The Harry Potter book series is considered one of the greatest series in literary history, beginning its commercial life on this day, twenty years ago.
“Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone has all the makings of a classic,” Lindsey Fraser wrote.
In A Guide to the Harry Potter Novels, by Julia Eccleshare, it points out that after the Scottish coverage of Philosopher’s Stone, national newspapers were quick to follow suit.
The Observer published a scathing attack on the Harry Potter books in 2000, written by Anthony Holden, who posited that reading the series “is an activity marginally less testing than watching Neighbours.