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{{Youmay|the novel|[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)|the film]], [[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)|the video game]], [[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (soundtrack)|the soundtrack]], or [[Chamber of Secrets|the location]]}}
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|name=''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets''
 
|name=''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets''
 
|author=[[J. K. Rowling]]
 
|author=[[J. K. Rowling]]
|cover artist=*[[Mary GrandPré]] (US)
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|cover artist=*[[Cliff Wright]] (UK)
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*[[Jonny Duddle]] (UK) {{c|Children's Edition redesign}}
*[[Cliff Wright]] (UK)
 
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*[[Levi Pinfold]] (UK) {{c|20th Anniversary Edition}}
|publisher=*[[Bloomsbury]] ([[Great Britain|UK]])
 
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*[[Mary GrandPré]] (US)
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*[[Kazu Kibuishi]] (US) {{c|15th Anniversary Edition}}
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*[[Jim Kay]] (Illustrated Edition)
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*[[Olly Moss]] (Pottermore eBook)
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|interior=*[[Mary GrandPré]] (US)
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*[[Levi Pinfold]] (UK) {{c|20th Anniversary Edition}}
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*[[Jim Kay]] (Illustrated Edition)
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|narrator=*[[Stephen Fry]] (UK)
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*[[Jim Dale]] (US)
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|publisher=*[[Bloomsbury Publishing|Bloomsbury]] ([[Great Britain|UK]], [[Canada]])
 
*[[Scholastic]] ([[United States of America|US]])
 
*[[Scholastic]] ([[United States of America|US]])
*[[Raincoast Books]] ([[Canada]])
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*[[Raincoast Books]] ([[Canada]] (formerly))
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*Yapı Kredi Yayınları ([[Turkey]])
|release date=*[[2 July]], [[1998]] (UK)<br/>
 
*[[2 June]], [[1999]] (US)
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|release date=*[[2 July]] [[1998]] (UK)<br/>
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*[[2 June]] [[1999]] (US)
|pages=*251 (UK)
 
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*[[1 May]] [[2001]] (Turkey)
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|pages=*360 (UK)
 
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*341 (US)
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|preceded by=''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]''
 
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{{Quote|Inventive and action-packed.|The Bookseller}}
[[File:chamber of secrets-cover.jpg|thumb|150px|Cover of the US edition, by Mary Grandpré]]
 
   
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'''''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,''''' by [[J. K. Rowling]], is the sequel to {{PS}}. It is the second book in the series of seven ''Harry Potter'' books. The book was published in 1998. A film was theatrically released in November 2002.
{{Quote|Inventive and action-packed.|The Bookseller.}}
 
 
'''''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets''''', by [[J. K. Rowling]], is the sequel to ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]''. It is the second book in the series of seven ''Harry Potter'' books. The book was published in 1998. A film was theatrically released in November 2002.
 
   
 
==Dedication==
 
==Dedication==
 
''"For Séan P. F. Harris, getaway driver and foul-weather friend"''
 
''"For Séan P. F. Harris, getaway driver and foul-weather friend"''
   
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Escape came in the form of a new pupil at Wydean Comprehensive, Sean Harris, who quickly became a firm friend. In 1982, he drew up outside the family home in his blue Ford Anglia and whisked Jo Rowling away from the grim stillness of Tutshill to the concerts and bars of Bristol. He would park under the Severn Bridge and together the pair dreamed up better futures for each other. Harris’s blue Ford Anglia would become immortalised in Rowling’s fiction as Ron Weasley’s family car and he would be described in the dedication in her second book as "getaway driver and foul weather friend".
<span style="border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Her mother being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis,a</span><span style="border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;"> depression settled over Church Cottage, leaving Rowling feeling trapped and miserable. </span>
 
Escape came in the form of a new pupil at Wydean Comprehensive, Sean Harris, who quickly became a firm friend. In 1982, he drew up outside the family home in his blue Ford Anglia and whisked Jo Rowling away from the grim stillness of Tutshill to the concerts and bars of Bristol. He would park under the Severn Bridge and together the pair dreamt up better futures for each other. Harris’s blue Ford Anglia would become immortalised in Rowling’s fiction as Ron Weasley’s family car and he would be described in the dedication in her second book as "getaway driver and foul weather friend"
 
   
 
==Book description==
 
==Book description==
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[[File:chamber of secrets-cover.jpg|220px|thumb|left|Cover of the US edition, by Mary Grandpré]]
Ever since Harry Potter had come home for the summer, the Dursleys had been so mean and hideous that all Harry wanted was to get back to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. But just as he's packing his bags, Harry receives a warning from a strange, impish creature who says that if Harry returns to Hogwarts, disaster will strike.
 
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"Ever since [[Harry Potter]] had come home for the summer, [[Dursley family|the Dursleys]] had been so mean and hideous that all Harry wanted was to get back to the [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]]. But just as he is packing his bags, Harry receives a warning from a strange impish creature who says that if Harry returns to Hogwarts, disaster will strike.
   
And strike it does. For in Harry's second year at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors arise, including an outrageously stuck-up new professor and a spirit who haunts the girl's bathroom. But then the real trouble begins - something is attacking Hogwarts students, turning them into stone. Could it be Draco Malfoy, a more poisonous rival than ever? Could it possibly be Hagrid, whose mysterious past reveals dark secrets? Or could it be the one everyone at Hogwarts most suspects ... Harry Potter himself!
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And strike it does. For in Harry's second year at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors arise, including an outrageously stuck-up new professor and a spirit who haunts the girl's bathroom. But then the real trouble begins - something is attacking Hogwarts students, making them rigid like statues. Could it be [[Draco Malfoy]], a more poisonous rival than ever? Could it possibly be [[Rubeus Hagrid|Hagrid]], whose mysterious past reveals dark secrets? Or could it be the one everyone at Hogwarts most suspects ... Harry Potter himself!"
   
 
==Plot==
 
==Plot==
   
===Chapter 1: The [[31 July|Worst Birthday]]===
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===Chapter 1: The [[Harry Potter's twelfth birthday|Worst Birthday]]===
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{{Dialogue a-b|Uncle Vernon|And you, boy?|Harry|I'll be in my room, making no noise and pretending I'm not there.|[[Vernon Dursley]] and Harry Potter}}[[File:CS C1.jpg|thumb|Harry sitting on a bench, unaware of someone in the bushes]]
{{Quote|No cards, no presents, and he would be spending the evening pretending not to exist.|Description of Harry's 12th Birthday.}}
 
[[File:Books_chapterart_cos_01.jpg|thumb|United States First Chapter picture of "The Worst Birthday"]]
 
   
Harry has returned to the [[Dursleys]] for the summer holiday, and things are very bad for him. Over the summer, the [[Dursleys]] had become so fearful of Harry's new-found [[Magic|magical]] abilities that they had locked away all of Harry's magical supplies (i.e. [[Harry Potter's wand|his wand]], [[Harry Potter's Nimbus 2000 broomstick|his broomstick]], spellbooks, etc.) immediately after his arrival home. The Dursleys had also banned Harry from saying words such as "[[Magic]]" in the [[4 Privet Drive|house]], as evident in [[Vernon Dursley]]'s outburst at breakfast. On [[31 July]] (Harry's Birthday), [[Harry Potter|Harry]] had never felt so lonely, he missed [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] and his best friends [[Ron Weasley]] and [[Hermione Granger]]. Neither of them had written to him all summer, not even to send birthday wishes.
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[[Harry Potter]] has returned to the [[Dursley family|Dursleys]] for the summer holiday in mid-[[1992]], and things are very bad for him. Over the summer, the Dursleys have become so fearful of Harry's new-found [[magic]]al abilities that they have locked away all of Harry's magical supplies (e.g. [[Harry Potter's wand|his wand]], [[Harry Potter's Nimbus 2000|his broomstick]], spellbooks, etc.) immediately after his arrival home. They have also banned Harry from saying words such as "magic" in the [[4 Privet Drive|house]], as is evident in [[Vernon Dursley|Uncle Vernon]]'s outburst about Harry saying "say the magic word" (meaning "please"). Harry begins to worry about what his teachers at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] will think if he heads back to them without back homework done, and whether or not he'll be banned from the [[Gryffindor Quidditch team|Gryffindor House Quidditch team]] since he has not been able to practise. The Dursleys have, however, let him keep his pet snowy owl [[Hedwig]], but have put a padded lock on her cage to keep her inside day and night to avoid suspicion from the neighbours. Naturally, this does not go well for the bird. Every time she gets bored, her screech rings throughout the house, causing an irritated Vernon to warn Harry that if he cannot control her, she will have to go.
   
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On [[31 July|July 31]] (Harry's twelfth birthday), Harry has never felt so lonely, for he misses Hogwarts and his best friends there, [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] and [[Hermione Granger]]. Neither of them have written to him all summer, not even to send birthday wishes. The Dursleys seem to have also forgotten his birthday, as they are busy preparing for a dinner party for one of Uncle Vernon's clients, [[Mason|Mr Mason]], from whom Vernon is hoping to get a huge order. The only thing that the Dursleys care about is that Harry has to stay in his room for the night, making no noise and "pretending he doesn't exist". While Uncle Vernon and his son [[Dudley Dursley|Dudley]] are preparing to drive into town to buy dinner jackets, Harry goes out into the garden in order to stay out of his [[Petunia Dursley|Aunt Petunia]]'s way as she is cleaning, singing happy birthday to himself. He stares into the hedge and sits bolt upright when he sees [[Dobby|a pair of enormous green eyes]] staring back at him from among the leaves. When Dudley comes waddling over and starts mocking him for not receiving a party on his birthday, Harry gets annoyed and scares him away by pretending to think out loud of a [[spell]] meant to make the bush bare. Unfortunately, Petunia comes out when Dudley calls for her and beats her nephew with a soapy frying pan. She then gives Harry some chores to do while Vernon and Dudley are gone, and once he is finished, it is almost a half-hour before the Masons are due to arrive. Harry goes up to his room without making a sound during the party as promised, but when he gets there, someone else is on his bed.
[[Petunia Dursley|Aunt Petunia]], [[Dudley Dursley|Dudley]], and [[Vernon Dursley|Uncle Vernon]] were having a dinner party for one of Vernon's clients, [[Mason|Mr. Mason]], and Harry had to stay in his room for the night, making no noise and "pretending he doesn't exist".
 
   
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===Chapter 2: [[Dobby]]'s [[Plot to open the Chamber of Secrets|Warning]]===
However, when he gets there, something else is on his bed...
 
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{{Quote|Harry Potter is valiant and bold! He has braved so many dangers already! But Dobby has come to protect Harry Potter, to warn him, even if he does have to shut his ears in the oven door later... Harry Potter must not go back to Hogwarts.|Dobby warning Harry}}[[File:CS C2.jpg|thumb|left|Dobby bowing to Harry Potter]]
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The thing on his bed, a [[House-elf|house elf]] named [[Dobby]] who was behind the mysterious eyes Harry saw, tells Harry that he must not go back to [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]], as it will be dangerous because terrible things are going to happen there. The elf, however, can't tell him what things, and continues to be vague because every time he gets close to letting something slip he starts hurting himself. In the process, he makes a lot of noise, which is noticed by the group downstairs. When he hears Uncle Vernon coming upstairs (claiming that Dudley must have left the TV upstairs on), Harry hides the elf in his closet right before Vernon comes in and scolds his nephew for making such a racket which has messed up the punchline of his "[[Japanese golfer joke]]". He lets Dobby out as soon as his uncle leaves, and insists that he has to go back to Hogwarts since that's where he has friends despite them not writing to him. But to his surprise, Dobby then reveals that he has stopped letters being sent to Harry, and offers them to him if Harry will stay away from Hogwarts. Harry refuses and, making a frustrated Dobby run downstairs and use a [[Hover Charm]] to smash the dinner party's pudding.
   
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Harry is blamed for the incident once Dobby [[Apparition|Disapparates]], and Uncle Vernon shoos the shocked Masons into the dining room while Harry cleans up, promising to deprive the boy of an inch of his life. The evening is almost saved until an owl from the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] is promptly received (scaring away [[Mason's wife|Mrs Mason]], who is mortally afraid of birds) with a warning saying that Harry has violated the [[Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery]], though he is not actually punished (possibly because it is only his first offence). After realising that Harry is not allowed to do magic outside of Hogwarts grounds, Uncle Vernon locks Harry in his [[Smallest Bedroom|room]]. Vernon reasons that if Harry uses magic to get himself out, he will be expelled anyway.
===Chapter 2: [[Dobby]]'s [[Affray in the Chamber of Secrets|Warning]]===
 
{{Quote|Harry Potter is valiant and bold! He has braved so many dangers already! But Dobby has come to protect Harry Potter, to warn him, even if he does have to shut his ears in the oven door later... Harry Potter must not go back to Hogwarts.|Dobby warning Harry.}}
 
[[File:Books_chapterart_cos_02.jpg|thumb|left|United States Second Chapter picture of ": Dobby's Warning"]]
 
The thing on his bed, a [[house elf]] named [[Dobby]], tells Harry that he mustn't go back to [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]], as it would be dangerous and terrible things are happening there. The elf, however, refuses to tell him what things, and continues to be vague despite Harry's visible anger. In the process, he makes a lot of noise, which is noticed by the group downstairs. Dobby then reveals that he had stopped letters being sent to Harry, and offers them to him if Harry will stay away from Hogwarts. Harry refuses and, in frustration at Harry's refusal, Dobby runs downstairs and uses a [[Hover Charm]] to smash the dinner party's pudding. An owl from the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] is promptly received (scaring away [[Mason's wife|Mrs. Mason]], who is mortally afraid of birds) with a warning saying that Harry has violated the [[Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery]], though he is not actually punished (possibly because it is only his first offence). After realising that Harry isn't allowed to do magic outside of Hogwarts grounds, Uncle Vernon locks Harry in his [[The Smallest Bedroom|room]]. Vernon reasons that if Harry uses magic to get himself out, he will be expelled anyway.
 
   
 
===Chapter 3: [[The Burrow]]===
 
===Chapter 3: [[The Burrow]]===
{{Quote|This is the best house I've ever been in.|Harry Potter, about the Burrow.}}
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{{Quote|This is the best house I've ever been in.|Harry Potter, about the Burrow}}[[File:CS C3.jpg|thumb|The flying Ford Anglia]]
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The Dursleys' punishment lasts for three days, until [[Ronald Weasley|Ron]], [[Fred Weasley|Fred]], and [[George Weasley]], worried about not hearing from Harry all summer, borrow their father's [[flying Ford Anglia]] and come to the rescue. They break the metal bars off Harry's window and help him to pick the lock to his door so he can get his Nimbus 2000 and trunk. The Dursleys discover his escape attempt, but by the time they can intervene, Fred, George, Ron and Harry have got everything of Harry's and have flown away. On the flight to the Burrow, Harry explains Dobby's warning. They all agree that it is very fishy and speculate that Dobby most likely belongs to the Malfoys who sent Dobby to Harry as a joke, since the Malfoys are an old wizarding family of great wealth. Fred and George tell Harry that Lucius Malfoy formerly worked for Voldemort but claimed that the Dark Lord bewitched him after Voldemort lost his powers. Harry is taken to [[the Burrow]], the Weasleys' home, and he finds the house truly amazing. Since Ron, Fred and George took the car without permission, they are yelled at by [[Molly Weasley]], who was waiting in the kitchen. After their scolding, she makes them breakfast and has the three Weasley boys (and Harry who volunteered) [[Gnome|de-gnome]] the garden, refusing to use a technique from ''[[Gilderoy Lockhart's Guide to Household Pests]]'', and do it their own way. [[Arthur Weasley]] soon comes home and is honoured to meet Harry after they are introduced to each other. Molly, his wife, yells at him for enchanting the car. [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley]], who was enrolling at Hogwarts that year, is very obviously enamoured with Harry and spends most of the chapter hiding from him.
 
[[File:CS_C3.jpg|thumb|The flying Ford Anglia.]]
 
The Dursleys' punishment lasts for three days, until [[Ronald Weasley|Ron]], [[Fred Weasley|Fred]], and [[George Weasley]], worried about not hearing from Harry all summer, borrow their father's [[Flying Ford Anglia]] and come to the rescue. They are able to break the metal bars off Harry's window and help him pick the lock to his door so that he can get his Nimbus 2000 and trunk. The Dursleys discover his escape attempt, but by the time they can intervene, Fred, George, Ron and Harry have got everything of Harry's and have flown away. On the flight to the Burrow, Harry explains Dobby's warning. They all agree that Dobby most likely belongs to the Malfoys who sent Dobby to Harry as a joke. Harry is taken to [[the Burrow|The Burrow]], the Weasleys' home, and he finds the house truly amazing. Since Ron, Fred and George stole the car without permission, they are yelled at by [[Molly Weasley]], who was waiting in the kitchen. After their scolding, she makes them breakfast and has the three Weasley boys (and Harry who voulenteered) [[Gnome|de-gnome]] the garden refusing to use a technique from[[ Gilderoy Lockhart's Guide to Household Pests]], and do it their own way. [[Arthur Weasley]] soon comes home and is honoured to meet Harry after they are introduced to each other. Molly, his wife, yells at him for enchanting the car. [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley]], who was enrolling at Hogwarts that year, is very obviously enamoured with Harry and spends most of the chapter hiding from him.
 
   
 
===Chapter 4: At [[Flourish and Blotts]]===
 
===Chapter 4: At [[Flourish and Blotts]]===
{{Template:Dialogue a-b|Lucius Malfoy|Dear me, what's the use of being a disgrace to the name of wizard if they don't even pay you well for it?|Arthur Weasley|We have a very different idea of what disgraces the name of wizard, Malfoy.|[[Lucius Malfoy]] and [[Arthur Weasley]] arguing at Flourish and Blotts.}}
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{{Dialogue a-b|Lucius Malfoy|Dear me, what's the use of being a disgrace to the name of wizard if they don't even pay you well for it?|Arthur Weasley|We have a very different idea of what disgraces the name of wizard, Malfoy.|[[Lucius Malfoy]] and [[Arthur Weasley]] arguing at Flourish and Blotts.}}[[File:CS C4.jpg|thumb|left|Gilderoy Lockhart showing off his book]]
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Harry stays at the Burrow until his departure for Hogwarts. The Weasleys make it clear that they all like Harry. For example, Arthur insists that Harry sit next to him during meals where Molly, who constantly deplores the state of his hand-me-down clothes and how thin he is, insists that he eat extra food. During that period, he and the Weasleys travel to [[Diagon Alley]] with [[Floo Powder]] to get their school supplies. Harry has difficulty with the smoke around him and says "Diagon Alley" unclearly, and thus he accidentally lands in a shop in the ill-reputed [[Knockturn Alley]] instead. The shop is [[Borgin and Burkes]], specialising in objects related to [[Dark Arts|Dark magic]]. There he sees [[Lucius Malfoy]], father of [[Draco Malfoy]], Harry's arch rival from school, selling items imbued with Dark magic to a dark arts salesman, [[Borgin|Mr Borgin]]. Lucius Malfoy explains that the Ministry has been conducting raids on wizard houses to uncover illegal artefacts, so he is selling his more problematic possessions. He also expresses his disdain for a rumoured [[Muggle Protection Act]], which he (rightly) assumes Arthur Weasley is behind.
[[File:CS_C4.jpg|thumb|left|Gilderoy Lockhart]]
 
Harry stays at the Burrow until his departure for Hogwarts. During that period, he and the Weasleys travel to [[Diagon Alley]] with [[Floo powder]] in order to get their school supplies. Harry has difficulty with the smoke around him and says "Diagon Alley" unclearly (in the film he says "diagonally"), and thus he accidentally lands in a shop in the ill-reputed [[Knockturn Alley]] instead. The shop is [[Borgin and Burkes]] , specialising in objects related to [[Dark Arts|Dark magic]]. There he sees [[Lucius Malfoy]], father of [[Draco Malfoy]], Harry's arch rival from school, selling items imbued with Dark magic to a dark arts salesman, [[Borgin|Mr. Borgin]]. Malfoy explains that the Ministry has been conducting raids on wizard houses in order to uncover illegal artefacts, so he is selling his more problematic possessions. He also expresses his disdain for a rumoured [[Muggle Protection Act]], which he (rightly) assumes Arthur Weasley is behind.
 
