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JK Rowling

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Roman

Bloomsbury 2003

Après cette parenthèse parodique, reprenons notre série Harry Potter. L'ordre du phoenix, le plus épais des livres de la saga, voit débarquer la grande inquisitrice Dolores Umbridge, délicieusement insupportable, amenant Harry à se transformer en professeur de DADA pour ses camarades. Vous découvrirez le patronus de Hermione (une loutre, comme JKR), le secret des sombrals (très belle invention), et le quartier général de l'ordre du phoenix. 

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Ron et Hermione, à propos de Cho et de tout ce que les filles peuvent ressentir en même temps
"One person can't feel all that at once, they'd explode"
"Just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn't mean we all have"

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 Michael Gerber

Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody

Roman parodique

gollancz 2002

Fatigué de Harry Potter? Vous aimerez Barry, qui à 22 ans est toujours à Hogwash, sa célébrité amenant chaque année un nombre suffisant d'étudiants pour lui y garantir une place à vie. Toutefois, sa vie allant être portée à l'écran, il part avec ses camarades en croisade à Hollywood....

Une bonne idée au départ. Mais un peu fatiguant à la longue quand même 

While the authentic series may or may not be satanic, this book definitely is. It is poorly written, incredibly crass, and contains jokes about bodily functions that would embarass a five-year old. It has been produced as cheaply as possible, using highly toxic ink and substandard paper. Every corner has been cut, from eliminating every 500th word, to employing copy-editors fluent only in Spanish.This book exists soley to make a quick buck.

Capter one
The trouble with muddles
The Hogwash School fo Wizards was the most famous school in the wizarding world, and Barry Trotter was its most famous student. His mere presence made sure that each year, twenty candidates applied for every open spot, no matter how rapacious Hogwash's tuition became. as a result, Barry and the school had come to an unspoken agreement: regardless of his grades, Barry could remain at Hogwash as long as he wished. He had just begun his eleventh year. This arrangement made studying unnecessary, and turned each evening from a time of frenzied scholarship to one of relaxed contemplation of the day's events. There was also ample time for mischief.

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Jérôme K Jérôme

Trois hommes dans un bateau (sans oublier le chien)

(Three men in a boat-To Say Nothing of the Dog)

Roman publié en anglais en 1889

George, Harris, Jerôme, sans oublier le chien (Montmorency), partent à l'aventure en bateau sur la Tamise. Délicieux humour anglais. Bien sûr ce serait mieux de le lire dans la langue originale, mais c'est plus ardu que Harry Potter... 

Jérôme K Jérôme (1859-1927) est fils de pasteur. Son nom a inspiré une BD sympa, Jérôme K Jérôme Bloche.

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- "J'aime le travail : il me fascine. Je peux rester des heures à le regarder." 

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JK Rowling

Bloomsbury 1999

Sirius, le parrain d'HP, prisonier des détraqueurs, se transforme en animagus pour venir au secours de son filleul. Avec un mémorable vol d'Hypogriffe. Mon livre préféré de la série.

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169  "I see..." said Lupin thoughtfully. "Well, well...I'm impressed." He smiled slightly at the look of surprise on Harry's face. "That suggests that what you fear most of all is - fear. Very wise, Harry".
460 "You think the dead we have loved ever truly leave us? You think that we don't recall them more clearly than ever in times of great trouble? Your father is alive in you, Harry, and shows himself most plainly when you have need of him. How else can you produce that particular Patronus? Prongs rode again last night. 

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JK Rowling

Bloomsbury 1998

Cet été (quel été?), je relis toute la série des HP. Bien agérable après avoir lu le dernier tome. Cela donne un tout autre éclairage à toute la série. Dans ce livre, vous découvrirez le monde des elfes de maison, ainsi qu'un journal intime bien spécial, celui de Tom marvolo riddle. Et vous ferez connaissance d'une nouvelle créature issue de l'imagination fertile de JKR, le basilisk.

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254   There had been no more attacks since those on Justin and Nearly Headless Nick, and Madam Pomfrey was pleased to report that the Mandrakes were becoming moody and secretive, meaning that they were fast leaving childhood. "The moment their acne clears up, they'll be ready for re-potting again."
271  In March, several of the Mandrakes threw a loud and raucous party in Greenhouse Three. This made Professor Sprout very happy. "The moment they start trying to move into each other's pots, we'll know they're fully mature", she told Harry. "Then we'll be able to revive those poor people in the Hospital Wing."
358    (Dumbledore):"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we really are, rather than our abilities". 

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Allez, maintenant que j'ai relu le tome 6 et le tome 7, je me relis toute la série. De toutes façons, ça fera du bien à mon anglais.

C'est vraiment passionnant de relire le tome un après avoir lu le 7. Le passage à Gringotts prend une toute autre dimension, ainsi que notre vision du professeur Rogue...Un vrai plaisir.

Harry Potter, vivant chez les Dursleys, de vraies caricatures d'Anglais, découvre qu'il est en fait un magicien (je ne remercie pas le traducteur qui a choisi sorcier pour wizard). Il va découvrir un autre monde (et nous avec) en intégrant le collège de Poudlard par la fameuse plateforme 9 trois quarts.  

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- "Is that where - ? "whispered Profesor McGonagall.
"Yes" said Dumbledore. "He'll have that scar for ever".
"Couldn't you do something about it, Dumbledore"?
"even if I could, I wouldn't. Scars can come in useful. I have one myself above my left knee which is a perfect map of the London Underground."

- But from that moment on, Hermione Granger became their friend. There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them.

-  (Dumbledore.) After all, to the well-organised mind, death is but the next great adventure.

-  "your mother died to save you. If there is one thing Voldemort doesn't understand, it is love. He didn't realise that love as powerful as your mother's for you leaves its own mark. Not a scar, no visible sign... to have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection for ever. It is in your very skin. " (Dumbledore)