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The Tales of Beedle the Bard. The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a book written by British author J. K. Rowling, which was published on December 4, 2. Issued nearly a year and a half after Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, it stands as the most recent book published based upon the Harry Potter universe. The book purports to be the storybook of the same name mentioned in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the last book of the Harry Potter series. The book was originally produced in a limited edition of only seven copies, each handwritten and illustrated by J. K. Rowling. One of them was offered for auction in late 2.
US$1. 03,0. 00, ~€8. Amazon. com, making the selling price the highest achieved at auction for a modern literary manuscript. The money earned at the auction of the book was donated to The Children's Voice charity campaign. The book was published for the general public on 4 December 2. Children's High Level Group. Publication history. Handmade editions"The idea came really because I wanted to thank six key people who have been very closely connected to the 'Harry Potter' series, and these were people for whom a piece of jewellery wasn't going to cut it.
Originally, The Tales of Beedle the Bard had only been produced in a limited number of seven handmade copies, all handwritten and illustrated by the author herself. The books were bound in brown morocco leather, and decorated. Main PS/SS COS PoA GoF OotP HBP DH. Quidditch Through the Ages Fantastic Beasts Beedle the Bard Potter Prequel Film Companion Books. Find and Purchase Rare Books Here. Have you ever wondered how to tell if your Harry Potter.
So I had the idea of writing them a book, a handwritten and illustrated book, just for these six people. And well, if I'm doing six I really have to do seven, and the seventh book will be for this cause, which is so close to my heart."—J. K. Rowling. Originally, The Tales of Beedle the Bard had only been produced in a limited number of seven handmade copies, all handwritten and illustrated by the author herself. The books were bound in brown morocco leather, and decorated with hand- chased silver ornaments and mounted semiprecious stones by silversmith and jeweller Hamilton & Inches of Edinburgh.
Each of the silver pieces represents one of the five stories in the book. Rowling also asked that each of the seven copies be embellished using a different semiprecious stone. Six of these original handwritten copies were uniquely dedicated and given by Rowling to six people who were most involved with the Harry Potter series. The recipients of these copies were not initially identified.
The Tales of Beedle the Bard, a Wizarding classic, first came to Muggle readers' attention in the book known as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Now, thanks to Hermione Granger's new translation from the ancient runes, we.
Since then, two of these people have been named. One is Barry Cunningham, Rowling's very first editor. Another is Arthur A. Levine, editor for Scholastic, the U. S. publisher of the Harry Potter books.
Cunningham and Levine had lent their personal copies as part of Beedle the Bard exhibits in December 2. Rowling also decided to create a seventh handwritten copy (distinguished from the others by its moonstone jewelling) to sell at auction in order to raise funds for The Children's Voice charity campaign. The handmade edition was meant to be a copy of the in- universe book The Tales of Beedle the Bard. However, it would not be a copy of the book Albus Dumbledore left to Hermione Granger, as that one was written in ancient runes). The fictional background of this book is that it is supposedly a version edited and translated by Hermione Granger, including commentary written by Albus Dumbledore as part of a project left unfinished by his death. Moonstone Edition. The "Moonstone edition" of The Tales of Beedle the Bard.
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The 1. 57- page "Moonstone edition" of the book was first put on display prior to bidding on 2. November in New York and on 9 December in London. The book was auctioned 1. December 2. 00. 7, at Sotheby's in London. The starting price was £3. The closing bid far exceeded all prior projections, as ultimately the book was purchased by a representative from London fine art dealers Hazlitt Gooden and Fox on behalf of Amazon, for a total of £1. This was the highest purchase price for a modern literary manuscript at that date.
The money earned at auction later was donated by Rowling to The Children's Voice charity campaign. Sotheby's printed a forty- eight page promotional catalogue for the auction.
The catalogue featured illustrations from the book, as well as comments from J. K. Rowling on The Tales of Beedle the Bard.
The catalogue was sold as a collector's item, and the money from the sales also has been donated to The Children's Voice. General public. American cover of the public release of The Tales of Beedle the Bard. On 3. 1 July 2. 00. The Tales of Beedle the Bard would also be made available for the public, in both standard and collector's editions. The book was published by Children's High Level Group and printed and distributed by Bloomsbury, Scholastic, and Amazon. The decision was taken due to disappointment among Harry Potter fans after it had initially been announced a wide public release was not intended.