   
Harry leaves the shop to be found by [[Rubeus Hagrid|Hagrid]] and taken back to [[Diagon Alley]] to reunite with the Weasleys and [[Hermione Granger]], who is also there with [[Hermione Granger's parents|her parents]]. In [[Flourish and Blotts]], he and the Weasleys meet the famous wizard/author [[Gilderoy Lockhart]], who announces that he will be taking over as Hogwarts' new [[Defence Against the Dark Arts]] teacher. He then forces Harry to have his picture taken with him for the main page of the ''[[Daily Prophet]]''. They also meet Draco and Lucius Malfoy there. The elder Malfoy continuously taunts and insults Arthur and his family and eventually Arthur lunges at him. During the fight, Malfoy grabs one of the Weasleys' second-hand books and subsequently throws it back at Ginny in contempt.
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Harry leaves the shop and is found by [[Rubeus Hagrid|Hagrid]] and taken back to [[Diagon Alley]] to reunite with the Weasleys and [[Hermione Granger]], who is also there with [[Hermione Granger's parents|her parents]]. In [[Flourish and Blotts]], he and the Weasleys meet the famous wizard/author [[Gilderoy Lockhart]], who announces that he will be taking over as Hogwarts's new [[Defence Against the Dark Arts]] teacher. He then forces Harry to have his picture taken with him for the main page of the ''[[Daily Prophet]]''. They also meet Draco and Lucius Malfoy there. The elder Malfoy continuously taunts and insults Arthur and his family and eventually Arthur lunges at him. During the fight, Malfoy grabs one of the Weasleys' second-hand books and, after Hagrid breaks the fight up, throws the book back at Ginny in contempt.
   
 
===Chapter 5: The [[Whomping Willow]]===
 
===Chapter 5: The [[Whomping Willow]]===
{{Quote|Of all the trees we could've hit, we had to get one that hits back.|Ron, complaining about the Whomping Willow.}}
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{{Quote|Of all the trees we could've hit, we had to get one that hits back.|Ron, complaining about the Whomping Willow}}[[File:CS C5.jpg|thumb|The flying Ford Anglia caught in the Whomping Willow]]
   
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It is time to return to Hogwarts, Harry and the Weasleys arrives at [[King's Cross Station]] on the Ford Anglia, after several delays (Fred and George forgetting their broomsticks, and Ginny forgetting her diary.) On the way to the [[Hogwarts Express]], when Harry and Ron try to go through the barrier to [[Platform Nine and Three-Quarters]] after everyone else went through, the barrier is mysteriously sealed against them. Having missed the train, Harry and Ron thus decide to fly Mr Weasley's flying [[Flying Ford Anglia|Ford Anglia]] to Hogwarts. They end up getting spotted by many [[Non-magic people|Muggles]] and crash into the [[Whomping Willow]], the impact breaking [[Ronald Weasley's wands|Ron's wand]]. The giant tree starts pounding the car. The battered car manages to escape, ejecting Harry, Ron, and their luggage, before quickly driving off into the [[Forbidden Forest]].
[[File:CS_C5.jpg|thumb|The flying Ford Anglia caught in the Whomping Willow.]]
 
It is time to return to Hogwarts, Harry and the Weasleys arrives at [[King's Cross Station]] on the Ford Anglia, after several delays (Fred & George forgetting their broomsticks & Ginny forgetting her diary.) On the way to the [[Hogwarts Express]], when Harry and Ron try to go through the barrier to [[Platform Nine and Three-Quarters]] after everyone else went through, the barrier mysteriously is sealed against them. Having missed the train, Harry and Ron thus decide to fly Mr. Weasley's flying [[Flying Ford Anglia|Ford Anglia]] to Hogwarts. They end up getting spotted by many [[Muggle]]s and crash into the [[Whomping Willow]], the impact breaking [[Ron's wand]]. The giant tree starts pounding the car. The battered car manages to escape, ejecting Harry, Ron, and their luggage, before quickly driving off into the [[Forbidden Forest]].
 
   
After they make it to the castle, Professor [[Severus Snape|Snape]] catches the boys and attempts to have them expelled, but fails to convince the headmaster, Professor [[Albus Dumbledore]], who says that he will send a letter to Harry and Ron's families. Still, Professor [[Minerva McGonagall |McGonagall]] gives a warning and separate detentions to both boys. She also tells them that [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny]] had been sorted into [[Gryffindor]], providing them with [[Endless Sandwiches]] and disallowing them from attending the [[Start-of-Term Feast]].
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After they make it to the castle, Professor [[Severus Snape|Snape]] catches the boys and attempts to have them expelled for being sighted and breaking wizard law to get to the castle. [[Albus Dumbledore]], however, says he will send a letter to Harry and Ron's families. Still, Professor [[Minerva McGonagall|McGonagall]] gives a warning and separate detentions to both boys. She also tells them that [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny]] had been sorted into [[Gryffindor]], providing them with [[Endless Sandwiches]] and disallowing them from attending the [[Start-of-Term Feast]].
   
 
===Chapter 6: [[Gilderoy Lockhart]]===
 
===Chapter 6: [[Gilderoy Lockhart]]===
{{Quote|Gilderoy Lockhart, Order of Merlin, Third Class, Honorary Member of the Dark Force Defense League, and five-time winner of Witch Weekly's Most-Charming-Smile Award - but I don't talk about that. I didn't get rid of the Bandon Banshee by smiling at her!|Gilderoy Lockhart, presenting himself.}}
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{{Quote|Gilderoy Lockhart, Order of Merlin, Third Class, Honorary Member of the Dark Force Defence League, and five-time winner of Witch Weekly's Most-Charming-Smile Award - but I don't talk about that. I didn't get rid of the Bandon Banshee by smiling at her!|Gilderoy Lockhart, presenting himself}}[[File:CS C6.jpg|thumb|left|A baby mandrake root]]
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The next day, Ron receives a [[Molly Weasley's Howler to Ronald Weasley|Howler]] from his [[Molly Weasley|mother]] during breakfast in the Great Hall. Then, Minerva McGonagall hands out timetables and the first class is [[Herbology]] with the [[Hufflepuff]]s. In the class, Professor Sprout teaches how to transplant [[Mandrake]] seedlings, which have restorative properties when mature. The next class is [[Transfiguration]], where Ron has problems with his broken wand, even when he repaired it with some Spellotape. Later, the [[trio]] have their first lesson with [[Gilderoy Lockhart]], appointed as the new [[Defence Against the Dark Arts]] teacher. His way of teaching is a complete disaster. Much to Harry's chagrin, he receives constant attention from Lockhart and [[Colin Creevey]], a first year student. Both constantly interact with him on the base of his fame (Colin treats Harry as a celebrity and Lockhart hopes to actually bring him to that state).
[[File:CS_C6.jpg|thumb|left|A baby mandrake root]]
 
The next day, Ron receives a [[Molly Weasley's Howler to Ronald Weasley|Howler ]] from his [[Molly Weasley|mother]] during breakfast in the Great Hall. Then, Minerva McGonagall hands out timetables and the first class is [[Herbology ]] with the [[Hufflepuff]]s. In the class, Professor Sprout teaches how to transplant [[Mandrake ]] seedlings, which have restorative propertiers when mature. The next class is [[Transfiguration]], where Ron has problems with his broken wand, even when he repaired it with some sellotape. Later, the [[trio ]] have their first lesson with [[Gilderoy Lockhart]], appointed as the new [[Defence Against the Dark Arts]]'s teacher. His way of teachings is a complete disaster. Much to Harry's chagrin, he receives constant attention from Lockhart and [[Colin Creevey]], a first year student. Both constantly interact with him on the base of his fame (Colin treats Harry as a celebrity and Lockhart hopes to actually bring him to that state).
 
   
===Chapter 7: [[Mudblood]]s And [[Salazar Slytherin's Basilisk|Murmurs]]===
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===Chapter 7: [[Mudblood]]s And [[Serpent of Slytherin|Murmurs]]===
{{Quote|Harry knew at once that Malfoy had said something really bad because there was an instant uproar at his words.|Reaction after Malfoy calls Hermione a Mudblood.}}
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{{Quote|Harry knew at once that Malfoy had said something really bad because there was an instant uproar at his words.|Reaction after Malfoy calls Hermione a Mudblood}}[[File:CS C7.jpg|thumb|Ron Weasley vomiting slugs]]
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The [[Gryffindor Quidditch team]] has a very early practice on Saturday morning, where they are treated to an hour-long introduction to a new training programme [[Oliver Wood]] spent the summer working on. Soon after the actual practice starts, the [[Slytherin Quidditch team]], with new [[Nimbus 2001]] broomsticks, arrives, and an argument over field time ensues. During the confrontation, Malfoy is revealed to be the new Slytherin seeker, and the one responsible for getting the Slytherin team new brooms. Hermione says that nobody on their team had to buy his way in, they made it on pure talent. to which Malfoy calls [[Hermione Granger|Hermione]] a [[Mudblood]], for which the Gryffindor team react angrily and Ron tries to [[Slug-vomiting Charm|curse]] him. However, his damaged wand causes the curse to backfire and he is rushed to [[Hagrid's Hut|Hagrid's cabin]] when he starts [[vomit]]ing slugs. Ron and Hagrid both explain to Harry that Mudblood is a very insulting name for Muggle-Borns like Hermione. They also explain that there are some wizards like the Malfoys who think they are better than everyone else because they are Purebloods. After they return to the castle, Professor McGonagall assigns Harry and Ron their detentions. Harry is made to help Lockhart answer his fan mail, while Ron polishes the school's prizes and trophies. During his detention, Harry hears a disembodied sinister voice which Lockhart cannot hear.
[[File:CS_C7.jpg|thumb|Ron Weasley vomiting slugs]]
 
The [[Gryffindor Quidditch team]] has a very early practice on Saturday morning, where they are treated to an hour-long introduction to a new training program [[Oliver Wood]] spent the summer working on. Soon after the actual practice starts, the [[Slytherin Quidditch team]], with new [[Nimbus 2001]] broomsticks, arrives, and an argument over field time ensues. During the confrontation, Malfoy is revealed to be the new Slytherin seeker, and the one responsible for getting the Slytherin team new brooms. Hermione says that nobody on their team had to buy his way in, they made it on pure talent. Malfoy calls [[Hermione Granger|Hermione]] a [[Mudblood]], and Ron tries to curse him. However, his damaged wand causes the curse to backfire and he is rushed to [[Rubeus Hagrid's cabin|Hagrid's cabin]] when he starts vomiting slugs. Later, Professor McGonagall assigns Harry and Ron their detentions. Harry is made to help Lockhart answer his fan mail, while Ron polishes the school's prizes and trophies. During his detention, Harry hears a disembodied, sinister voice which Lockhart is unable to hear.
 
   
 
===Chapter 8: The [[Deathday Party]]===
 
===Chapter 8: The [[Deathday Party]]===
{{Quote|Why would anyone want to celebrate the day they died? Sounds dead depressing to me...|Ron, about the Deathday Party.}}
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{{Quote|Why would anyone want to celebrate the day they died? Sounds dead depressing to me...|Ron, about the Deathday Party}}[[File:CS C8.jpg|thumb|left|Petrified Mrs Norris]]
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In return for distracting [[Argus Filch]] just when he is about to give Harry severe punishment, Harry promises he will come to [[Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington|Nearly Headless Nick]]'s [[Deathday Party]] on [[Hallowe'en]]. He brings Ron and Hermione along as well. While there, they meet Moaning Myrtle. The three of them quickly get sickened by the ghostly party and return to the [[Great Hall]].
[[File:Books_chapterart_cos_08.jpg|thumb|left|Petrified Mrs. Norris]]
 
In return for distracting [[Argus Filch]] just when he's about to give Harry severe punishment, Harry promises he'll come to [[Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington|Nearly Headless Nick]]'s [[Deathday Party]] on [[Hallowe'en]]. He brings Ron and Hermione along as well, but the three of them quickly get tired of the ghostly party and return to the [[Great Hall]].
 
   
[[File:CHAMBERsterces.PNG|thumb|''The Chamber of Secrets has been opened - Enemies of the heir, beware'']]Before they get to the [[Hallowe'en feast]], Harry hears the voice (which Ron and Hermione also cannot hear) and follows it to the second floor, where he finds the bathroom flooded and [[Mrs. Norris|M]][[Mrs. Norris|rs. N]][[Mrs. Norris|orris]], Filch's cat, hanging from a torch bracket, petrified and coupled with a message on the wall, reading "''THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS HAS BEEN OPENED. ENEMIES OF THE HEIR, BEWARE"''. Then, students leaving the Halloween Feast surround them. And Malfoy yells: "Enemies of the Heir, beware! You'll be next, Mudbloods!"
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Before they get to the [[Hallowe'en feast]], Harry hears the voice again (which Ron and Hermione also cannot hear) and follows it to the second floor, where he finds the bathroom flooded and [[Mrs Norris]], Filch's cat, hanging from a torch bracket, petrified and next to her, a threatening message is written on the wall, reading "''THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS HAS BEEN OPENED. ENEMIES OF THE HEIR, BEWARE"''. Then, students leaving the Hallowe'en Feast surround them. And Malfoy yells: "Enemies of the Heir, beware! You'll be next, Mudbloods!"
   
===Chapter 9: The Writing on the Wall===
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===Chapter 9: The [[Writing on the Wall]]===
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{{Quote|Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world.|Ron, to Harry}}[[File:CS C9.jpg|thumb|left|Moaning Myrtle crying]][[Argus Filch|Filch]] and [[Severus Snape|Snape]] try to get Harry in trouble for what happened, but [[Albus Dumbledore|Dumbledore]] says that it is powerful [[Dark Arts|dark magic]] that no second year student could perform. They decide that [[Professor]] Sprout's [[mandrake]]s will be used, once they are mature enough, to create a draught that can revive [[Mrs Norris]]. [[Hermione Granger|Hermione]] wants to research the Chamber, so she persuades [[Professor]] [[Cuthbert Binns|Binns]] (the [[History of Magic]] teacher) into telling the class about it. He explains that one of the founders of Hogwarts, [[Salazar Slytherin]], got into an argument with the others about whether [[Muggle-born]]s should be admitted. When the rift grew too large, he left the school. According to legend, as a going-away present to the school, he built a secret chamber that could only be opened by his true heir. This "[[Chamber of Secrets]]" contains a monster that only the Heir of Slytherin can control and that, once released, would purge the school of all Muggle-borns. Binns unsuccessfully tries to assure the class that the Chamber does not actually exist and that the school has been searched many times in vain.
{{Quote|Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world.|Ron, to Harry.}}
 
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===Chapter 10: The [[Rogue bludger|Rogue]] [[Bludger]]===
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[[File:10. The Rogue Bludger.jpg|127x127px|thumb|Harry's arm is boneless after Gilderoy Lockhart tried to mend his arm]]
   
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{{Quote|Dobby wants to save Harry Potter's life! Better sent home, grievously injured, than remain here sir! Dobby only wanted Harry Potter hurt enough to be sent home!|Dobby explaining his plans to Harry}}
[[File:CS_C9.jpg|thumb|left|Moaning Myrtle]]
 
[[Argus Filch|Filch]] and [[Severus Snape|Snape]] try to get Harry in trouble for what happened, but [[Albus Dumbledore|Dumbledore]] says that it is
 
powerful [[Dark Arts|dark magic]] that no second year student could perform. They decide that [[Professor]] Sprout's [[mandrake]]s will be used, once they are mature enough, to create a draught capable of reviving [[Mrs. Norris]]. [[Hermione Granger|Hermione]] wants to research the Chamber, so she persuades [[Professor]] [[Cuthbert Binns|Binns]] (the [[History of Magic]] teacher) into telling the class about it. He explains that one of the founders of Hogwarts, [[Salazar Slytherin]], got into an argument with the others about whether [[Muggle-born]]s should be admitted. When the rift grew too large, he left the school. According to legend, he built a going-away present to the school in the form of a secret chamber that could only be opened by his true heir. This "[[Chamber of Secrets]]" contains a monster that only the Heir of Slytherin can control and that, once released, would purge the school of all Muggle-borns. Binns unsuccessfully tries to assure the class that the Chamber does not actually exist and that the school has been searched many times in vain.
 
   
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Harry, Ron and Hermione decide that the heir is probably [[Draco Malfoy]], since everyone in his family have been sorted into Slytherin House, he is a Pureblood supremacist, and because his father worked for Voldemort. To try to confirm it, Hermione proposes to use [[Polyjuice Potion]], which can change a person into somebody else for an hour. After getting Lockhart's signature to check out the book [[Moste Potente Potions]] from the [[Restricted Section]] that has the recipe, Hermione warns them that the potion will take a month to brew, supposing they gather all the necessary ingredients (two of which can only be found in Snape's private inventory). Since no one comes into Moaning Myrtle's bathroom, the three of them decide it is the best place to brew the potion unnoticed. Hermione begins working with the ingredients they have.
===Chapter 10: The [[Dobby's Bludger|Rogue]] [[Bludger]]===
 
[[File:Normal_cos_chp10.jpg|thumb|Harry's boneless arm.]]
 
