英國女作家羅琳宣布，眾人期待的“哈利波特”完結篇“哈利波特與死靈”將于今年7月21日全球發行，這一天正好是“哈利波特”系列首次出版十周年。據報道，作家羅琳表示，“哈利波特”完結篇中有兩位主角會死亡。書迷紛紛揣測，懷疑“哈利波特”可能難逃死亡命運。

Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe and Joanne Christie (R) are seen in this undated handout publicity picture forEquus, a play in which Radcliffe plays Alan Strang who has a passion for horses.Equusopens at The Gielgud Theatre Theatre in London on February 27, 2007. (Reuters)

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," the last of seven installments of the boywizard's adventures, will be published July 21, author J.K. Rowling said Thursday.

Rowling announced the publication date on her Web site.

Bloomsbury, her British publisher, said it would publish a children'shardback edition, an adult hardback, a special gift edition and an audio book on the same day.

Scholastic Children's Books, the U.S. publisher, said it would offer a hardback edition at a suggestedretail priceof $34.99, a deluxe edition at $65.00 and a reinforced library edition at $39.99.

Bloomsbury noted that this year is the 10th anniversary of the publication of the first "Harry Potter" book in the phenomenally successful series.

The "Potter" books have sold 325 million copies worldwide and been translated into 64 languages, Bloomsbury said.

The last book, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," sold 2,009,574 copies in Britain on the first day of its release, Bloomsbury said.

The Potter franchise is so important to the company's earnings that it announced the publication to the London Stock Exchange.

Bloomsbury shares were up 2.2 percent to $4.40 after the announcement.

（Agencies）

Vocabulary:

wizard：巫師

hardback edition：精裝版

retail price：零售價

hardback edition：精裝版


（英語點津陳蓓編輯）