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Japan version of The Tales of Beedle the Bard. Similarly to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Quidditch Through the Ages (two other books mentioned in the Harry Potter novels which have been printed as well) the standard and the collector's editions of The Tales of Beedle the Bard feature commentary from Albus Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwarts and one of the main characters of the series. An in- universe J. K. Rowling has also added notes and explanations for Muggle readers. The standard edition also includes illustrations reproduced from the handwritten edition auctioned in December 2.
The limited collector's edition features ten illustrations by J. K. Rowling not included in the standard edition or the original handcrafted edition, as well as an exclusive reproduction of J. K. Rowling's handwritten introduction, and other miscellaneous objects such as replica gemstones and an emerald ribbon. Russian version of The Tales of Beedle the Bard. The book, released on 4 December 2. United Kingdom and Canada by Bloomsbury, while the US edition was published by Scholastic, and the limited collector's edition of the book, available in all three countries, by Amazon.
The limited edition retailed for £5. The book has been translated into 2. Profits from the sale of the book were offered to the Children's High Level Group. Initial sale estimates were roughly £4 million (~$7.
January 2. 01. 0 an estimated £1. Synopsis. Rowling wrote five stories for the book. One, "The Warlock's Hairy Heart", is not mentioned in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows; three others, "The Wizard and the Hopping Pot", "The Fountain of Fair Fortune", and "Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump", receive cursory attention.
The Tale of the Three Brothers" is the only story also included entirely in The Deathly Hallows. The Wizard and the Hopping Pot"This story is about the legacy of an old man who, in his generosity, used his pot to brew magical potions and antidotes for other people when they needed his help. Upon his death, he leaves all his belongings to his only son, who has none of the virtues his father had. After his father's death, the son finds the pot and a single slipper inside it together with a note from his father that reads, "In the fond hope, my son, that you will never need it". Bitter for having nothing left but a pot, the son closes the door on every person who asks for his help. Each time he does so, the pot takes on the symptoms of the ones who ask for help, it starts disturbing the son and prevents him from having any peace of mind. This continues until the son finally gives up and provides aid to the town.
Upon doing this, the pot's ailments are removed one by one and the son's ordeal finally ends one day when the slipper he received from his father falls out of the pot; he puts the slipper on the pot's foot and the two walk off into the sunset. The Fountain of Fair Fortune"In this story, there is a fountain where once per year between the hours of sunrise and sunset on the longest day, one person may bathe to have his or her problems answered.
This is how three witches meet. The first witch, Asha, suffers from a disease. The second, Altheda, endures poverty and powerlessness due to a robbery by an evil sorcerer. The third, Amata, is distraught after being left by her beloved.
The three witches decide to try to reach the fountain together but along the way, a knight also joins them. On their path to the fountain, they face three challenges. The first involves a giant worm that demands "proof of [their] pain". To pass the first challenge Asha used her tears to satisfy the worm. The second, a steep slope where they have to bring the "fruit of their labours". For the second challenge Altheda uses her sweat to move upward. The third challenge, crossing a river, requires them to pay with "the treasure of [their] past".
Amata passes the challenge by using magic to withdraw the memories of her ex- lover and drop them into the water. At the fountain, Asha collapses from exhaustion. To save her, Altheda brews an invigorating potion that also cures Asha of her disease and need of the fountain. Altheda realises that her skills are a means to earn money, so she also no longer needs the fountain. Amata realises that washing away her regret for her lover removed her need as well. The knight bathes in the water, after which he flings himself at Amata's feet and asks for "her hand and her heart" which she happily gives. Everyone gets an answer to his or her problem, unaware that the fountain held no magical power at all.
The Warlock's Hairy Heart"The story is about a young and handsome warlock who decides to never fall in love, so he uses Dark Arts to prevent himself from doing so. His family, hoping he will change, does nothing. However, one day, he hears two servants whispering about him not having a wife, so he decides to find a talented, rich, and beautiful witch and marry her to gain everyone's envy. He meets that girl the next day. Though the girl is both "fascinated and repelled", the warlock persuades her to come to a dinner feast at his castle. During the feast, she tells him that she needs to know he has a heart. The warlock shows her his beating hairy heart inside a crystal casket in his dungeon.
The witch begs him to put it back inside himself.