{{Quote|Dobby wants to save Harry Potter's life! Better sent home, grievously injured, than remain here sir! Dobby only wanted Harry Potter hurt enough to be sent home!|Dobby explaining his plans to Harry.}}
 
   
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During the month that it takes the Polyjuice Potion to brew, a [[Quidditch]] match between [[Gryffindor]] and [[Slytherin]] takes place. During the match, one of the [[Rogue bludger|Bludgers]] stakes after Harry and focuses completely on him. Since [[Bludger]]s are supposed to attack each and every player, the crowd immediately realises that this Bludger has been tampered with. Harry still manages to catch the [[Golden Snitch]] and allow for [[Gryffindor]] to win thanks to the Slytherin Seeker Draco Malfoy wasting his time insulting Harry and not paying attention to his surroundings where the Snitch was hovering slightly above his left ear. However, before Harry could catch the Snitch, the Bludger broke Harry's arm, and Lockhart, attempting to fix it, gets rid of all the bones in his arm instead. [[Poppy Pomfrey|Madam Pomfrey]] gives Harry [[Skele-Gro]] potion to counter this and Harry is forced to stay in the [[Hospital Wing]] overnight.
Harry, Ron and Hermione decide that the heir is probably [[Draco Malfoy]]. To try to prove it, Hermione proposes to use [[Polyjuice Potion]], which can change a person into somebody else for an hour. After getting Lockhart's signature to check out the book [[Moste Potente Potions]] from the [[Restricted Section]] that has the recipe, Hermione warns them that the potion will take a month to brew, supposing they gather all the necessary ingredients (two of which can only be found in Snape's private inventory). Since no one comes into Moaning Myrtles' bathroom, the three of them decide it is the best place to brew the potion unnoticed. Hermione begins working with the ingredients they have.
 
   
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During that night, [[Dobby]] visits Harry and reveals that it was he who made the [[Rogue bludger|Bludger]] chase after Harry, and was also responsible for the barrier of Platform Nine and Three-Quarters not letting him in for in hopes of Harry leaving or never arriving at Hogwarts. He also reveals that the [[Chamber of Secrets]] has been opened before and immediately punishes himself, as he is not supposed to reveal anything. After [[Dobby]] disappears, [[Albus Dumbledore|Dumbledore]], [[Minerva McGonagall|McGonagall]], and [[Poppy Pomfrey|Madam Pomfrey]] enter with [[Colin Creevey]], who has also been petrified. He was found with a camera containing film that has been burnt to the melting point. Dumbledore just observes the camera saying, "The Chamber of Secrets has indeed been opened again."
During the month that it takes the Polyjuice Potion to brew, a [[Quidditch]] match between [[Gryffindor]] and [[Slytherin]] takes place. During the match, one of the [[Dobby's Bludger|Bludger]] stakes after Harry and focuses completely on him. Since [[Bludger]]s are supposed to attack each and every player, the crowd immediately realises that this Bludger has been tampered with. Harry still manages to catch the [[Golden Snitch]] and allow for [[Gryffindor]] to win thanks to the Slytherin Seeker Draco Malfoy wasting his time towards insulting Harry and not paying attention to his surroundings where the Snitch was hovering slightly above his left ear. However, prior to catching the Snitch, the Bludger broke Harry's arm, and Lockhart, attempting to fix it, gets rid of all the bones in his arm instead. [[Poppy Pomfrey|Madam Pomfrey]] gives Harry [[Skele-Gro]] potion to counter this and Harry is forced to stay in the [[Hospital wing]] overnight.
 
 
During that night, [[Dobby]] visits Harry and reveals that it was he who made the [[Dobby's Bludger|Bludger]] chase after Harry, and was also responsible for the barrier of Platform Nine and Three-Quarters not letting him in for in hopes of Harry leaving or never arriving at Hogwarts. He also reveals that the [[Chamber of Secrets]] has been opened before and immediately punishes himself, as he is not supposed to reveal anything. After [[Dobby]] disappears, [[Albus Dumbledore|Dumbledore]], [[Minerva McGonagall|McGonagall]], and [[Poppy Pomfrey|Madam Pomfrey]] enter with [[Colin Creevey]], who has also been petrified. He was found with a camera containing film that has been burnt to the melting point. Dumbledore just observes the camera saying, "The Chamber of Secrets has indeed been opened again."
 
   
 
===Chapter 11: The [[Duelling Club]]===
 
===Chapter 11: The [[Duelling Club]]===
{{Quote|Now, Professor Dumbledore has granted me permission to start this little dueling club, to train you all in case you ever need to defend yourselves as I myself have done on countless occasions - for full details, see my published works. |Gilderoy Lockhart, presenting the Duelling Club.}}
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{{Quote|Now, Professor Dumbledore has granted me permission to start this little duelling club, to train you all in case you ever need to defend yourselves as I myself have done on countless occasions - for full details, see my published works. |Gilderoy Lockhart, presenting the Duelling Club}}[[File:CS C11.jpg|thumb|Petrified Nearly-Headless Nick]]
[[File:DuelingClub.jpg|thumb|left|Duelling Club]]
 
   
After Harry heads to Moaning Myrtle's bathroom the next morning and explains the details he learned from Dobby, Hermione comes up with a plan of Harry and Ron providing a distraction in Potions so she can steal the remaining ingredients for the Polyjuice Potion from Snape's private stores. Shortly afterwards, when McGongall comes around with the sign-up list for the students who will remain in the School during [[Christmas]], learning that [[Draco Malfoy|Malfoy]], [[Vincent Crabbe|Crabbe]], and [[Gregory Goyle|Goyle]] have signed up, Harry, Ron, and Hermione do this as well, since this gives them the perfect opportunity to use their Polyjuice Potion. With Harry providing a distraction during Potions class by throwing a [[Filibuster]] firework into Goyle's cauldron, it creates the necessary disturbance allowing Hermione to succeed without trouble, though Snape still suspects Harry's involvement with this incident after finding the firework.
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After Harry heads to Moaning Myrtle's bathroom the next morning and explains the details he learned from Dobby, Hermione comes up with a plan of Harry and Ron providing a distraction in Potions so she can steal the remaining ingredients for the Polyjuice Potion from Snape's private stores. Shortly afterwards, when McGonagall comes around with the sign-up list for the students who will remain in the school during [[Christmas]], learning that [[Draco Malfoy|Malfoy]], [[Vincent Crabbe|Crabbe]], and [[Gregory Goyle|Goyle]] have signed up, Harry, Ron, and Hermione do this as well, since this gives them the perfect opportunity to use their Polyjuice Potion. With Harry providing a distraction during Potions class by throwing a [[Filibuster]] firework into Goyle's cauldron, it creates the necessary disturbance allowing Hermione to succeed without trouble, though Snape still suspects Harry's involvement with this incident after finding the firework. Harry later signs up for a [[Duelling Club]] which, to Harry's great displeasure, is taught by his two least favourite teachers, Lockhart and Snape. During a practice battle in the first meeting, [[Draco Malfoy]] conjures a snake to attack Harry. Lockhart tries to banish it, but all he manages is to set it loose on the students. Harry sees that the snake is advancing on a [[Hufflepuff]] student named [[Justin Finch-Fletchley]] and instinctively tells it to stop, which-to Harry's great surprise-it does. He expects Justin to be grateful Justin and the others are less than ecstatic about it. All they saw was Harry speaking [[Parseltongue]], the language of snakes, and since they cannot understand it, it seemed to them that he was egging the snake on. Harry learns that [[Parseltongue]] is a very rare gift that is closely associated with [[Salazar Slytherin]]. Due to this, Harry becomes the number one suspect among students for being the heir of [[Slytherin]]. Hermione even tells him that since [[Salazar Slytherin]] lived so long ago, he might actually be a descendant. When a Herbology lesson is cancelled, Harry has a talk with Hagrid, who reveals that the school's roosters are being mysteriously killed. Seconds after leaving Hagrid, Harry runs into a petrified [[Justin Finch-Fletchley]] and a black, also petrified, Nearly-Headless Nick. [[Peeves]] alerts the whole school, and a [[Hufflepuff]] student called [[Ernest Macmillan|Ernie Macmillan]] claims that Harry has been caught red-handed.
   
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===Chapter 12: The [[Polyjuice Potion]]===
Harry later signs up for a [[Duelling Club]] which, to Harry's great displeasure, is taught by his two least favourite teachers, Lockhart and Snape. During a practice battle in the first meeting, [[Draco Malfoy]] conjures a snake to attack Harry. Lockhart tries to banish it, but all he manages is to set it loose on the students. Harry sees that the snake is advancing on a [[Hufflepuff]] student named [[Justin Finch-Fletchley]] and instinctively tells it to stop, which-to Harry's great surprise-it does. He expects Justin to be grateful; on the other hand, he and the others are less than ecstatic about it. All they saw was Harry speaking [[Parseltongue]], the language of snakes, and since they cannot understand it, it seemed to them that he was egging the snake on.
 
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{{Quote|But I know one thing - last time the Chamber of Secrets was opened, a Mudblood died. So I bet it's a matter of time before one of them's killed this time .... I hope it's Granger|Draco, about the Chamber of Secrets}}[[File:CS C12.jpg|thumb|left|Harry Potter transforming into Gregory Goyle]]
   
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For the first time, Harry is taken to Dumbledore's office, and there he witnesses [[Fawkes]]—Dumbledore's [[phoenix]]—bursting into flames and then being reborn from the ashes. Dumbledore says that he does not believe Harry to be behind the attacks, a belief reinforced by Hagrid backing Harry's alibi, but a large portion of the school is now sure that Harry is [[Slytherin]]'s heir. When Christmas arrives (Harry's gifts: a toothpick, fudge in a tin, a copy of ''[[Flying with the Cannons]]'', a new [[quill]], a jumper and plum cake), with the Polyjuice Potion ready and Hermione having acquired some spare Slytherin robes to use (since they can't use their regular clothes while transformed), they give to [[Vincent Crabbe|Crabbe]] and [[Gregory Goyle|Goyle]] two chocolate cakes containing "sleeping pills" that made Crabbe and Goyle fall asleep after eating the cakes. Harry and Ron take their hairs (and shoes, because Crabbe and Goyle have larger feet) and assume their form. [[Hermione Granger|Hermione]] tries to use a hair she thought belongs to [[Millicent Bulstrode]], but it is actually her [[cat hair|cat's hair]] and Hermione is transformed into a cat/human hybrid. Hermione is forced to spend a few weeks in the [[Hospital Wing]]. As Crabbe and Goyle, once Draco leads them to the Slytherin common room, Harry and Ron interrogate an unsuspecting Malfoy and discover that even though he wishes he were, Draco is not the Heir of [[Slytherin]]. They also hear that Lucius Malfoy mentioned that the last time the chamber was opened, fifty years ago, a [[Muggle-born]] student died and whoever was responsible was expelled. Malfoy also mentions his father's secret stash of illegal artefacts.
[[File:Books_chapterart_cos_11.jpg|thumb|Nearly-Headless Nick picture in the "Duelling Club" chapter]]
 
   
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===Chapter 13: The [[T. M. Riddle's Diary|Very Secret Diary]]===
Harry learns that [[Parseltongue]] is a very rare gift that is closely associated with [[Salazar Slytherin]]. Due to this, Harry becomes the number one suspect among students for being the heir of [[Slytherin]]. Hermione even tells him that since [[Salazar Slytherin]] lived so long ago, he might actually be a descendant.
 
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{{Dialogue a-b|Harry|Dangerous? Come off it, how could it be dangerous?|Ron|You'd be surprised... Some of the books the Ministry's confiscated - Dad's told me - there was one that burned your eyes out.|Ron, warning Harry about the diary}}[[File:CS C13.jpg|thumb|A dwarf singing a valentine]]
When a Herbology lesson is cancelled, Harry has a talk with Hagrid, who reveals that the school's roosters are being mysteriously killed. Seconds after leaving Hagrid, Harry runs into a petrified [[Justin Finch-Fletchley]] and a black, also petrified, Nearly-Headless Nick. [[Peeves]] alerts the whole school, and a [[Hufflepuff]] student called [[Ernest Macmillan|Ernie Macmillan]] claims that Harry has been caught red-handed.
 
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Weeks later, Ron and Harry overhear [[Argus Filch]] complaining about his workload and leaving. They arrive at [[Myrtle Warren|Moaning Myrtle]]'s bathroom to find it flooded. Myrtle, a sulking [[ghost]], explains that she had flooded it because somebody flushed a [[T. M. Riddle's Diary|diary]] down the toilet and onto her. Harry picks it up; he discovers that it once belonged to somebody called T.M. Riddle, but the diary is completely blank. [[Ronald Weasley|Ron]] remembers from his detention that Riddle had won an award for special service to the school fifty years before, as he had another slug attack on the trophy. Hermione deduces that since this coincides with the last time the Chamber was opened, [[Tom Riddle]] might have received his prize for catching whoever was responsible for the attacks back then. Even though all attempts to extract information from the diary fail, Harry feels a strange compulsion to keep it. On [[Valentine's Day]], Ron and Harry are dismayed to find out Lockhart has spread dwarves dressed as cupids throughout the school to receive and deliver Valentines as a morale booster due to believing that he made the attacks stop. One cupid-dwarf manages to deliver one (a singing valentine) to Harry. While struggling to avoid him, the embarrassed Harry trips and falls, having ink spilled all over the contents of his bag. Ginny notices the diary and assumes a horrified expression. Draco Malfoy also tries to steal the diary as Harry is picking up his stuff, but an angered Harry stuns him, ignoring that Percy Weasley was also there trying to handle the situation, which results in Percy reprimanding Harry. Later, Harry realises that even though ink is spilled all over the diary, it is not stained at all. He tries writing to the diary and, to his surprise, Riddle writes back. He explains that he was the one who caught the person who opened the [[Chamber of Secrets]] the last time, and he can show Harry what happened. Harry agrees and gets sucked into a "recording" of Riddle's memory. Transported back to [[13 June]] [[1943]], he witnesses the school's previous headmaster, [[Armando Dippet]], informing Riddle that the school will be closed, since now a Muggle-born girl has died. Riddle is apprehensive of this, since it would mean getting sent back to [[Wool's Orphanage|the Muggle orphanage he grew up in]] and grown to hate. Dippet guesses that Riddle is Muggle-born as well, but Riddle corrects him by revealing that he's actually [[half-blood]], having been left at the orphanage after [[Merope Riddle|his witch mother]] died, but not before requesting her son's first name to be Tom, after [[Tom Riddle Senior|his Muggle father]], and his middle name to be Marvolo, after his [[Marvolo Gaunt|wizard grandfather]]. When dismissed by Dippet and a 50-years-younger Dumbledore, Harry follows Riddle down into the dungeons, where Riddle catches a 50-years-younger Hagrid fiddling with a young [[Acromantula]] in a cupboard. Accusing the giant of harbouring the monster behind the death of the Muggle-born girl in question, Riddle reports Hagrid to Dippet, despite Hagrid protesting that that his Acromantula, who he has seemingly named [[Aragog]], has never killed anyone. Having seen this, Harry now believes that Hagrid was the one who opened the Chamber fifty years before and he is responsible this time.
 
===Chapter 12: The [[Polyjuice Potion]] ===
 
 
{{Quote|But I know one thing - last time the Chamber of Secrets was opened, a Mudblood died. So I bet it's a matter of time before one of them's killed this time .... I hope it's Granger|Draco, about the Chamber of Secrets.}}
 
 
[[File:CS_C12.jpg|thumb|left|Harry Potter transforming into Gregory Goyle]]
 
 
For the first time, Harry is taken to Dumbledore's office, and there he witnesses [[Fawkes]]—Dumbledore's [[phoenix]]—bursting into ashes and being reborn. Dumbledore says that he doesn't believe Harry to be behind the attacks, a belief reinforced by Hagrid backing Harry's alibi, but a large portion of the school is now sure that Harry is [[Slytherin]]'s heir. When Christmas arrives (Harry's gifts: a toothpick, fudge in a tin, a copy of ''[[Flying with the Cannons]]'', a new [[quill]], a jumper and plum cake), with the Polyjuice Potion ready and Hermione having acquired some spare Slytherin robes to use (since they can't use their regular clothes while transformed), they give to [[Vincent Crabbe|Crabbe]] and [[Gregory Goyle|Goyle]] two chocolate cakes containing "sleeping pills" that made both Crabbe and Goyle fall asleep once eating the cakes. Harry and Ron take their hairs (and shoes due to Crabbe and Goyle having larger feet) and assume their form. [[Hermione Granger|Hermione]] tries to use a hair she thought belongs to [[Millicent Bulstrode]], but it's actually her [[cat hair|cat's hair]] and Hermione is transformed into a cat/human hybrid. Hermione is forced to spend a few weeks in the [[hospital wing]]. As Crabbe and Goyle, once Draco leads them to the Slytherin common room, Harry and Ron interrogate an unsuspecting Malfoy and discover that even though he wishes he were, Draco is not the Heir of [[Slytherin]]. They also hear that Lucius Malfoy mentioned that the last time the chamber was opened, fifty years ago, a [[Muggle-born]] student died and whoever was responsible was expelled. Malfoy also mentions his father's secret stash of illegal artefacts.
 
 
===Chapter 13: The [[Tom Riddle's Diary|Very Secret Diary]]===
 
{{Template:Dialogue a-b|Harry|Dangerous? Come off it, how could it be dangerous?|Ron|You'd be surprised... Some of the books the Ministry's confiscated - Dad's told me - there was one that burned your eyes out.|Ron, warning Harry about the diary.}}
 
[[File:CS_C13.jpg|thumb|A dwarf singing a valentine]]
 
Weeks later, Ron and Harry overhear [[Argus Filch]] complaining about his workload and leaving. They arrive at [[Myrtle|Moaning Myrtle]]'s bathroom to find it flooded. Myrtle, a sulking [[ghost]], explains that she had flooded it because somebody flushed a [[Tom Riddle's Diary|diary]] down the toilet and onto her. Harry picks it up; he discovers that it once belonged to somebody called T.M. Riddle, but the diary is completely blank. [[Ronald Weasley|Ron]] remembers from his detention that Riddle had won an award for special service to the school fifty years before. Hermione deduces that since this coincides with the last time the Chamber was opened, [[Tom Riddle]] might have received his prize for catching whoever was responsible for the attacks back then. Even though all attempts to extract information from the diary fail, Harry feels a strange compulsion to keep it.
 
 
On Valentine's Day, Ron and Harry are dismayed to find out Lockhart has spread dwarves dressed as cupids throughout the school to receive and deliver Valentines. One cupid-dwarf manages to deliver one (a singing valentine) to Harry. While struggling to avoid him, the embarrassed Harry trips and falls, having ink spilled all over the contents of his bag. Ginny notices the diary and assumes a horrified expression. Draco Malfoy also tries to steal the diary as Harry is picking up his stuff, but an angered Harry stuns him, ignoring the fact that Percy Weasley was also there trying to handle the situation, which results in Percy reprimanding Harry.
 
 
Later, Harry realises that even though ink was spilled all over the diary, it is not stained at all. He tries writing to the diary and, to his surprise, T.M. Riddle-writes back. Riddle explains that he was the one who caught the person who opened the [[Chamber of Secrets]] the last time, and he can show Harry what happened. Harry agrees and gets sucked into a "recording" of Riddle's memory. He witnesses the school's previous headmaster, [[Armando Dippet]], informing Riddle that the school will be closed, since now a muggle born girl has died. Riddle, apprehensive of this, catches Hagrid fiddling with a large spider in a box. Riddle reports Hagrid to Dippet. During the memory we also learn that Riddle was an orphan that did not want to go back to the orphanage, and his full name was [[Tom Riddle|Tom Marvolo Riddle]]. Having seen this, Harry wonders whether Hagrid was the one who opened the Chamber fifty years before and whether he is responsible this time.
 
