Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter Series 2)

Author: (English) J.K. Rowling; Translated by Ma Aixin
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Publishing Date: 2005-05-01
Features: After studying at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for a year, Harry Potter's summer vacation begins. He endures a painful holiday with his aunt and uncle. Just as he is packing his bags to return to school, the house-elf Dobby comes to warn him: if Harry returns to Hogwarts, disaster will strike.
Since the "Harry Potter" series was first published in the UK in 1997, it has sold over 300 million copies worldwide. After being introduced to China in 2000, the first six books sold 8 million copies. Therefore, whether in the world or in China, "Harry Potter" has created a miracle in publishing history.
"Harry Potter" is a children's novel that is both a bestseller and a bestseller, with the potential of world-class children's literature in both content and artistic technique. The story is thrilling, mysterious, and magical; the plot is full of twists and turns, suspense, and humor from beginning to end. The author skillfully combines the aesthetic qualities found in world literary classics, achieving rich imagination, tight plotting, rigorous reasoning, and profound character portrayals. At the same time, it is also a work that guides children to be brave, righteous, and kind. What is rare is that "Harry Potter" is not only deeply loved by children but also enjoyed by adults.
After studying at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for a year, Harry Potter's summer vacation begins. He endures a painful holiday with his aunt and uncle. Just as he is packing his bags to return to school, the house-elf Dobby comes to warn him: if Harry returns to Hogwarts, disaster will strike. But Harry, undeterred, returns to Hogwarts. The new professor, Gilderoy Lockhart, is pompous and repulsive; the ghost "Moaning Myrtle" lurking in the girls' bathroom torments him; the younger girl Ginny's concerned gaze often makes him feel awkward; and the boy Colin Creevey's star-struck following often leaves him running for cover. However, all of this is merely the prelude to disaster. Just as Dobby predicted, Harry suffers countless hardships, faces various dangers, and struggles to solve the mysteries: the students of Hogwarts are turning to stone one after another. Is this the masterful work of the morally corrupt student Draco Malfoy? Or an innocent mistake by the kind-hearted Hagrid? Or is someone else plotting a greater at Hogwarts? And does this all have something to do with the legendary Chamber of Secrets? Harry is determined to uncover the truth.