (if I know one is coming). I'm pulling my hair out feeling that this week will drag on and on. But then I thought about 3 things: (1) Is it illegal somehow? and (2) Never trust anything if you can't see where it's brain is - what if I download some virus instead! Especially since I'm at work and I'm sure my boss would not appreciate it. So, I made the choice not to try and spoil it for myself. Thought you'd want to know!


Posted by jerkyhole Jul 16th 2007

BELLATRIX KILLS RON, NEVILLE KILLS BELLA, VOLDY KILLS SNAPE, PERCY AND LUPIN DIE, HARRY KILLS VOLDEMORT!


Posted by ladykrystyna Jul 16th 2007

Um, one other thing - certain things can be REAL SPOILERS. For HBP, someone on the comments page posted all of the names of the Chapters for the book. Of course we already knew like, what, 2 or 3 of them, and of course, they were interspersed with other titles. I didn't specifically mean to read it, but once I saw it, it was too late. It was like thrown in randomly and I can't even remember what the News Point was about. Then I thought, this is so not real because JKR would never have a Chapter title called "An Excess of Phlegm". BOY WAS I WRONG! And in the end the Chapter titles that were posted on the comments several days before the release were ALL correct. Just because a couple of lines from the first chapter got out, doesn't necessarily mean that JKR would have a fit since it obviously doesn't tell us anything one way or another, does it? Spoiling to me is actually giving a plot point away, not the first sentences of the book. Remember, she even gave us a bit of HBP (which turned out to be a description of the Minister of Magic - JKR must have howling at all the essays we wrote about that one! She is a cheeky little devil!). Anyway, all I am saying is . . . give peace a chance! I'm kidding, I'm a little Loony, I mean loopy today. Anyway, seriously, WATCH OUT! How Sambo60 may have gotten a copy I have no idea, but someone got a copy of HBP and posted Chapter Titles. That's all I have to say about that!


Posted by Dyia Jul 16th 2007

I think we should all just calm down. We're at each other's throats for this. It isn't like we're not going to all find out in a few days anyway. Seriously, though... If people want to believe it's real, let them. If people want to believe it's fake, let them. I, however, am going to wait patiently for July 21st, 12:01 a.m.


Posted by XtremeGirl1015 Jul 16th 2007

u can tell it's not real. jk rowling always introuduces characters at the begining of a book by their full name. she wouldn't just put snape, she'd put the ful name. plus, it's 2 sudden of a begining.


Posted by Daleboy Jul 16th 2007

Ohhh where is SAKIBOU - I want to here them try and say that these what 400 photos are fake. Honestly I tried to say last night but no no "its fake, its fake, darn photoshop" cried you all> No one goes to that limit, to that extent.


Posted by Ticci Jul 16th 2007

Posted by JJ171539 2 hours ago These are real folks. Don't download them if you don't want to see the real thing.


Posted by ocsk8ergurl1 Jul 16th 2007

Don't you think that if this was real... they would of spelt recognizing right...??




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