   
 
===Chapter 14: [[Cornelius Fudge]]===
 
===Chapter 14: [[Cornelius Fudge]]===
{{Quote|Bad business, Hagrid. Very bad business. Had to come. Four attacks on Muggle-borns. Things've gone far enough. Ministry's got to act.|Fudge, at Hagrid's Cabin. }}
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{{Quote|Bad business, Hagrid. Very bad business. Had to come. Four attacks on Muggle-borns. Things've gone far enough. Ministry's got to act.|Fudge, at Hagrid's Cabin}}[[File:CS C14.jpg|thumb|left|The 12 signs]]
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Harry, Ron and Hermione decide not to ask Hagrid about it, hoping that the attacks have stopped-and indeed, almost four months after the attack on [[Justin Finch-Fletchley|Justin]] and [[Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington|Nearly-Headless Nick]], the disembodied voice keeps quiet and the attacks seem to have ceased. However, odd things keep happening: Harry returns to his dormitory one day to find it a mess. Ron deduces that somebody has been looking for something, and Harry eventually notices that [[T. M. Riddle's Diary|Tom Riddle's Diary]] is gone. This greatly befuddles them, knowing that only a [[Gryffindor]] student or a staff member could know the password to enter the [[Gryffindor Tower|dormitory]]. The next day, the scheduled [[Quidditch]] match between [[Gryffindor]] and [[Hufflepuff]] is cancelled due to yet another attack and [[Harry Potter|Harry]] hears the voice again. This time [[Minerva McGonagall]] calls for Harry and Ron personally, and leads them to the [[Hospital Wing]], where they see Hermione petrified. She was found near the [[Hogwarts Library|library]] with a [[Ravenclaw]] [[prefect]], holding a small circular mirror. This proves that Harry is not the Heir of Slytherin, since he would never attack one of his friends. Harry and Ron decide they now must talk to Hagrid. With the now constant supervision on students, this is not easy, but they manage to do it by using Harry's [[Cloak of Invisibility|invisibility cloak]]. When they reach [[Hagrid's Hut|Rubeus Hagrid's cabin]] Harry and Ron manage to hide just before [[Cornelius Fudge]], who is the Minister for Magic, and Dumbledore arrive at the scene. Fudge announces that Hagrid, who to the best of his knowledge opened the [[Chamber of Secrets]] the last time, will be sent to [[Azkaban]] prison as a precaution. They are shortly joined by [[Lucius Malfoy]], who declares that he and the other governors of Hogwarts have unanimously voted to suspend Dumbledore, despite the obvious logic that this would only worsen the situation. Both Hagrid and Dumbledore give last words to Harry and Ron: Hagrid says that if anybody wants the truth they should "follow the spiders" and Dumbledore says that he will only truly have left the school when none there remain loyal to him. He also stresses that if anybody at Hogwarts needs help, it will always be available to those who ask for it.
 
[[File:CS_C14.jpg|thumb|left|The 12 signs]]
 
Harry, Ron and Hermione decide not to ask Hagrid about it, hoping that the attacks have stopped-and indeed, almost four months after the attack on [[Justin Finch-Fletchley|Justin]] and [[Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington|Nearly-Headless Nick]], the disembodied voice keeps quiet and the attacks seem to have ceased. However, odd things keep happening: Harry returns to his dormitory one day to find it a mess. Ron deduces that somebody has been looking for something, and Harry eventually notices that [[Tom Riddle's Diary]] is gone. This greatly befuddles them, knowing that only a [[Gryffindor]] student could know the password to enter the [[Gryffindor Tower|dormitory]].
 
 
The next day, the scheduled [[Quidditch]] match between [[Gryffindor]] and [[Hufflepuff]] is cancelled due to yet another attack and [[Harry Potter|Harry]] hears the voice again. This time [[Minerva McGonagall]] calls for Harry and Ron personally, and leads them to the [[Hospital wing]] where they see Hermione petrified. She was found near the [[Hogwarts Library|library]] with a [[Ravenclaw]] [[prefect]], holding a small, circular mirror. This removes Harry as a suspect in the eyes of many of the students.
 
 
Harry and Ron decide they now must talk to Hagrid. With the now constant supervision on students this isn't easy, but they manage to do it by using Harry's [[Cloak of Invisibility|Invisibility cloak]]. When they reach [[Rubeus Hagrid's cabin]] Harry and Ron manage to hide just before [[Cornelius Fudge]], who is the Minister for Magic, and Dumbledore arrive at the scene. Fudge announces that Hagrid, who to the best of his knowledge opened the [[Chamber of Secrets]] the last time, will be sent to [[Azkaban]] prison as a precaution. They are shortly joined by [[Lucius Malfoy]], who declares that he and the other governors of Hogwarts have unanimously voted to suspend Dumbledore, despite the obvious logic that this would only worsen the situation. Both Hagrid and Dumbledore give last words. Hagrid says that if anybody wants the truth they should "follow the spiders" and Dumbledore says that he will only truly have left the school when none there remain loyal to him. He also stresses that if anybody at Hogwarts needs help, it will always be available to those who ask for it.
 
   
 
===Chapter 15: [[Aragog]]===
 
===Chapter 15: [[Aragog]]===
{{Quote|Ron gave a loud snort. Evidently, hatching Aragog out in a cupboard wasn't his idea of being innocent.|Ron, about Hagrid having an Acromantula.}}
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{{Quote|Ron gave a loud snort. Evidently, hatching Aragog out in a cupboard wasn't his idea of being innocent.|Ron, about Hagrid having an Acromantula}}[[File:CS C15.jpg|thumb|Aragog's home]]
[[File:Books_chapterart_cos_15.jpg|thumb|United States Chapter 15 picture "Aragog"]]Harry and Ron decide to follow the spiders as per Hagrid's advice after Harry notices the spiders during a Herbology lesson. Walking with [[Fang]] as their guide along the trails of the spiders, which are strangely all fleeing Hogwarts, takes them into the [[Forbidden Forest]]. Even though Ron is deeply arachnophobic, the fact that Hermione has been petrified and that they may be able to help through this investigation gives him the willpower to go along anyway. There, they encounter [[Arthur Weasley]]'s car, which had apparently taken to driving through the forest like some sort of wild animal. They eventually meet [[Aragog]], an ageing [[Acromantula]] which had been one of Hagrid's pets. [[Aragog]] explains that Hagrid is innocent and that the monster who killed the girl 50 years ago was something that most spiders fear, even the giant ones (the reason why every single spider was fleeing Hogwarts). Harry and Ron go to leave, but Aragog halts them, deciding to leave them as dinner for his children. Mr. Weasley's Ford Anglia comes blasting through the layers of spiders, however, and lets the boys and Fang escape.
 
   
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Harry and Ron decide to follow the spiders as per Hagrid's advice, after Harry notices the spiders during a Herbology lesson. Walking with [[Fang]] as their guide along the trails of the spiders, which are strangely all fleeing Hogwarts, takes them into the [[Forbidden Forest]]. Even though Ron is deeply arachnophobic, Hermione having been petrified and that they may be able to help through this investigation gives him the willpower to go along anyway. There, they encounter [[Arthur Weasley]]'s car, which had apparently taken to driving through the forest like a wild animal. The two boys follow the spiders deeper into the forest all the way into [[Aragog's Lair|a webbed lair]]. There, they are met by a now adult but ageing [[Aragog]], who reveals that Hagrid is innocent and explains his past from being given to Hagrid as an egg by a [[Newton Scamander|distant traveller]] to his accusation as the Chamber's resident monster until his transfer to the Forbidden Forest and his founding of his colony with Mosag. When Harry asks of the monster that killed the girl in 1943, Aragog states it is an ancient creature that all spiders as well as giant ones fear and that they never mention its name nor speak about it, even when Hagrid asked many times, and adds that the dead girl was found in a bathroom. Harry and Ron thank him and turn to leave, but Aragog halts them, deciding to leave them as dinner for his children. Mr Weasley's Ford Anglia comes blasting through the layers of spiders, however, and enables the boys and Fang to escape. Ron is furious that Hagrid has endangered their lives until Harry explained his logic. After this, Harry and Ron feel that they have reached dead ends everywhere, until one possible last hope occurs to them. Recalling Aragog's statements of the dead girl in the bathroom Harry deduces that [[Myrtle Warren|Moaning Myrtle]] might have been that victim. Of course, with the school under such security, it will be almost impossible to sneak in the girls' bathroom near where the first attack occurred.
[[File:Aragog.jpg|thumb|left|The spiders attacking Harry and Ron]]
 
 
After this, Harry and Ron feel that they have reached dead ends everywhere, until one possible last hope occurs to them. [[Aragog]] said that the body of the dead girl was found in a bathroom, and Harry deduces that [[Myrtle|Moaning Myrtle]] might have been that victim. Of course, with the school under such security, it will be almost impossible to sneak in the girls' bathroom near where the first attack occurred.
 
   
 
===Chapter 16: The [[Chamber of Secrets]]===
 
===Chapter 16: The [[Chamber of Secrets]]===
{{Quote|Just the man. The very man. A girl has been snatched by the monster, Lockhart. Taken into the Chamber of Secrets itself. Your moment has come at last.|Snape, giving Lockhart a mission.}}
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{{Quote|Just the man. The very man. A girl has been snatched by the monster, Lockhart. Taken into the Chamber of Secrets itself. Your moment has come at last.|Snape, giving Lockhart a mission}}[[File:CS C16.jpg|thumb|Basilisk skin]]
   
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Days later, Professor McGonagall informs the students that the Mandrake Draught will soon be ready. Later that same day, Harry and Ron manage to trick [[Gilderoy Lockhart|Lockhart]] - who is leading them to their next class - into letting them go by stroking his ego. Just as they pat themselves on the back, they get caught by [[Professor]] McGonagall, and Harry has to make up an excuse - they were going to see [[Hermione Granger|Hermione]] in the [[Hospital Wing]], where visitors were now barred. They now have to go along to make their story appear convincing, but rather than simply hanging around Hermione's petrified form, this time Harry notices a piece of paper tightly clutched in her hand. This piece of paper reveals what Hermione had found out before she was attacked. She had discovered, based on strong circumstantial evidence, that the monster in the [[Chamber of Secrets]] is a [[Serpent of Slytherin|Basilisk]], one of the giant "Kings of all Serpents", thus explaining the mysterious voice that only Harry could hear, as he can speak [[Parseltongue]]. The Basilisk kills people by looking it in the eye, but no one died because nobody had directly looked at its deadly gaze: [[Colin Creevey]] saw it through his camera, [[Justin Finch-Fletchley]] saw it through [[Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington|Nearly-Headless Nick]] (who was already dead and since he couldn't die "again", he was only petrified), [[Mrs Norris]] saw a reflection of it in the waters of the flooded bathroom, and Hermione and [[Penelope Clearwater]] each used a mirror to look around corners after Hermione has figured things out. Harry finds out in the paper that spiders flee from it and how a rooster's crowing is potentially fatal to the Basilisk (which explains Hagrid's roosters having been killed during the year). On the note is also scribbled a single word, "pipes", which means that the serpent moves around through the plumbing (which helps them to realise that the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets is in [[Myrtle Warren|Moaning Myrtle]]'s bathroom). Having solved the mystery, Harry and Ron decide to go to the staff room and report to the teachers. When they get there, they overhear the teachers talking about another attack having occurred. Harry and Ron decide to hide to hear more details, and learn that Ginny has been kidnapped by the Basilisk, and the heir of [[Slytherin]] has left another message under the previous one: "''HER SKELETON WILL LIE IN THE CHAMBER FOREVER". ''Harry and Ron also hear that Hogwarts will be closed tomorrow. The teachers then force Lockhart to deal with the monster, as he has been claiming he could handle whatever is responsible for the attacks. Looking very crestfallen, he leaves for his room. Harry and Ron decide that if Lockhart is going to deal with the monster they might as well tell him what they know. They go to his room, only to find him frantically planning to run away. When questioned on why such a talented [[Wizardkind|wizard]] as himself is leaving, Lockhart admits that he is a fraud who put [[Memory Charm]]s on the people who really did the things that he claimed to have done in his books. He then attempts to put a Memory Charm on the two boys as well, but they manage to disarm him and, under [[wand]] threats, take him to Moaning Myrtle's bathroom.
[[File:Books_chapterart_cos_16.jpg|thumb|Basilisk Skin]]
 
Later that same day, Harry and Ron manage to trick Lockhart - who is leading them to their next class - into letting them go by stroking his ego. Just as they pat themselves on the back, they get caught by [[Professor]] McGonagall, and Harry has to make up an excuse - they were going to see [[Hermione Granger|Hermione]] in the [[Hospital wing]], where visitors were now barred. They now have to go along to make their story appear convincing, but rather than simply hanging around Hermione's petrified form, this time Harry notices a piece of paper tightly clutched in her hand. This piece of paper reveals what Hermione had found out before she was attacked. She had discovered, based on strong circumstantial evidence, that the monster in the [[Chamber of Secrets]] was a [[Salazar Slytherin's Basilisk|basilisk]]. As a [[Salazar Slytherin's Basilisk|basilisk]] is a giant snake, thus explaining the mysterious voice that only Harry could hear, as he was able to speak Parseltongue. The [[Salazar Slytherin's Basilisk|Basilisk]] kills people by looking it in the eye, but no one died, because nobody had looked at its deadly gaze directly. [[Colin Creevey]] saw it through his camera, [[Justin Finch-Fletchley]] saw it through [[Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington|Nearly-Headless Nick]] (who was already dead and since he couldn't die "again", he was only petrified), [[Mrs. Norris]] saw a reflection of it in the waters of the flooded bathroom, and both Hermione and [[Penelope Clearwater]] used a mirror to look around corners after Hermione figured things out. There is also a note talking about how the rooster's call is potentially fatal to the Basilisk (which explains Hagrid's roosters having been killed during the year). On the note is also scribbled a single word, "pipes", which means that the serpent moves around through the plumbing (which helps them realise that the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets is in Moaning Mrytle's bathroom).
 
   
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Moaning Myrtle explains her death, saying the last thing she saw was a pair of enormous eyes by one of the sinks, whose tap has never worked. Harry finds a snake carved on the tap and then opens the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets by speaking Parseltongue to it. Harry, Ron and Lockhart slide down a large pipe and find themselves in maze-like tunnels far under the school. Down there, they encounter a snake skin left by the Basilisk. Just then, Lockhart feigns fainting and he steals Ron's wand. Victoriously proclaiming that he will erase Harry and Ron's memories and tell everybody they lost their sanity at the sight of Ginny's mangled body, Lockhart casts the Memory Charm. [[Charles Weasley's wand|Ron's broken wand]] causes the charm to backfire, erasing Lockhart's memory and causing a portion of the ceiling to cave in. This traps Harry in the direction of the chamber and Ron in the direction of the castle. Ron has no choice but to stay behind and clear a path through the rocks while Harry continues in search of Ginny. Harry then encounters a wall with stone snakes on it, opens it by speaking Parseltongue, and enters the Chamber.
Having solved the mystery, Harry and Ron decide to go to the staff room and report to the teachers. When they get there, they overhear the teachers talking about another attack having occurred. Harry and Ron decide to hide to hear more details, and learn that Ginny has been kidnapped and the heir of [[Slytherin]] has left another message under the previous one:
 
 
<center>HER SKELETON WILL LIE IN THE CHAMBER FOREVER</center>
 
 
[[Harry Potter|Harry]] and [[Ronald Weasley|Ron]] also hear that Hogwarts will be closed tomorrow. The teachers then force [[Gilderoy Lockhart|Lockhart]] to deal with the [[Basilisk|monster]], as he has been claiming he could handle whatever is responsible for the attacks. Looking very crestfallen, he leaves for his room.
 
 
Harry and Ron decide that if Lockhart is going to deal with the monster they might as well tell him what they know. They go to his room, only to find him frantically planning to run away. When questioned on why such a talented [[Wizards|wizard]] as himself is leaving, Lockhart admits that he is a fraud and that he put [[Memory Charm]]s on the people who really did the things that he claimed to have done in his books. He then attempts to put a memory charm on Harry and Ron as well, but they manage to disarm him and, under [[wand]] threats, take him to [[Myrtle|Moaning Myrtle]]'s bathroom.
 
 
[[Myrtle|Moaning Myrtle]] explains her death, saying the last thing she saw was a pair of enormous eyes by one of the sinks, the tap of which has never worked. Harry finds a snake carved on the tap and then opens the entrance to the [[Chamber of Secrets]] by speaking [[Parseltongue]] to it.
 
 
[[File:10533251_gal.jpg|thumb|left|The basilisk]]
 
 
Harry, Ron and Lockhart slide down a large pipe and find themselves in maze-like tunnels far under the school. Down there, they encounter a snake skin left by the [[Salazar Slytherin's Basilisk|Basilisk]]. Just then, Lockhart feigns fainting and he steals Ron's wand. Victoriously proclaiming that he will erase Harry and Ron's memories and tell everybody they lost their sanity at the sight of Ginny's mangled body, Lockhart fires. [[Ronald Weasley's first wand|Ron's broken wand]] causes the charm to backfire, erasing Lockhart's memory and causing a portion of the ceiling to cave in. This traps Harry in the direction of the chamber and Ron in the direction of the castle. Ron has no choice but to stay behind and clear a path through the rocks while Harry continues in search of Ginny. Harry then encounters a wall with stone snakes on it, opens it by speaking [[Parseltongue]] and enters the Chamber itself.
 
   
 
===Chapter 17: The [[Tom Riddle|Heir of Slytherin]]===
 
===Chapter 17: The [[Tom Riddle|Heir of Slytherin]]===
[[File:Books_chapterart_cos_17.jpg|thumb|left|United States Chapter 17 picture "The Heir of Slytherin"]]
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[[File:CS C17.jpg|thumb|left|Tom Riddle's diary]]
{{Quote|Haven't I already told you that killing Mudbloods doesn't matter to me anymore? For many months now, my new target has been you.|Tom Riddle to Harry.}}Harry finds himself standing at the end of a long, dimly lit chamber
 
[[File:Harry_In_Chamber.jpg|thumb|[[Harry Potter|Harry]] entering the [[Chamber of Secrets]].]] At the far end, he finds Ginny lying on the ground, pale and cold. He drops his [[wand]] and runs to her, trying to get a response from her, but to no avail. He then sees [[Tom Riddle]] approaching him and holding [[Harry Potter's wand|Harry's wand]]. Riddle explains that his presence in the present is due to the fact that he is a memory, which had been preserved in his own diary for fifty years.
 
