Fans who have long wondered what went through author J.K. Rowling's mind when she wrote the first Harry Potter novel now have their chance to find out.And now the author's own annotated copy of the first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is to go under the hammer for charity.
The book contains Rowling's handwritten thoughts and commentary about the book and the film adaptation and includes 22 illustrations of its scenes and characters.
The book is one of 51 titles annotated by their authors to be sold at auction in aid of writers' association English PEN at Sotheby's in London on Tuesday.It includes a 43-page 'second thoughts' segment from Rowling, with notes such as, 'I wrote the book ... in snatched hours, in clattering cafes or in the dead of night.
'For me, the story of how I wrote 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' is written invisibly on every page, legible only to me ...'Other contributions include copies of Roald Dahl's Matilda, Phillip Pullman's Northern Lights and Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones's Diary.
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