'''Flourish and Blotts Bookseller''' is a bookshop in [[Diagon Alley North Side|North Side]], [[Diagon Alley]]. Established in [[1450s|1454]], it is where most [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] students purchase their schoolbooks. The shop has had a few problems with certain books, such as ''[[The Invisible Book of Invisibility]]'' which cost them a great deal of [[Wizarding currency|money]] though they never found them, and ''[[The Monster Book of Monsters]]'' which tore each other up as well as biting the [[Manager of Flourish and Blotts|manager]] when he tried to get one out.
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{{quote|They bought Harry’s school books in a shop called Flourish and Blotts where the shelves were stacked to the ceiling with books as large as paving stones bound in leather; books the size of postage stamps in covers of silk; books full of peculiar symbols and a few books with nothing in them at all.|[[Harry Potter]]'s first time at Flourish and Blotts.|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone}}
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'''Flourish and Blotts Bookseller''' is a bookshop in [[Diagon Alley North Side|North Side]], [[Diagon Alley]]. Established in [[1450s|1454]], it is where most [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] students purchase their schoolbooks. The shop has had a few problems with certain books, such as ''[[The Invisible Book of Invisibility]]'' which cost them a great deal of [[Wizarding currency|money]] though they never found them, and ''[[The Monster Book of Monsters]]'' which tore each other up as well as biting the [[Manager of Flourish and Blotts|manager]] when he tried to get one out.<ref name="PA4">''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' - Chapter 4 (''The Leaky Cauldron'')</ref> Flourish and Blotts also runs a service, which enables purchasers to buy books via [[owl]] delivery.<ref name="HBP11">''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' - Chapter 11 (''Hermione's Helping Hand'')</ref> They also take advance orders for book that are in high demand, such as ''[[The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore]]''.<ref name="DH8">''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' - Chapter 8 (''The Wedding'')</ref>
==History==
==History==
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===1992===
===1992===
[[File:Normal PDVD 2623.jpg|left|thumb|200px|[[Gilderoy Lockhart]] at Flourish and Blotts.]]
[[File:Normal PDVD 2623.jpg|left|thumb|200px|[[Gilderoy Lockhart]] at Flourish and Blotts.]]
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Sometime in early [[1992]], Flourish and Blotts was closed as it attempted to locate its order of [[Disappearing Ink]]. In August of 1992, famous [[Wizardkind|wizard]] author [[Gilderoy Lockhart]] held a book signing at the shop and used it as an opportunity to announce his taking of the post of [[Defence Against the Dark Arts]] [[professor]] at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] that year. In an effort to gain more publicity, he dragged [[Harry Potter]] into the spotlight against his will and gifted Harry a complete set of his books. That same day, a fistfight occurred between [[Lucius Malfoy]] and [[Arthur Weasley]], and Lucius Malfoy secretly gave [[Tom Riddle]]'s [[Tom Riddle's Diary|Diary]] to [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley]].
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Sometime in early [[1992]], Flourish and Blotts was closed as it attempted to locate its order of [[Disappearing Ink]]. In August of [[1992]], famous [[Wizardkind|wizard]] author [[Gilderoy Lockhart]] held a book signing at the shop and used it as an opportunity to announce his taking of the post of [[Defence Against the Dark Arts]] [[professor]] at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] that year. In an effort to gain more publicity, he dragged [[Harry Potter]] into the spotlight against his will and gifted Harry a complete set of his books. That same day, a fistfight occurred between [[Lucius Malfoy]] and [[Arthur Weasley]], and Lucius Malfoy secretly gave [[Tom Riddle]]'s [[Tom Riddle's Diary|Diary]] to [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley]].<ref name="CS4">''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' - Chapter 4 (''At Flourish and Blotts'')</ref>
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During the [[Christmas holidays]], the bookshop was temporarily closed, as they were still tidying up after [[Gilderoy Lockhart]]'s book signing in August.<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)]]'' - PS1 version</ref>
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During the [[Christmas holidays]], the bookshop was temporarily closed, as they were still tidying up after [[Gilderoy Lockhart]]'s book signing in August.<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)]]'' - PS1 version</ref>
===1993===
===1993===
[[File:Flourish and Blotts (interior).jpg|thumb|left|200px|The bookshop's interior.]]
[[File:Flourish and Blotts (interior).jpg|thumb|left|200px|The bookshop's interior.]]
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In the summer of 1993, the front window of Flourish and Blotts held an iron cage filled with hundreds of copies of ''[[The Monster Book of Monsters]]''. To deal with the vicious books, set for the third year [[Care of Magical Creatures]] class taught by [[Rubeus Hagrid]], the harassed manager had to gear up with thick gloves and jab at them with a knobbly walking stick, as the books tend to rip each other apart. When [[Harry Potter]], [[Hermione Granger]], and [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] went to the shop to buy their schoolbooks, the manager almost cried when Ron and Hermione said they wanted two copies of ''[[The Monster Book of Monsters]]'', but was very relieved when Harry noted that he already had a copy. Harry also asks for a copy of [[Unfogging the Future]] to which the manager leads them to a small corner in the back of the shop where a small table lies for books on Fortune Telling, such as [[Predicting the Unpredictable: Insulate Yourself Against Shocks]] and [[Broken Balls: When Fortunes Turn Foul]].
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In the summer of [[1993]], the front window of Flourish and Blotts held an iron cage filled with hundreds of copies of ''[[The Monster Book of Monsters]]''. To deal with the vicious books, set for the third year [[Care of Magical Creatures]] class taught by [[Rubeus Hagrid]], the harassed manager had to gear up with thick gloves and jab at them with a knobbly walking stick, as the books tend to rip each other apart. When [[Harry Potter]], [[Hermione Granger]], and [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] went to the shop to buy their schoolbooks, the manager almost cried when Ron and Hermione said they wanted two copies of ''[[The Monster Book of Monsters]]'', but was very relieved when Harry noted that he already had a copy. Harry also asks for a copy of [[Unfogging the Future]] to which the manager leads them to a small corner in the back of the shop where a small table lies for books on Fortune Telling, such as [[Predicting the Unpredictable: Insulate Yourself Against Shocks]] and [[Broken Balls: When Fortunes Turn Foul]].<ref name="PA4"/>
"They bought Harry’s school books in a shop called Flourish and Blotts where the shelves were stacked to the ceiling with books as large as paving stones bound in leather; books the size of postage stamps in covers of silk; books full of peculiar symbols and a few books with nothing in them at all."
Flourish and Blotts Bookseller is a bookshop in North Side, Diagon Alley. Established in 1454, it is where most Hogwarts students purchase their schoolbooks. The shop has had a few problems with certain books, such as The Invisible Book of Invisibility which cost them a great deal of money though they never found them, and The Monster Book of Monsters which tore each other up as well as biting the manager when he tried to get one out.[1] Flourish and Blotts also runs a service, which enables purchasers to buy books via owl delivery.[2] They also take advance orders for book that are in high demand, such as The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore.[3]
The set for Flourish and Blotts was a redress of the set for Garrick Ollivander's Wand Shop, which reflects on the real-world as shops on Diagon Alley would most likely have similar layouts due to space requirements, as a row of mini-mall shops might.
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