   
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{{Quote|Haven't I already told you that killing Mudbloods doesn't matter to me anymore? For many months now, my new target has been you.|Tom Riddle to Harry}}
He then reveals what had happened: Riddle was the one that had opened the [[Chamber of Secrets]] fifty years ago and planned to purge the school of [[Muggle-born]]s; however, when he learned that the school was going to close down due to the attacks and that Dumbledore (then the [[Transfiguration]] teacher) was keeping a closer watch on him, he had no choice but to cease the attacks and frame Hagrid for doing it. He eventually left behind a diary containing the memory of his sixteen-year-old self in hopes that it would, one day, fall into the hands of an unsuspecting victim who would help him finish his work.
 
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Harry finds himself standing at the end of a long dimly-lit giant hall. At the far end by the foot of Slytherin's statue, he finds Ginny lying on the ground, pale and cold. He drops his [[wand]] and runs to her, trying to get a response from her, but to no avail. [[Tom Riddle]] approaches them, holding [[Harry Potter's wand|Harry's wand]], and explains that his presence in the present is because he is a memory, which had been preserved in his own diary for fifty years. He then reveals what has happened: Riddle had opened the [[Chamber of Secrets]] fifty years ago and planned to purge the school of [[Muggle-born]]s; however, when he learned that the school was going to close down due to the attacks and that Dumbledore (then the [[Transfiguration]] teacher) was keeping a closer watch on him, he had no choice but to cease the attacks and frame Hagrid for doing it. He eventually left behind a diary containing the memory of his sixteen-year-old self in hopes that it would, one day, fall into the hands of an unsuspecting victim who would help him to finish his work.
   
The diary ends up with Ginny. Riddle had written back sympathetically and Ginny grew to confess her fears, hopes and feelings to him. She essentially poured some of her soul into him, which was exactly what he wanted. He gradually grew more powerful and eventually managed to pour some of his soul back into her, possessing her and using her body to open the chamber of secrets, releasing the basilisk that launched the new series of attacks and to write the threatening messages on the walls. However, Ginny became suspicious of the diary and tried to dispose of it by flushing it down the toilet in [[Myrtle|Moaning Myrtle]]'s bathroom. This is when Harry found it.
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The diary ends up with that Ginny. Riddle had written back sympathetically and Ginny grew to confess her fears, hopes and feelings to him. She essentially poured some of her soul into him, which was exactly what he wanted. He gradually grew more powerful and eventually managed to pour some of his soul back into her, possessing her and using her body to open the Chamber of Secrets, releasing the [[Serpent of Slytherin|Basilisk]] that launched the new series of attacks and to write the threatening messages on the walls. However, Ginny became suspicious of the diary and tried to dispose of it by flushing it down the toilet in [[Myrtle Warren|Moaning Myrtle]]'s bathroom. This is when Harry found it. When Ginny saw Harry with the diary on [[Valentine's Day]], she panicked and worried that Riddle had told Harry about her role in the attacks, so she stole it back from his dormitory. It began taking control of her again, but this time with the intention of killing Harry, so he had Ginny write her own farewell on the wall and come down to wait, luring Harry to the rescue and, consequently, his doom. Riddle is angered that Harry managed to defeat the [[Dark wizard]] [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] as a mere baby. When Harry asks Riddle why he cares about it, Riddle reveals that "Voldemort is his past, present and future." He then writes the air with Harry's wand his full name, ''TOM MARVOLO RIDDLE'', then waves the wand and the letters rearrange themselves into, ''I AM LORD VOLDEMORT.''
   
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Harry then realises that Lord Voldemort was only a pseudonym and that his real/birth name was Tom Marvolo Riddle. Riddle explains that he couldn't bear to use the name of [[Tom Riddle Senior|a Muggle father]] who abandoned him before his wizard son could be born, right when he found out that [[Merope Riddle|his wife]] was a [[Wizardkind|witch]] descended from [[Salazar Slytherin]]. So he scrambled that name to create a new one, which he knew people would fear when he became the "greatest sorcerer in the world". Harry retorts that he must be mistaken, because the greatest sorcerer in the world, as everybody knows, is [[Albus Dumbledore]]. Even when Voldemort was at the peak of his power he was afraid of Dumbledore, and now he is barely alive. Riddle replies that Dumbledore has been driven out the castle by the mere memory of him. Harry yells that Dumbledore is not as gone as Riddle seems to believe. In this display of loyalty he summons [[Fawkes]] the [[phoenix]] to him, who also brings with it the [[Sorting Hat]], both assets that Riddle deems extremely useless.
When Ginny saw Harry with the diary on Valentine's Day, she panicked and worried that Riddle had told Harry about her role in the attacks, so she stole it back from his dormitory. It began taking control of her again, but this time with the intention of killing Harry, so he had Ginny write her own farewell on the wall and come down to wait, luring Harry to the rescue and, consequently, his doom.
 
   
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Riddle then summons the Basilisk and commands it to kill Harry. However, Fawkes is not as defenceless as one might initially think, and pecks out the Basilisk's eyes, thus preventing its gaze from killing. The basilisk can still hear and smell Harry, however, and remains very dangerous, so Harry, in desperation, puts on the Sorting Hat, wishing against hope for help. Instead of an answer, [[Sword of Gryffindor|a heavy sword with a hilt embedded with rubies]] falls on Harry's head from inside the hat. After several missed strikes from the blinded Basilisk, it strikes again, right at him this time, but Harry plunges the sword into the roof of the Basilisk's mouth, killing it. However, one of its poisonous fangs sinks into his arm, injecting a deadly poison. While Riddle gloats over his "win", Harry takes Riddle's diary and plunges the Basilisk fang into the diary. Ink begins pouring out of the book like blood as Riddle's memory is destroyed. Ginny immediately stirs and wakes up. Harry is now moments from death, when Fawkes weeps on the wound, and since [[phoenix tears]] have incredible healing properties, Harry is instantly cured. Harry and Ginny travel back through the Chamber to find [[Ronald Weasley|Ron]] and [[Gilderoy Lockhart|Lockhart]]; Lockhart has no idea of who or where he is. Harry, Ron, Ginny and Lockhart grab onto Fawkes and fly up the tunnel, out of the Chamber (another phoenix specialty, as they can lift very heavy loads). They return up to the [[Myrtle Warren|Moaning Myrtle]]'s bathroom, where the Entrance seals shut again, and head to McGonagall's office.
Riddle is angered that [[Harry Potter|Harry]] managed to defeat the [[Dark Wizard]] [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] as a mere baby. When [[Harry Potter|Harry]] asks Riddle why he cares about it, Riddle reveals that "[[Tom Riddle|Voldemort]] is his past, present and future." He then writes his name in the air with [[Harry Potter's wand|Harry's wand]]:
 
   
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===Chapter 18: [[Dobby]]'s [[Harry Potter's sock|Reward]]===
TOM MARVOLO RIDDLE
 
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{{Quote|But Dobby didn't move. He was holding up Harry's disgusting, slimy sock, and looking at it as though it were a priceless treasure.|Dobby being freed by Harry}}[[File:CS C18.jpg|thumb|left|Albus Dumbledore holding the Sword of Gryffindor]]
   
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At McGonagall's office, Harry, Ron, and Ginny find [[Albus Dumbledore|Dumbledore]], McGonagall, [[Arthur Weasley|Arthur]] and [[Molly Weasley]], who are delighted to see them alive. Harry worries that Ginny will get blamed for being the person behind the attacks, but to his great relief Dumbledore rightly deduces that [[Tom Riddle|Voldemort]] is the culprit and only used Ginny's body. After Ginny leaves to get a much-needed rest, Harry and Ron both receive two hundred house points each for [[Gryffindor]] and both get an Award for special services to the school, and then Dumbledore asks to speak with Harry alone. [[Harry Potter|Harry]] expresses his concern that he belonged in [[Slytherin]]. Dumbledore reveals that [[Tom Riddle|Voldemort]] transferred some of his powers to Harry when he gave him his scar, explaining his ability to speak [[Parseltongue]]. He asks Harry why he thinks the [[Sorting Hat]] put him in [[Gryffindor]] if he has so many Slytherin qualities, and Harry admits that the only reason it did was because he had asked it to. Dumbledore confirms this and tells Harry that "it is our choices, rather than our abilities, that reveal who we truly are". He points out to the sword Harry had drawn out of the hat - Harry now notices it has [[Godric Gryffindor]]'s name on it. Dumbledore says that only a true Gryffindor would be able to draw it out.
Riddle then waves the wand and the letters rearrange themselves into
 
   
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[[Lucius Malfoy]] then barges into McGonagall's office, outraged that Dumbledore has returned to the school after being dismissed. Dumbledore calmly responds that [[Hogwarts Board of Governors|the governors]] had asked him to return once they heard that [[Arthur Weasley]]'s daughter was attacked. Apparently they had been blackmailed by Malfoy to vote for Dumbledore's dismissal in the first place under Malfoy's threat of cursing their families. [[Dobby]] follows Lucius into the room, thus showing that his masters are the [[Malfoy family|Malfoys]]. Dumbledore and Malfoy have a calm but venomous interchange (respectively), during which Dumbledore and [[Harry Potter|Harry]] (with the help of [[Dobby]]'s unspoken hints) essentially expose Lucius sneaking [[T. M. Riddle's Diary|Riddle's diary]] (one of his illegal artefacts) into [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny]]'s school things during the fight with Arthur at [[Flourish and Blotts]]. This is supposed to frame Ginny for the attacks, with heavy implications on the [[Muggle Protection Act]] Arthur Weasley has been suggesting. Malfoy dares Dumbledore to prove his accusation, and while the Headmaster has insufficient evidence to do that, he cautions Malfoy against orchestrating any further such plots, otherwise he is certain that Arthur Weasley would do whatever it took to trace it back to Malfoy.
I AM LORD VOLDEMORT
 
   
  +
Knowing that a master can release his [[house-elf]] by giving them some clothes, Harry tricks Malfoy into freeing [[Dobby]] by giving Malfoy one of his own socks, which he promptly passes to Dobby as rubbish to get rid of. Malfoy's retribution is thwarted by the now free Dobby, who then thanks Harry profusely and disappears. The petrified people are cured, Hagrid is released from Azkaban, Lockhart is sent to a hospital and Lucius Malfoy is fired from his post as school governor. The book ends with Harry at King's Cross, crossing the barrier back to the [[Non-magic people|Muggle]] world and Ginny mentioning to Harry, [[Fred Weasley|Fred]], and [[George Weasley|George]] that [[Percy Weasley|Percy]] has a girlfriend, and she is [[Ravenclaw]]'s perfect, [[Penelope Clearwater]].
Needless to say, this means that Tom Marvolo Riddle is in fact [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]]'s real name. He then reveals he is, in fact, a [[half-blood]], and his mother had named him Tom after his Muggle father and Marvolo after his [[Wizards|wizard]] grandfather, a descendant of [[Salazar Slytherin]]. He scrambled his name to create a new one, which he knew people would fear when he became the greatest sorcerer in the world.
 
[[File:Fawkes2.JPG|thumb|left|[[Fawkes]]' tears healing Harry]]
 
[[Harry Potter|Harry retorts]] that he must be mistaken, because the greatest sorcerer in the world, as everybody knows, is [[Albus Dumbledore]]. Even when Voldemort was at the peak of his power he was afraid of Dumbledore, and now he's barely alive. Riddle replies that Dumbledore has been driven out the castle by the mere memory of him. Harry yells that Dumbledore is not as gone as Riddle seems to believe. In this display of loyalty he summons [[Fawkes]] the [[phoenix]] to him, who also brings with it the [[Sorting Hat]], both assets that Riddle deems extremely useless.
 
   
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==List of spells first introduced==
Riddle then summons the [[Salazar Slytherin's Basilisk|Basilisk]] and commands it to kill Harry. However, [[Fawkes]] isn't as defenceless as one might initially think, and pecks out the Basilisk's eyes, thus preventing its gaze from killing. The basilisk can still hear and smell Harry, however, and remains very dangerous, so Harry, in desperation, puts on the [[Sorting Hat]], wishing against hope for help. Instead of an answer, Harry Potter has a heavy sword with a hilt embedded with rubies fall on his head from inside the hat. After several missed strikes from the blinded Basilisk, it strikes again, right at him this time but Harry plunges the sword into the roof of the Basilisk's mouth, killing it. However, one of its poisonous fangs sinks into his arm, injecting a deadly poison. While Riddle gloats over his "win", Harry takes Riddle's diary and plunges the Basilisk fang into the diary. Ink begins pouring out of the book the the memory of Riddle is destroyed. Ginny immedietely stirs and wakes up. Harry is now moments from death, when [[Fawkes]] cries on the wound, and since [[Phoenix]] [[Phoenix tears|tears]] have incredible healing properties, Harry is instantly cured.
 
   
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Harry and Ginny travel back through the Chamber to find [[Ronald Weasley|Ron]] and [[Gilderoy Lockhart|Lockhart]], who has no idea of who or where he is. Harry, Ron, Ginny and Lockhart grab onto [[Fawkes]] and fly up the tunnel, out of the Chamber (another [[Phoenix]] speciality, as they can lift very heavy loads). They return up to the Moaning Myrtle's bathroom, where the Entrance seals shut again, and head to McGonagall's office.
 
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!Spell
 
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!Usage
===Chapter 18: [[Dobby]]'s Reward===
 
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|-
{{Quote|But Dobby didn't move. He was holding up Harry's disgusting, slimy sock, and looking at it as though it were a priceless treasure.|Dobby being freed by Harry.}}
 
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|''[[Oculus Reparo]]''
[[File:CS_C18.jpg|thumb|left|Albus Dumbledore holding the Sword of Gryffindor]]
 
  +
|The ''Oculus Reparo'' spell was used non-verbally on Harry's glasses in [[Diagon Alley]] by [[Arthur Weasley]] after they broke going through the [[Floo Network]].
At McGonagall's office, Harry, Ron, and Ginny find Dumbledore, McGonagall, [[Arthur Weasley|Arthur]] and [[Molly Weasley]], who are delighted to see them alive. Harry worries that Ginny will get blamed for being the person behind the attacks, but to his great relief [[Albus Dumbledore|Dumbledore]] rightly deduces that [[Tom Riddle|Voldemort]] is the culprit. After Ginny leaves to get a much-needed rest, Harry and Ron both receive two hundred house points each for [[Gryffindor]] and both get an Award for special services to the school, and then Dumbledore asks to speak with Harry alone.
 
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|-
 
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|[[Freezing Charm]]
[[Harry Potter|Harry]] expresses his concern that he belonged in [[Slytherin]]. Dumbledore reveals that [[Tom Riddle|Voldemort]] transferred some of his powers to Harry when he gave him his scar, explaining his ability to speak [[Parseltongue]]. He asks Harry why he thinks the [[Sorting Hat]] put him in [[Gryffindor]] if he has so many Slytherin qualities, and Harry admits that the only reason it did was because he had asked it to. Dumbledore confirms this and tells Harry that "it is our choices, rather than our abilities, that reveal who we truly are". He points out to the sword Harry had drawn out of the hat - Harry now notices it has [[Godric Gryffindor]]'s name on it. Dumbledore says that only a true Gryffindor would be able to draw it out.
 
  +
|Hermione used ''Immobulus'' to stop two [[Pixie|Cornish Pixies]] from causing more havoc in Professor Lockhart's lesson.
 
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|-
[[Lucius Malfoy]] then barges into McGonagall's office, outraged that Dumbledore had returned to the school after being dismissed. [[Albus Dumbledore|Dumbledore]] calmly responds that the governors had asked him to return once they heard that [[Arthur Weasley]]'s daughter was attacked. Apparently they had been blackmailed by Malfoy to vote for Dumbledore's dismissal in the first place under Malfoy's threat of cursing their families. [[Dobby]] follows Lucius into the room, thus showing that his masters are the [[Malfoy family|Malfoys]].
 
  +
|[[Slug-Vomiting Charm]]
 
  +
|Ron used ''Slugulus Eructo'' on Draco, which, due to [[Charles Weasley's wand|his broken wand]], backfired and led to Ron vomiting slugs instead. They went to Hagrid for help.
Dumbledore and Malfoy have a calm but venomous interchange (respectively), during which Dumbledore and [[Harry Potter|Harry]] (with the help of [[Dobby]]'s unspoken hints) essentially expose Lucius sneaking [[Tom Riddle's Diary|Riddle's diary]] (one of his illegal artefacts) into [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny]]'s school things during the fight with Arthur at [[Flourish and Blotts]]. This was supposed to frame Ginny for the attacks, with heavy implications on the [[Muggle Protection Act]] Arthur Weasley had been suggesting. Malfoy dares Dumbledore to prove his accusation, and while the Headmaster has insufficient evidence to do that, he cautions Malfoy against orchestrating further such plots, otherwise he is certain that Arthur Weasley would do whatever it took to trace it back to Malfoy.
 
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|-
 
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|[[Engorgement Charm]]
Knowing that a master can release his [[house-elf]] by giving them some clothes, Harry tricks Malfoy into freeing [[Dobby]] by giving Malfoy one of his own socks, which he promptly throws away to be caught by Dobby. Malfoy's retribution is thwarted by the now free Dobby, who then thanks Harry profusely and disappears. The petrified people are cured, Hagrid is released from Azkaban, Lockhart is sent to a hospital and Lucius Malfoy is fired from his post as school governor. The book ends with Harry at King's Cross, crossing the barrier back to the [[Muggle]] world.
 
  +
|Hagrid secretly cast ''Engorgio'' on his pumpkins to make them larger for the Hallowe'en feast. Hermione noticed this and pointed it out to Harry and Ron, questioning whether Hagrid should have done it.
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|-
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|[[Transmogrifian Torture]]
  +
|Professor Lockhart explains how he knew the exact counter-curse for this, probably to show off, but it is never confirmed whether this is a real spell or if it has anything to do with petrification.
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|-
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|''[[Brackium Emendo]]''
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|Professor Lockhart attempts to use ''Brackium Emendo'' in order to mend Harry's bones after a rogue [[Bludger]] hit him during a Quidditch Match. Harry protests and asks if someone could take him to the hospital wing instead.
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|-
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|[[Disarming Charm]]
  +
|Professor Snape uses ''Expelliarmus'' on Professor Lockhart during the first and last session of the duelling club. This becomes Harry's signature spell after Snape indirectly teaches it to him.
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|-
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|[[Tickling Charm]]
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|''Rictusempra'' was used by Harry on Draco during the duelling club, which Snape quickly reverted.
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|-
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|[[Dancing Feet Spell]]
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|''Tarantallegra'' was used by Draco on Harry during the duelling club, which Snape quickly reverted.
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|-
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|[[General Counter-Spell]]
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|''Finite Incantatem'' was used by Snape on Harry and Draco during the duelling club which led to Harry no longer dancing and Draco no longer laughing.
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|-
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|[[Snake Summons Spell]]
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|''Serpensortia'' was used by Draco against Harry during the duelling club, summoning a snake, to which Harry then spoke in [[Parseltongue]] without realising, in front of the whole school, sparking rumours that he was the Heir of Slytherin.
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|-
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|''[[Alarte Ascendare]]''
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|''Alarte Ascendare'' was used by Professor Lockhart on the snake Draco summoned during the duelling club.
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|-
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|[[Revealing Charm]]
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|''Aparecium'' was used by Hermione on Tom Riddle's diary after Harry showed them it. This didn't work and nothing was shown.
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|-
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|[[Memory Charm]]
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|''Obliviate'' was about to be used by Lockhart on Harry and Ron when he was packing up to leave Hogwarts after being exposed.
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|}
   
==List of Deaths==
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==List of deaths==
{|cellspacing="1" cellpadding="4" border="2" class="wikitable"
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{| class="wikitable" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="4" border="2"
!width="15%"|Character
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! width="15%" |Character
!width="15%"|Killed By
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! width="15%" |Killed by
!width="15%"|Cause of Death
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! width="15%" |Cause of death
!width="15%"|Circumstances
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! width="15%" |Circumstances
 
|-
 
|-
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|[[Myrtle Warren]]
|[[Salazar Slytherin]]'s [[Salazar Slytherin's Basilisk|Basilisk]]
 
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|[[Serpent of Slytherin|Salazar Slytherin's Basilisk]]
|[[Harry Potter]]
 
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|Direct eye contact with the Basilisk.
|Stabbed at the roof of the mouth by [[Godric Gryffindor]]'s [[Godric Gryffindor's Sword|Sword]].
 
  +
|(Mentioned only)
|Attacked Harry at the [[Chamber of Secrets]]
 
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[[Tom Riddle|Voldemort]]'s first attempt to rid Hogwarts of all [[Muggle-born]] students.
 
|-
 
|-
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|[[Salazar Slytherin]]'s [[Serpent of Slytherin|Basilisk]]
|
 
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|[[Harry Potter]]
[[Myrtle|Moaning Myrtle]]
 
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|Impaled at the roof of the mouth by [[Godric Gryffindor]]'s [[Sword of Gryffindor|Sword]].
|[[Salazar Slytherin]]'s [[Salazar Slytherin's Basilisk|Basilisk]]
 
|Looking in the Basilisk's eyes.
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|Attacked Harry Potter in the [[Chamber of Secrets]].
|(Mentioned only) [[Tom Riddle|Voldemort]]'s attempt to rid the school of muggle-born students.
 
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Tom Riddle|Voldemort]]'s [[Horcrux]]
+
|[[T. M. Riddle's Diary|Tom Riddle's Diary]]
 
|[[Harry Potter]]
 
|[[Harry Potter]]
|Stabbed [[Tom Riddle's Diary]]
+
|Stabbed with the Basilisk's fang.
|Sent the [[Basilisk]] after [[Harry Potter|Harry]]. Tried to take [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny]]'s life force.
+
|Sent the Basilisk after Harry Potter and tried to take [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley]]'s life force.
 
|}
 
|}
   
 
==Editions==
 
==Editions==
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File:Chamberofsecrets.jpg|Bloomsbury Children's Edition
 
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chamber of secrets.jpg|Bloomsbury Celebratory Edition
 
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Chamber Special Edition.jpg|Bloomsbury Special Edition
 
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===English-language===
chamber-uk-adult.jpg|Bloomsbury Original Adult Edition
 
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File:HP and the Chamber of Secrets adult.jpg|Bloomsbury Adult Edition
 
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normal_COS_Signature.jpg|Bloomsbury Signature Edition
 
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Chamberofsecrets.jpg|British Children's Edition, published by Bloomsbury
File:chamber of secrets-cover.jpg|Original Scholastic Edition (Paperback and Hardcover)
 
harry-potter-and-the-chamber-of-secrets.jpg|Arthur A. Levine Books Paperback Edition
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Chamber of secrets.jpg|British Celebratory Edition
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Chamber Special Edition.jpg|British Special Edition
Danish cover vol2.jpg|Danish edition, ''Harry Potter og Hemmelighedernes Kammer'', published by Gyldendal
 
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Chamber-uk-adult.jpg|British original Adult Edition
Danish adult cover 2.jpg|Alternate Danish edition, ''Harry Potter og Hemmelighedernes Kammer'', published by Gyldendal
 
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HP and the Chamber of Secrets adult.jpg|British Adult Edition
imagesCALXJH11.jpg|Dutch edition, ''Harry Potter en de Geheime Kamer'', published by De Harmonie and Standaard
 
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Normal COS Signature.jpg|British Signature Edition
Finnish Book 2 cover.jpg|Finnish edition, ''Harry Potter ja salaisuuksien kammio'', published by Tammi
 
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets new adult edition.jpeg|British 2013 Adult Edition
French Book 2 Cover.jpg|French edition, ''Harry Potter et la Chambre des secrets'', published by Éditions Gallimard
 
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Chamber of Secrets New UK Cover.jpg|British 2014 Children's Edition
Harry_Potter_2.jpeg|German edition, ''Harry Potter und die Kammer des Schreckens'', published by Carlsen Verlag
 
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Chamber of secrets-cover.jpg|American (paperback and hardback), published by Scholastic
libro2_high.jpg|Italian edition, ''Harry Potter e la camera dei segreti'', published by Adriano Salani Editore
 
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Harry-potter-and-the-chamber-of-secrets.jpg|American alternative paperback
Potterkammare.jpg|Swedish edition, ''Harry Potter och Hemligheternas kammare''. Published by Tiden and artwork by ''Alvaro Tapia''.
 
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Harry-potter-new-chamber-of-secrets-cover-630.jpg|American 15th anniversary edition
hpk2.jpg|Czech edition, ''Harry Potter a Tajemná komnata'', published by Albatros
 
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US 2018 paperback 02 COS.jpg|American 20th anniversary edition
th-1.jpeg|Spanish edition, ''Harry Potter y la cámara secreta'', published by Alfaguara/Salamandra
 
 
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</gallery>
   
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===Translations (cover based on Bloomsbury's)===
==Errors==
 
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*The Hogwarts' equipment list mentions the Lockhart book "Wanderings With Werewolves," but later, Lockhart refers to the book as "Weekend With a Werewolf". This error is found in early British editions of the book, but the American edition and later British editions use ''Wanderings With Werewolves'' consistently.
 
  +
Harry potter 2014.jpg|Hungarian 2014 edition
*After Harry, Ron, Fred, and George arrive at the Burrow after getting Harry, Mrs. Weasley shouts at Fred first. Then she says "And you two," glaring at Ron and Fred. It should've said George, for she has already yelled at Fred. (This is corrected in later printings.)
 
  +
Sirlar-odasi-kap-8267.jpg|Turkish
*Dumbledore tells Harry at the end that Lord Voldemort is the last remaining ancestor of Salazar Slytherin. But ancestors are in the past — he means Voldemort is the last descendant of Salazar Slytherin. Not a mistake Dumbledore would have made. (This is corrected in later printings.)
 
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*Hermione says Moaning Myrtle haunts the bathroom on the first floor. However, when Harry sees the writing on the wall outside her bathroom, he is on the second floor. (This confusion may be due to the English way of numbering floors.)
 
*Harry, Ron and Hermione go to Nearly Headless Nick's 500th death-day party. However, in the first book at the start of term feast he says he has not eaten for nearly 400 years, which would imply that this is how long he has been dead. (In later printings of the first book, Nick's comment is changed from "nearly 400 years" to "nearly 500 years".)
 
*When Harry is viewing the memory from Tom Riddle's diary, Tom Riddle says to Hagrid at one point, "The dead girl's parents will be here tomorrow." It is stated elsewhere in the book that Myrtle is Muggle-born. Muggles cannot enter Hogwarts. However, it is possible that an exception was made for them (the [[Muggle-Repelling Charm]] could be lifted a day or two, for this reason).
 
*[[Valentine's Day]] in the book is depicted as a typical school day, albeit one where the cupid dressed dwarves are interrupting classes. February 14th, 1993 was a Sunday, meaning there should have been no classes to interrupt.
 
*On the final page of the American version of the book the blurb for ''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'' incorrectly says Harry inflates Aunt Petunia instead of [[Marjorie Dursley|Aunt Marge]].
 
   
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===Translations (cover based on Scholastic's)===
==Behind the scenes==
 
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Harry Potter 2 Arabic cover.jpg|Arabic
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Book bolg 2.jpg|Bulgarian, ''Хари Потър и Стаята на тайните'', published by Egmont Bulgaria
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Hpk2.jpg|Czech, ''Harry Potter a Tajemná komnata'', published by Albatros
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-Files-Images-Bokadeildin-permur-bokarodir-potter2midi.jpg|Faroese, ''Harry Potter og kamarið við loynidómum'', published by Bókadeild Føroya Lærarafelags
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800px-הארי פוטר 2.JPG|Hebrew edition
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9789639884298-us.jpg|Hungarian, ''Harry Potter és a Titkok Kamrája''
  +
Lithuanian original 02 COS.jpg|Lithuanian, ''Haris Poteris ir Paslapčių Kambarys'', published by Alma Littera
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Harry Potter Cover 2 Serbian.jpg|Serbian, ''Hari Poter i Dvorana Tajni'', published by Evro Giunti
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Harry potter in dvorana skrivnosti.jpg|Slovene, ''Harry Potter in dvorana skrivnosti''
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2150-Harry-Potter-ve-Sirlar-Odasi.jpg|Turkish, ''Harry Potter ve Sırlar Odası''
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</gallery>
   
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===Translations (alternative covers)===
*When Harry watches Draco Malfoy and his father in Borgin and Burke's, a cursed [[opal necklace]] is described. This is the necklace used in ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]''.
 
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*When the Weasleys and Harry go to leave for King's Cross station the book says that Ginny forgets her diary. This is indeed referring to Tom Riddle's diary (as if there was any doubt).
 
  +
Bosnian 02 COS.png|Bosnian, ''Harry Potter i odaja tajni'', published by Buybook
*Nearly Headless Nick was petrified, but as a [[ghost]], he would be unable to drink the Mandrake Potion. It is unknown how Nick was revived. It's possible that, as the same way ghosts ''taste'', they poured the potion through him.
 
  +
Bulgarian 2019 hardback 02 COS.png|Bulgarian 20th anniversary edition
*The [[Salamandra|Spanish]] version, the name is ''Harry Potter y la Cámara Secreta'', which means Harry Potter and the Secret Chamber. In the book, however, its called ''Cámara de los Secretos'', the correct translation. Something similar happens in the [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince|sixth]] book.
 
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Zbook catalon2a.jpg|Catalan edition
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China2.jpg|Simplified Chinese (China) 2008 Collector's Edition, ''哈利·波特与密室'', published by People's Literature
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Danish cover vol2.jpg|Danish, ''Harry Potter og Hemmelighedernes Kammer'', published by Gyldendal
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Dania 2.jpg|Danish edition
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Danish adult cover 2.jpg|Danish adult edition
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Danish 2012 paperback 02 COS.jpg|Danish 2012 paperback
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Dutch original 02 COS.jpg|Dutch, ''Harry Potter en de Geheime Kamer'', published by De Harmonie and Standaard
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Dutch Chamber of Secrets book cover.jpeg|Dutch (the Netherlands) 2010 Pocket edition, published by Uitgeverij De Harmonie
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Finnish Book 2 cover.jpg|Finnish, ''Harry Potter ja salaisuuksien kammio'', published by Tammi
  +
French Book 2 Cover.jpg|French original paperback, ''Harry Potter et la Chambre des secrets'', published by Éditions Gallimard
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French T2 (2011 new edition).png|French 2011 paperback
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French T2 (2016 new edition).jpg|French 2016 edition
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Harry Potter 2.jpeg|German, ''Harry Potter und die Kammer des Schreckens'', published by Carlsen Verlag
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German Adult Edition 02 COS.png|German adult edition
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German 2013 Pocket 02 COS.png|German 2013 Anniversary Pocket Edition
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German 2018 hardback 02 COS.png|German 20th anniversary edition
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1499934470758.jpeg|Indonesian, ''Harry Potter dan Kamar Rahasia''
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Libro2 high.jpg|Italian, ''Harry Potter e la camera dei segreti'', published by Adriano Salani Editore
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Italian 2021 redesign 02 COS.png|Italian 2021 redesign
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Japanese original hardback 02 COS.jpg|Japanese original hardback, ''ハリー・ポッターと秘密の部屋'', published by Say-zan-sha
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Japanese shinsouban hardback 02 COS.png|Japanese 20th anniversary edition
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Lithuanian 2020 hardback 02 COS.png|Lithuanian 20th anniversary edition
  +
Portugal2.jpg|Portuguese edition
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HP2BOX.png|Brazilian Portuguese collector's edition, ''Harry Potter e a Câmara Secreta'', published by Rocco
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Russian 2008 Black Deluxe Edition 02 COS.png|Russian 2008 Black Deluxe Edition, ''Гарри Поттер и Тайная комната''
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Gx97ylls6CI.jpg|Russian edition
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Slovak 2020 exclusive box set 02 COS.png|Slovak 20th anniversary edition, ''Harry Potter a Tajomná komnata'', published by IKAR
  +
Ispania 2.jpg|Spanish edition
  +
2-Harry Potter y La Camara Secreta.jpg|Spanish, ''Harry Potter y la cámara secreta'', published by Alfaguara/Salamandra
  +
Spanish 15th anniversary 02 COS.jpg|Spanish 15th anniversary edition
  +
Swedish 02 COS.jpg|Swedish, ''Harry Potter och Hemligheternas kammare'', published by Tiden
  +
Thai 2020 hardback 02 COS.jpg|Thai 20th anniversary edition, ''แฮร์รี่ พอตเตอร์กับห้องแห่งความลับ'', published by Nanmeebooks
  +
COS Ukrainian edition.jpg|Ukrainian, ''Гаррі Поттер і таємна кімната'', published by А-БА-БА-ГА-ЛА-МА-ГА
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</gallery>
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===Illustrated Editions===
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<gallery widths="150" position="center" spacing="small" captionalign="center" columns="4">
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Bloomsbury 02 COSIE cover - Jim Kay.jpg|UK edition (Bloomsbury)
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Scholastic 02 COSIE cover - Jim Kay.jpg|US edition (Arthur A. Levine Books)
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Harry potter hungarian.jpg|Hungarian edition, ''Harry Potter és a titkok kamrája''
  +
harry-potter-och-hemligheternas-kammare.jpg|Swedish edition, ''Harry Potter och Hemligheternas kammare''
  +
hari-poter-i-dvorana-tajni-ilustrovano-hari-poter-02-dvorana-tajni-ilustrovan_5a5c8a9002efa.jpg|Serbian edition (Evro Book)
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HP2IllustratedITA.jpg|Italian edition (Salani Editore)
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Chamber of Secrets French book cover.jpg|French edition
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Chamber of Secrets Cover - Mina Lima.jpg|MinaLima edition
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</gallery>
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===Hogwarts House Edition===
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<gallery widths="150" position="center" spacing="small" captionalign="center" columns="4">
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UK House Edition hardback Gryffindor 02 COS.png
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UK House Edition hardback Hufflepuff 02 COS.png
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UK House Edition hardback Ravenclaw 02 COS.png
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UK House Edition hardback Slytherin 02 COS.png
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</gallery>
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}}
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==Mistakes==
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{{main|Mistakes in the Harry Potter books#Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets}}
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==Behind the scenes==
  +
*When Harry watches Draco Malfoy and his father in Borgin and Burke's, a cursed [[Opal Necklace]] is described. This is the necklace used in {{HBP}}.
  +
*The only book in the series where Sirius Black is not mentioned or appears.
  +
*Nearly Headless Nick was petrified, but as a [[ghost]], he would be unable to drink the Mandrake Potion. It is unknown how Nick was revived. It is possible that, as the same way ghosts ''taste'', they poured the potion through him.
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*Book title:
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**In the [[Spanish]] translated edition published by [[Salamandra]], the name is ''Harry Potter y la Cámara Secreta'', which means "Harry Potter and the Secret Chamber."
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***In the book, however, the [[Chamber of Secrets]] is translated as ''Cámara de los Secretos'', the correct translation. Something similar happens in the [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince|sixth]] book.
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**In the [[German]] translated edition published by Carlsen, the name is ''Harry Potter und die Kammer des Schreckens'', which means "Harry Potter and the Chamber of fright."
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*This novel establishes the date in which Harry Potter takes place. During Nearly-Headless Nick's party, his cake says that it's his 500th Deathday, and his death took place in 1492. This means that the events of "Chamber of Secrets" takes place during the year 1992-1993, meaning that Harry Potter's school years take place during the 1990s.
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*The warning written on the wall, "Her skeleton will lie in the Chamber forever," was actually realised. Though originally written in reference to Ginny Weasley, the message can be reinterpreted as being in reference to the Serpent of Slytherin, as the basilisk was in fact a female. Thus her skeleton ''will'' lie in the Chamber forever.
 
*An interesting note is that in some translated versions of the book, the true name of Lord Voldemort is changed to form an anagram that made sense for the scene he makes his name into "I am Lord Voldemort". In Spanish, it would be "SOY LORD VOLDEMORT", so he is called Tom Sorvolo Ryddle. The other names are:
 
*An interesting note is that in some translated versions of the book, the true name of Lord Voldemort is changed to form an anagram that made sense for the scene he makes his name into "I am Lord Voldemort". In Spanish, it would be "SOY LORD VOLDEMORT", so he is called Tom Sorvolo Ryddle. The other names are:
   
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|''I am Lord Voldemort''
 
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|Spanish
 
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|Том Мерсволуко Риддъл {{c|Tom Mersvoluco Riddle}}
|Tom Sorvolo Ryddle
 
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|''Тук съм и Лорд Волдемор''
|''Soy Lord Voldemort''
 
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|''Here I am also Lord Voldemort''
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|Basque
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| Tom Narivoloz Riddle
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|''Lord Voldemort naiz''
 
|''I am Lord Voldemort''
 
|''I am Lord Voldemort''
 
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|-
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|Catalan
|Portuguese(Brazil)
 
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|Tod Morvosc Rodlel
|Tom Servolo Riddle
 
|''Eis Lord Voldemort''
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|''Sóc Lord Voldemort''
|''Here is Lord Voldemort''
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|''I Am Lord Voldemort''
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|Czech
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|Tom Rojvol Raddle
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|''Já Lord Voldemort''
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|''Me Lord Voldemort''
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|Danish
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|Romeo G. (Gåde) Detlev Jr.
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|''Jeg er Voldemort''
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|''I am Voldemort''
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|Dutch
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|Marten Asmodom Vilijn
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|''Mijn Naam is Voldemort''
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|''My name is Voldemort''
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|Finnish
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|Tom Lomen Valedro
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|''Ma olen Voldemort''
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|''I am Voldemort''
 
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|-
 
|French
 
|French
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|''Milord Voldemort''
 
|''Milord Voldemort''
 
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|German
|Basque
 
| Tom Narivoloz Riddle
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|Tom Vorlost Riddle
|''Lord Voldemort naiz''
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|''Ist Lord Voldemort''
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|''Is Lord Voldemort''
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|Greek
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|Adon Morvol Hert
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|''AΡΧΩΝ ΒΟΛΝΤΕΡΜΟΡΤ''
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|''Lord Voldemort''
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|Hebrew
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|טום ואנדרולו רידל {{c|Tom Vandrolo Riddle}}
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|''אני לורד וולדמורט''
 
|''I am Lord Voldemort''
 
|''I am Lord Voldemort''
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|Hungarian
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|Tom Rowle Denem
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|''Nevem Voldemort''
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|''My name is Voldemort''
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|Icelandic
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|Trevor Delgome
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|''Eg er Voldemort''
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|''I am Voldemort''
 
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|-
 
|Italian
 
|Italian
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|''I am Lord Voldemort''
 
|''I am Lord Voldemort''
 
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|Latvian
|German
 
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|Toms Svereldo Melsudors
|Tom Vorlost Riddle
 
|''Ist Lord Voldemort''
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|''Es esmu Lords Voldemorts''
|''Is Lord Voldemort''
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|''I am Lord Voldemort''
 
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|-
 
|Norwegian
 
|Norwegian
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|''Voldemort the Great''
 
|''Voldemort the Great''
 
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|Portuguese (Brazil)
|Swedish
 
|Tom Gus Mervolo Dolder
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|Tom Servolo Riddle
|''Ego sum Lord Voldemort (Latin)''
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|''Eis Lord Voldemort''
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|''Here is Lord Voldemort''
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|Romanian
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|Tomas Dorlent Cruplud
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|''Sunt Lordul Cap-de-Mort''
 
|''I am Lord Voldemort''
 
|''I am Lord Voldemort''
|-
 
|Finnish
 
|Tom Lomen Valedro
 
|''Ma olen Voldemort''
 
|''I am Voldemort''
 
|-
 
|Danish
 
|Romeo G. (Gåde) Detlev Jr.
 
|''Jeg er Voldemort''
 
|''I am Voldemort''
 
|-
 
|Greek
 
|Adon Morvol Hert
 
|''''AΡΧΩΝ ΒΟΛΝΤΕΡΜΟΡΤ''''
 
|''Lord Voldemort''
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|Russian
 
|Russian
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|''Lord Voldemort''
 
|''Lord Voldemort''
 
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|Serbian
|Romanian
 
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|Tom Mervolodomos Ridl
|Tomas Dorlent Cruplud
 
|''Sunt Lordul Cap-de-Mort''
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|''To smo mi Lord Voldemor''
|''I am Lord Voldemort''
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|''It is us, Lord Voldemort''
 
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|-
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|Slovak
|Turkish
 
|Tom Marvoldo Riddle
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|Tom Marvoloso Riddle
|''Adim Lord Voldemort''
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|''A som i Lord Voldemort''
|''My name is Lord Voldemort''
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|''And Iam Lord Voldemort too''
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|Dutch
 
|Marten Asmodom Vilijn
 
|''Mijn Naam is Voldemort''
 
|''My name is Voldemort''
 
|-
 
|Icelandic
 
|Trevor Delgome
 
|''Eg er Voldemort''
 
|''I am Voldemort''
 
|-
 
|Hungarian
 
|Tom Rowle Denem
 
|''Nevem Voldemort''
 
|''My name is Voldemort''
 
|-
 
|Czech
 
|Tom Rojvol Raddle
 
|''Já Lord Voldemort''
 
|''Me Lord Voldemort''
 
 
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|-
 
|Slovene
 
|Slovene
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|''Voldemort''
 
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|Hebrew
 
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|Tom Sorvolo Ryddle
|טום ואנדרולו רידל - Tom Vandrolo Riddle
 
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|''Soy Lord Voldemort''
|''אני לורד וולדמורט''
 
 
|''I am Lord Voldemort''
 
|''I am Lord Voldemort''
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|-
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|Swedish
|Slovak
 
|Tom Marvoloso Riddle
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|Tom Gus Mervolo Dolder
|''A som i Lord Voldemort''
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|''And Iam Lord Voldemort too''
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|''I am Lord Voldemort''
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|-
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|Turkish
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|Tom Marvoldo Riddle
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| ''Adım Lord Voldemort''
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|''My name is Lord Voldemort''
 
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{{see also|Tom Riddle#Translations of the name}}
   
 
==Rumours==
 
==Rumours==
*Many fans noted that Dumbledore said that Voldemort was the last remaining ''ancestor'' of [[Salazar Slytherin]], instead of ''descendant''. [[J. K. Rowling]] said this was a "deliberate mistake". This could support the theory that time travel will recur in the series (see "Rumour" note for ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]''). This mistake was fixed on further printings, though, so it's more likely to be a mistake that slipped past the editors than an actual hint. Some versions have put it back after Rowling's comment, perhaps overlooking the tongue-in-cheek nature of the term "deliberate mistake". This line was left out of the film.
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*Many fans noted that Dumbledore said that Voldemort was the last remaining ''ancestor'' of [[Salazar Slytherin]], instead of ''descendant''. [[J. K. Rowling]] said this was a "deliberate mistake". This could support the theory that time travel will recur in the series (see "Rumour" note for {{POA}}). This mistake was fixed on further printings, though, so it's more likely to be a mistake that slipped past the editors than an actual hint. Some versions have put it back after Rowling's comment, perhaps overlooking the tongue-in-cheek nature of the term "deliberate mistake". This line was left out of the film.
*It was implied in the book that Ginny had sent Harry his singing valentine. Some members of the on-line fandom have questioned this conclusion, suggesting it being a prank by the Weasley Twins or a genuine overture from Moaning Myrtle as other possibilities; however, since further information about the incident is unlikely to come about and the event seems hardly important in terms of the overall plot, the supposed "true" identity of the singing valentine's sender is currently pretty much a moot point. However, circumstances favour Ginny; if Fred and George wanted to send someone a singing valentine purely for the purpose of annoying and embarrassing them, they would have most likely sent it to Percy, or anyone else they disliked. Also, as Myrtle is a ghost, it would be impossible for her to write a valentine, and few students would want to write it for her. Draco Malfoy also indicated that he knew Ginny was the one who sent the Valentine, for he angrily said to her "''Maybe Potter didn't like your Valentine too much''" after Harry disarmed him to get the diary back.
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*It was implied in the book that Ginny had sent Harry his [[Ginevra Weasley's Valentine to Harry Potter|singing valentine]]. Some members of the on-line fandom have questioned this conclusion, suggesting it being a prank by the Weasley Twins or a genuine overture from Moaning Myrtle as other possibilities. Rowling, herself, however, confirmed in an interview that the valentine was sent by Ginny.<ref name="leakymuggle">[http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2005/0705-tlc_mugglenet-anelli-3.htm The Leaky Cauldron and Mugglenet interview Joanne Kathleen Rowling, available via Accio Quote!]</ref>
   
 
==Film adaptation==
 
==Film adaptation==
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The book was also adapted into a film, the second Harry Potter film of the series. The movie [[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]] was released on November 15th, 2002. It was directed by [[Chris Columbus]] and the trio was starred by [[Daniel Radcliffe]] , [[Rupert Grint]] and[[ Emma Watson]].
 
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The book was also adapted into a film, the second ''Harry Potter'' film of the series. The movie ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' was released on November 15th, 2002. It was directed by [[Chris Columbus]] and the trio was starred by [[Daniel Radcliffe]], [[Rupert Grint]] and [[Emma Watson]].
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Latest revision as of 14:41, 13 January 2024

"Inventive and action-packed."
— The Bookseller

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, by J. K. Rowling, is the sequel to Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. It is the second book in the series of seven Harry Potter books. The book was published in 1998. A film was theatrically released in November 2002.

Dedication

"For Séan P. F. Harris, getaway driver and foul-weather friend"

Escape came in the form of a new pupil at Wydean Comprehensive, Sean Harris, who quickly became a firm friend. In 1982, he drew up outside the family home in his blue Ford Anglia and whisked Jo Rowling away from the grim stillness of Tutshill to the concerts and bars of Bristol. He would park under the Severn Bridge and together the pair dreamed up better futures for each other. Harris’s blue Ford Anglia would become immortalised in Rowling’s fiction as Ron Weasley’s family car and he would be described in the dedication in her second book as "getaway driver and foul weather friend".

Book description

Chamber of secrets-cover

Cover of the US edition, by Mary Grandpré

"Ever since Harry Potter had come home for the summer, the Dursleys had been so mean and hideous that all Harry wanted was to get back to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. But just as he is packing his bags, Harry receives a warning from a strange impish creature who says that if Harry returns to Hogwarts, disaster will strike.

And strike it does. For in Harry's second year at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors arise, including an outrageously stuck-up new professor and a spirit who haunts the girl's bathroom. But then the real trouble begins - something is attacking Hogwarts students, making them rigid like statues. Could it be Draco Malfoy, a more poisonous rival than ever? Could it possibly be Hagrid, whose mysterious past reveals dark secrets? Or could it be the one everyone at Hogwarts most suspects ... Harry Potter himself!"

Plot

Chapter 1: The Worst Birthday

Uncle Vernon: "And you, boy?"
Harry: "I'll be in my room, making no noise and pretending I'm not there."
Vernon Dursley and Harry Potter
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Harry sitting on a bench, unaware of someone in the bushes

Harry Potter has returned to the Dursleys for the summer holiday in mid-1992, and things are very bad for him. Over the summer, the Dursleys have become so fearful of Harry's new-found magical abilities that they have locked away all of Harry's magical supplies (e.g. his wand, his broomstick, spellbooks, etc.) immediately after his arrival home. They have also banned Harry from saying words such as "magic" in the house, as is evident in Uncle Vernon's outburst about Harry saying "say the magic word" (meaning "please"). Harry begins to worry about what his teachers at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry will think if he heads back to them without back homework done, and whether or not he'll be banned from the Gryffindor House Quidditch team since he has not been able to practise. The Dursleys have, however, let him keep his pet snowy owl Hedwig, but have put a padded lock on her cage to keep her inside day and night to avoid suspicion from the neighbours. Naturally, this does not go well for the bird. Every time she gets bored, her screech rings throughout the house, causing an irritated Vernon to warn Harry that if he cannot control her, she will have to go.

On July 31 (Harry's twelfth birthday), Harry has never felt so lonely, for he misses Hogwarts and his best friends there, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. Neither of them have written to him all summer, not even to send birthday wishes. The Dursleys seem to have also forgotten his birthday, as they are busy preparing for a dinner party for one of Uncle Vernon's clients, Mr Mason, from whom Vernon is hoping to get a huge order. The only thing that the Dursleys care about is that Harry has to stay in his room for the night, making no noise and "pretending he doesn't exist". While Uncle Vernon and his son Dudley are preparing to drive into town to buy dinner jackets, Harry goes out into the garden in order to stay out of his Aunt Petunia's way as she is cleaning, singing happy birthday to himself. He stares into the hedge and sits bolt upright when he sees a pair of enormous green eyes staring back at him from among the leaves. When Dudley comes waddling over and starts mocking him for not receiving a party on his birthday, Harry gets annoyed and scares him away by pretending to think out loud of a spell meant to make the bush bare. Unfortunately, Petunia comes out when Dudley calls for her and beats her nephew with a soapy frying pan. She then gives Harry some chores to do while Vernon and Dudley are gone, and once he is finished, it is almost a half-hour before the Masons are due to arrive. Harry goes up to his room without making a sound during the party as promised, but when he gets there, someone else is on his bed.

Chapter 2: Dobby's Warning

"Harry Potter is valiant and bold! He has braved so many dangers already! But Dobby has come to protect Harry Potter, to warn him, even if he does have to shut his ears in the oven door later... Harry Potter must not go back to Hogwarts."
— Dobby warning Harry
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Dobby bowing to Harry Potter

The thing on his bed, a house elf named Dobby who was behind the mysterious eyes Harry saw, tells Harry that he must not go back to Hogwarts, as it will be dangerous because terrible things are going to happen there. The elf, however, can't tell him what things, and continues to be vague because every time he gets close to letting something slip he starts hurting himself. In the process, he makes a lot of noise, which is noticed by the group downstairs. When he hears Uncle Vernon coming upstairs (claiming that Dudley must have left the TV upstairs on), Harry hides the elf in his closet right before Vernon comes in and scolds his nephew for making such a racket which has messed up the punchline of his "Japanese golfer joke". He lets Dobby out as soon as his uncle leaves, and insists that he has to go back to Hogwarts since that's where he has friends despite them not writing to him. But to his surprise, Dobby then reveals that he has stopped letters being sent to Harry, and offers them to him if Harry will stay away from Hogwarts. Harry refuses and, making a frustrated Dobby run downstairs and use a Hover Charm to smash the dinner party's pudding.

Harry is blamed for the incident once Dobby Disapparates, and Uncle Vernon shoos the shocked Masons into the dining room while Harry cleans up, promising to deprive the boy of an inch of his life. The evening is almost saved until an owl from the Ministry of Magic is promptly received (scaring away Mrs Mason, who is mortally afraid of birds) with a warning saying that Harry has violated the Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery, though he is not actually punished (possibly because it is only his first offence). After realising that Harry is not allowed to do magic outside of Hogwarts grounds, Uncle Vernon locks Harry in his room. Vernon reasons that if Harry uses magic to get himself out, he will be expelled anyway.

Chapter 3: The Burrow

"This is the best house I've ever been in."
— Harry Potter, about the Burrow
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The flying Ford Anglia

The Dursleys' punishment lasts for three days, until Ron, Fred, and George Weasley, worried about not hearing from Harry all summer, borrow their father's flying Ford Anglia and come to the rescue. They break the metal bars off Harry's window and help him to pick the lock to his door so he can get his Nimbus 2000 and trunk. The Dursleys discover his escape attempt, but by the time they can intervene, Fred, George, Ron and Harry have got everything of Harry's and have flown away. On the flight to the Burrow, Harry explains Dobby's warning. They all agree that it is very fishy and speculate that Dobby most likely belongs to the Malfoys who sent Dobby to Harry as a joke, since the Malfoys are an old wizarding family of great wealth. Fred and George tell Harry that Lucius Malfoy formerly worked for Voldemort but claimed that the Dark Lord bewitched him after Voldemort lost his powers. Harry is taken to the Burrow, the Weasleys' home, and he finds the house truly amazing. Since Ron, Fred and George took the car without permission, they are yelled at by Molly Weasley, who was waiting in the kitchen. After their scolding, she makes them breakfast and has the three Weasley boys (and Harry who volunteered) de-gnome the garden, refusing to use a technique from Gilderoy Lockhart's Guide to Household Pests, and do it their own way. Arthur Weasley soon comes home and is honoured to meet Harry after they are introduced to each other. Molly, his wife, yells at him for enchanting the car. Ginny Weasley, who was enrolling at Hogwarts that year, is very obviously enamoured with Harry and spends most of the chapter hiding from him.

Chapter 4: At Flourish and Blotts

Lucius Malfoy: "Dear me, what's the use of being a disgrace to the name of wizard if they don't even pay you well for it?"
Arthur Weasley: "We have a very different idea of what disgraces the name of wizard, Malfoy."
Lucius Malfoy and Arthur Weasley arguing at Flourish and Blotts.
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Gilderoy Lockhart showing off his book

Harry stays at the Burrow until his departure for Hogwarts. The Weasleys make it clear that they all like Harry. For example, Arthur insists that Harry sit next to him during meals where Molly, who constantly deplores the state of his hand-me-down clothes and how thin he is, insists that he eat extra food. During that period, he and the Weasleys travel to Diagon Alley with Floo Powder to get their school supplies. Harry has difficulty with the smoke around him and says "Diagon Alley" unclearly, and thus he accidentally lands in a shop in the ill-reputed Knockturn Alley instead. The shop is Borgin and Burkes, specialising in objects related to Dark magic. There he sees Lucius Malfoy, father of Draco Malfoy, Harry's arch rival from school, selling items imbued with Dark magic to a dark arts salesman, Mr Borgin. Lucius Malfoy explains that the Ministry has been conducting raids on wizard houses to uncover illegal artefacts, so he is selling his more problematic possessions. He also expresses his disdain for a rumoured Muggle Protection Act, which he (rightly) assumes Arthur Weasley is behind.

Harry leaves the shop and is found by Hagrid and taken back to Diagon Alley to reunite with the Weasleys and Hermione Granger, who is also there with her parents. In Flourish and Blotts, he and the Weasleys meet the famous wizard/author Gilderoy Lockhart, who announces that he will be taking over as Hogwarts's new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. He then forces Harry to have his picture taken with him for the main page of the Daily Prophet. They also meet Draco and Lucius Malfoy there. The elder Malfoy continuously taunts and insults Arthur and his family and eventually Arthur lunges at him. During the fight, Malfoy grabs one of the Weasleys' second-hand books and, after Hagrid breaks the fight up, throws the book back at Ginny in contempt.

Chapter 5: The Whomping Willow

"Of all the trees we could've hit, we had to get one that hits back."
— Ron, complaining about the Whomping Willow
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The flying Ford Anglia caught in the Whomping Willow

It is time to return to Hogwarts, Harry and the Weasleys arrives at King's Cross Station on the Ford Anglia, after several delays (Fred and George forgetting their broomsticks, and Ginny forgetting her diary.) On the way to the Hogwarts Express, when Harry and Ron try to go through the barrier to Platform Nine and Three-Quarters after everyone else went through, the barrier is mysteriously sealed against them. Having missed the train, Harry and Ron thus decide to fly Mr Weasley's flying Ford Anglia to Hogwarts. They end up getting spotted by many Muggles and crash into the Whomping Willow, the impact breaking Ron's wand. The giant tree starts pounding the car. The battered car manages to escape, ejecting Harry, Ron, and their luggage, before quickly driving off into the Forbidden Forest.

After they make it to the castle, Professor Snape catches the boys and attempts to have them expelled for being sighted and breaking wizard law to get to the castle. Albus Dumbledore, however, says he will send a letter to Harry and Ron's families. Still, Professor McGonagall gives a warning and separate detentions to both boys. She also tells them that Ginny had been sorted into Gryffindor, providing them with Endless Sandwiches and disallowing them from attending the Start-of-Term Feast.

Chapter 6: Gilderoy Lockhart

"Gilderoy Lockhart, Order of Merlin, Third Class, Honorary Member of the Dark Force Defence League, and five-time winner of Witch Weekly's Most-Charming-Smile Award - but I don't talk about that. I didn't get rid of the Bandon Banshee by smiling at her!"
— Gilderoy Lockhart, presenting himself
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A baby mandrake root

The next day, Ron receives a Howler from his mother during breakfast in the Great Hall. Then, Minerva McGonagall hands out timetables and the first class is Herbology with the Hufflepuffs. In the class, Professor Sprout teaches how to transplant Mandrake seedlings, which have restorative properties when mature. The next class is Transfiguration, where Ron has problems with his broken wand, even when he repaired it with some Spellotape. Later, the trio have their first lesson with Gilderoy Lockhart, appointed as the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. His way of teaching is a complete disaster. Much to Harry's chagrin, he receives constant attention from Lockhart and Colin Creevey, a first year student. Both constantly interact with him on the base of his fame (Colin treats Harry as a celebrity and Lockhart hopes to actually bring him to that state).

Chapter 7: Mudbloods And Murmurs

"Harry knew at once that Malfoy had said something really bad because there was an instant uproar at his words."
— Reaction after Malfoy calls Hermione a Mudblood
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Ron Weasley vomiting slugs

The Gryffindor Quidditch team has a very early practice on Saturday morning, where they are treated to an hour-long introduction to a new training programme Oliver Wood spent the summer working on. Soon after the actual practice starts, the Slytherin Quidditch team, with new Nimbus 2001 broomsticks, arrives, and an argument over field time ensues. During the confrontation, Malfoy is revealed to be the new Slytherin seeker, and the one responsible for getting the Slytherin team new brooms. Hermione says that nobody on their team had to buy his way in, they made it on pure talent. to which Malfoy calls Hermione a Mudblood, for which the Gryffindor team react angrily and Ron tries to curse him. However, his damaged wand causes the curse to backfire and he is rushed to Hagrid's cabin when he starts vomiting slugs. Ron and Hagrid both explain to Harry that Mudblood is a very insulting name for Muggle-Borns like Hermione. They also explain that there are some wizards like the Malfoys who think they are better than everyone else because they are Purebloods. After they return to the castle, Professor McGonagall assigns Harry and Ron their detentions. Harry is made to help Lockhart answer his fan mail, while Ron polishes the school's prizes and trophies. During his detention, Harry hears a disembodied sinister voice which Lockhart cannot hear.

Chapter 8: The Deathday Party

"Why would anyone want to celebrate the day they died? Sounds dead depressing to me..."
— Ron, about the Deathday Party
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Petrified Mrs Norris

In return for distracting Argus Filch just when he is about to give Harry severe punishment, Harry promises he will come to Nearly Headless Nick's Deathday Party on Hallowe'en. He brings Ron and Hermione along as well. While there, they meet Moaning Myrtle. The three of them quickly get sickened by the ghostly party and return to the Great Hall.

Before they get to the Hallowe'en feast, Harry hears the voice again (which Ron and Hermione also cannot hear) and follows it to the second floor, where he finds the bathroom flooded and Mrs Norris, Filch's cat, hanging from a torch bracket, petrified and next to her, a threatening message is written on the wall, reading "THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS HAS BEEN OPENED. ENEMIES OF THE HEIR, BEWARE". Then, students leaving the Hallowe'en Feast surround them. And Malfoy yells: "Enemies of the Heir, beware! You'll be next, Mudbloods!"

Chapter 9: The Writing on the Wall

"Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world."
— Ron, to Harry
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Moaning Myrtle crying

Filch and Snape try to get Harry in trouble for what happened, but Dumbledore says that it is powerful dark magic that no second year student could perform. They decide that Professor Sprout's mandrakes will be used, once they are mature enough, to create a draught that can revive Mrs Norris. Hermione wants to research the Chamber, so she persuades Professor Binns (the History of Magic teacher) into telling the class about it. He explains that one of the founders of Hogwarts, Salazar Slytherin, got into an argument with the others about whether Muggle-borns should be admitted. When the rift grew too large, he left the school. According to legend, as a going-away present to the school, he built a secret chamber that could only be opened by his true heir. This "Chamber of Secrets" contains a monster that only the Heir of Slytherin can control and that, once released, would purge the school of all Muggle-borns. Binns unsuccessfully tries to assure the class that the Chamber does not actually exist and that the school has been searched many times in vain.

Chapter 10: The Rogue Bludger

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Harry's arm is boneless after Gilderoy Lockhart tried to mend his arm

"Dobby wants to save Harry Potter's life! Better sent home, grievously injured, than remain here sir! Dobby only wanted Harry Potter hurt enough to be sent home!"
— Dobby explaining his plans to Harry

Harry, Ron and Hermione decide that the heir is probably Draco Malfoy, since everyone in his family have been sorted into Slytherin House, he is a Pureblood supremacist, and because his father worked for Voldemort. To try to confirm it, Hermione proposes to use Polyjuice Potion, which can change a person into somebody else for an hour. After getting Lockhart's signature to check out the book Moste Potente Potions from the Restricted Section that has the recipe, Hermione warns them that the potion will take a month to brew, supposing they gather all the necessary ingredients (two of which can only be found in Snape's private inventory). Since no one comes into Moaning Myrtle's bathroom, the three of them decide it is the best place to brew the potion unnoticed. Hermione begins working with the ingredients they have.

During the month that it takes the Polyjuice Potion to brew, a Quidditch match between Gryffindor and Slytherin takes place. During the match, one of the Bludgers stakes after Harry and focuses completely on him. Since Bludgers are supposed to attack each and every player, the crowd immediately realises that this Bludger has been tampered with. Harry still manages to catch the Golden Snitch and allow for Gryffindor to win thanks to the Slytherin Seeker Draco Malfoy wasting his time insulting Harry and not paying attention to his surroundings where the Snitch was hovering slightly above his left ear. However, before Harry could catch the Snitch, the Bludger broke Harry's arm, and Lockhart, attempting to fix it, gets rid of all the bones in his arm instead. Madam Pomfrey gives Harry Skele-Gro potion to counter this and Harry is forced to stay in the Hospital Wing overnight.

During that night, Dobby visits Harry and reveals that it was he who made the Bludger chase after Harry, and was also responsible for the barrier of Platform Nine and Three-Quarters not letting him in for in hopes of Harry leaving or never arriving at Hogwarts. He also reveals that the Chamber of Secrets has been opened before and immediately punishes himself, as he is not supposed to reveal anything. After Dobby disappears, Dumbledore, McGonagall, and Madam Pomfrey enter with Colin Creevey, who has also been petrified. He was found with a camera containing film that has been burnt to the melting point. Dumbledore just observes the camera saying, "The Chamber of Secrets has indeed been opened again."

Chapter 11: The Duelling Club

"Now, Professor Dumbledore has granted me permission to start this little duelling club, to train you all in case you ever need to defend yourselves as I myself have done on countless occasions - for full details, see my published works. "
— Gilderoy Lockhart, presenting the Duelling Club
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Petrified Nearly-Headless Nick

After Harry heads to Moaning Myrtle's bathroom the next morning and explains the details he learned from Dobby, Hermione comes up with a plan of Harry and Ron providing a distraction in Potions so she can steal the remaining ingredients for the Polyjuice Potion from Snape's private stores. Shortly afterwards, when McGonagall comes around with the sign-up list for the students who will remain in the school during Christmas, learning that Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle have signed up, Harry, Ron, and Hermione do this as well, since this gives them the perfect opportunity to use their Polyjuice Potion. With Harry providing a distraction during Potions class by throwing a Filibuster firework into Goyle's cauldron, it creates the necessary disturbance allowing Hermione to succeed without trouble, though Snape still suspects Harry's involvement with this incident after finding the firework. Harry later signs up for a Duelling Club which, to Harry's great displeasure, is taught by his two least favourite teachers, Lockhart and Snape. During a practice battle in the first meeting, Draco Malfoy conjures a snake to attack Harry. Lockhart tries to banish it, but all he manages is to set it loose on the students. Harry sees that the snake is advancing on a Hufflepuff student named Justin Finch-Fletchley and instinctively tells it to stop, which-to Harry's great surprise-it does. He expects Justin to be grateful Justin and the others are less than ecstatic about it. All they saw was Harry speaking Parseltongue, the language of snakes, and since they cannot understand it, it seemed to them that he was egging the snake on. Harry learns that Parseltongue is a very rare gift that is closely associated with Salazar Slytherin. Due to this, Harry becomes the number one suspect among students for being the heir of Slytherin. Hermione even tells him that since Salazar Slytherin lived so long ago, he might actually be a descendant. When a Herbology lesson is cancelled, Harry has a talk with Hagrid, who reveals that the school's roosters are being mysteriously killed. Seconds after leaving Hagrid, Harry runs into a petrified Justin Finch-Fletchley and a black, also petrified, Nearly-Headless Nick. Peeves alerts the whole school, and a Hufflepuff student called Ernie Macmillan claims that Harry has been caught red-handed.

Chapter 12: The Polyjuice Potion

"But I know one thing - last time the Chamber of Secrets was opened, a Mudblood died. So I bet it's a matter of time before one of them's killed this time .... I hope it's Granger"
— Draco, about the Chamber of Secrets
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Harry Potter transforming into Gregory Goyle

For the first time, Harry is taken to Dumbledore's office, and there he witnesses Fawkes—Dumbledore's phoenix—bursting into flames and then being reborn from the ashes. Dumbledore says that he does not believe Harry to be behind the attacks, a belief reinforced by Hagrid backing Harry's alibi, but a large portion of the school is now sure that Harry is Slytherin's heir. When Christmas arrives (Harry's gifts: a toothpick, fudge in a tin, a copy of Flying with the Cannons, a new quill, a jumper and plum cake), with the Polyjuice Potion ready and Hermione having acquired some spare Slytherin robes to use (since they can't use their regular clothes while transformed), they give to Crabbe and Goyle two chocolate cakes containing "sleeping pills" that made Crabbe and Goyle fall asleep after eating the cakes. Harry and Ron take their hairs (and shoes, because Crabbe and Goyle have larger feet) and assume their form. Hermione tries to use a hair she thought belongs to Millicent Bulstrode, but it is actually her cat's hair and Hermione is transformed into a cat/human hybrid. Hermione is forced to spend a few weeks in the Hospital Wing. As Crabbe and Goyle, once Draco leads them to the Slytherin common room, Harry and Ron interrogate an unsuspecting Malfoy and discover that even though he wishes he were, Draco is not the Heir of Slytherin. They also hear that Lucius Malfoy mentioned that the last time the chamber was opened, fifty years ago, a Muggle-born student died and whoever was responsible was expelled. Malfoy also mentions his father's secret stash of illegal artefacts.

Chapter 13: The Very Secret Diary

Harry: "Dangerous? Come off it, how could it be dangerous?"
Ron: "You'd be surprised... Some of the books the Ministry's confiscated - Dad's told me - there was one that burned your eyes out."
— Ron, warning Harry about the diary
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A dwarf singing a valentine

Weeks later, Ron and Harry overhear Argus Filch complaining about his workload and leaving. They arrive at Moaning Myrtle's bathroom to find it flooded. Myrtle, a sulking ghost, explains that she had flooded it because somebody flushed a diary down the toilet and onto her. Harry picks it up; he discovers that it once belonged to somebody called T.M. Riddle, but the diary is completely blank. Ron remembers from his detention that Riddle had won an award for special service to the school fifty years before, as he had another slug attack on the trophy. Hermione deduces that since this coincides with the last time the Chamber was opened, Tom Riddle might have received his prize for catching whoever was responsible for the attacks back then. Even though all attempts to extract information from the diary fail, Harry feels a strange compulsion to keep it. On Valentine's Day, Ron and Harry are dismayed to find out Lockhart has spread dwarves dressed as cupids throughout the school to receive and deliver Valentines as a morale booster due to believing that he made the attacks stop. One cupid-dwarf manages to deliver one (a singing valentine) to Harry. While struggling to avoid him, the embarrassed Harry trips and falls, having ink spilled all over the contents of his bag. Ginny notices the diary and assumes a horrified expression. Draco Malfoy also tries to steal the diary as Harry is picking up his stuff, but an angered Harry stuns him, ignoring that Percy Weasley was also there trying to handle the situation, which results in Percy reprimanding Harry. Later, Harry realises that even though ink is spilled all over the diary, it is not stained at all. He tries writing to the diary and, to his surprise, Riddle writes back. He explains that he was the one who caught the person who opened the Chamber of Secrets the last time, and he can show Harry what happened. Harry agrees and gets sucked into a "recording" of Riddle's memory. Transported back to 13 June 1943, he witnesses the school's previous headmaster, Armando Dippet, informing Riddle that the school will be closed, since now a Muggle-born girl has died. Riddle is apprehensive of this, since it would mean getting sent back to the Muggle orphanage he grew up in and grown to hate. Dippet guesses that Riddle is Muggle-born as well, but Riddle corrects him by revealing that he's actually half-blood, having been left at the orphanage after his witch mother died, but not before requesting her son's first name to be Tom, after his Muggle father, and his middle name to be Marvolo, after his wizard grandfather. When dismissed by Dippet and a 50-years-younger Dumbledore, Harry follows Riddle down into the dungeons, where Riddle catches a 50-years-younger Hagrid fiddling with a young Acromantula in a cupboard. Accusing the giant of harbouring the monster behind the death of the Muggle-born girl in question, Riddle reports Hagrid to Dippet, despite Hagrid protesting that that his Acromantula, who he has seemingly named Aragog, has never killed anyone. Having seen this, Harry now believes that Hagrid was the one who opened the Chamber fifty years before and he is responsible this time.

Chapter 14: Cornelius Fudge

"Bad business, Hagrid. Very bad business. Had to come. Four attacks on Muggle-borns. Things've gone far enough. Ministry's got to act."
— Fudge, at Hagrid's Cabin
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The 12 signs

Harry, Ron and Hermione decide not to ask Hagrid about it, hoping that the attacks have stopped-and indeed, almost four months after the attack on Justin and Nearly-Headless Nick, the disembodied voice keeps quiet and the attacks seem to have ceased. However, odd things keep happening: Harry returns to his dormitory one day to find it a mess. Ron deduces that somebody has been looking for something, and Harry eventually notices that Tom Riddle's Diary is gone. This greatly befuddles them, knowing that only a Gryffindor student or a staff member could know the password to enter the dormitory. The next day, the scheduled Quidditch match between Gryffindor and Hufflepuff is cancelled due to yet another attack and Harry hears the voice again. This time Minerva McGonagall calls for Harry and Ron personally, and leads them to the Hospital Wing, where they see Hermione petrified. She was found near the library with a Ravenclaw prefect, holding a small circular mirror. This proves that Harry is not the Heir of Slytherin, since he would never attack one of his friends. Harry and Ron decide they now must talk to Hagrid. With the now constant supervision on students, this is not easy, but they manage to do it by using Harry's invisibility cloak. When they reach Rubeus Hagrid's cabin Harry and Ron manage to hide just before Cornelius Fudge, who is the Minister for Magic, and Dumbledore arrive at the scene. Fudge announces that Hagrid, who to the best of his knowledge opened the Chamber of Secrets the last time, will be sent to Azkaban prison as a precaution. They are shortly joined by Lucius Malfoy, who declares that he and the other governors of Hogwarts have unanimously voted to suspend Dumbledore, despite the obvious logic that this would only worsen the situation. Both Hagrid and Dumbledore give last words to Harry and Ron: Hagrid says that if anybody wants the truth they should "follow the spiders" and Dumbledore says that he will only truly have left the school when none there remain loyal to him. He also stresses that if anybody at Hogwarts needs help, it will always be available to those who ask for it.

Chapter 15: Aragog

"Ron gave a loud snort. Evidently, hatching Aragog out in a cupboard wasn't his idea of being innocent."
— Ron, about Hagrid having an Acromantula
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Aragog's home

Harry and Ron decide to follow the spiders as per Hagrid's advice, after Harry notices the spiders during a Herbology lesson. Walking with Fang as their guide along the trails of the spiders, which are strangely all fleeing Hogwarts, takes them into the Forbidden Forest. Even though Ron is deeply arachnophobic, Hermione having been petrified and that they may be able to help through this investigation gives him the willpower to go along anyway. There, they encounter Arthur Weasley's car, which had apparently taken to driving through the forest like a wild animal. The two boys follow the spiders deeper into the forest all the way into a webbed lair. There, they are met by a now adult but ageing Aragog, who reveals that Hagrid is innocent and explains his past from being given to Hagrid as an egg by a distant traveller to his accusation as the Chamber's resident monster until his transfer to the Forbidden Forest and his founding of his colony with Mosag. When Harry asks of the monster that killed the girl in 1943, Aragog states it is an ancient creature that all spiders as well as giant ones fear and that they never mention its name nor speak about it, even when Hagrid asked many times, and adds that the dead girl was found in a bathroom. Harry and Ron thank him and turn to leave, but Aragog halts them, deciding to leave them as dinner for his children. Mr Weasley's Ford Anglia comes blasting through the layers of spiders, however, and enables the boys and Fang to escape. Ron is furious that Hagrid has endangered their lives until Harry explained his logic. After this, Harry and Ron feel that they have reached dead ends everywhere, until one possible last hope occurs to them. Recalling Aragog's statements of the dead girl in the bathroom Harry deduces that Moaning Myrtle might have been that victim. Of course, with the school under such security, it will be almost impossible to sneak in the girls' bathroom near where the first attack occurred.

Chapter 16: The Chamber of Secrets

"Just the man. The very man. A girl has been snatched by the monster, Lockhart. Taken into the Chamber of Secrets itself. Your moment has come at last."
— Snape, giving Lockhart a mission
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Basilisk skin

Days later, Professor McGonagall informs the students that the Mandrake Draught will soon be ready. Later that same day, Harry and Ron manage to trick Lockhart - who is leading them to their next class - into letting them go by stroking his ego. Just as they pat themselves on the back, they get caught by Professor McGonagall, and Harry has to make up an excuse - they were going to see Hermione in the Hospital Wing, where visitors were now barred. They now have to go along to make their story appear convincing, but rather than simply hanging around Hermione's petrified form, this time Harry notices a piece of paper tightly clutched in her hand. This piece of paper reveals what Hermione had found out before she was attacked. She had discovered, based on strong circumstantial evidence, that the monster in the Chamber of Secrets is a Basilisk, one of the giant "Kings of all Serpents", thus explaining the mysterious voice that only Harry could hear, as he can speak Parseltongue. The Basilisk kills people by looking it in the eye, but no one died because nobody had directly looked at its deadly gaze: Colin Creevey saw it through his camera, Justin Finch-Fletchley saw it through Nearly-Headless Nick (who was already dead and since he couldn't die "again", he was only petrified), Mrs Norris saw a reflection of it in the waters of the flooded bathroom, and Hermione and Penelope Clearwater each used a mirror to look around corners after Hermione has figured things out. Harry finds out in the paper that spiders flee from it and how a rooster's crowing is potentially fatal to the Basilisk (which explains Hagrid's roosters having been killed during the year). On the note is also scribbled a single word, "pipes", which means that the serpent moves around through the plumbing (which helps them to realise that the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets is in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom). Having solved the mystery, Harry and Ron decide to go to the staff room and report to the teachers. When they get there, they overhear the teachers talking about another attack having occurred. Harry and Ron decide to hide to hear more details, and learn that Ginny has been kidnapped by the Basilisk, and the heir of Slytherin has left another message under the previous one: "HER SKELETON WILL LIE IN THE CHAMBER FOREVER". Harry and Ron also hear that Hogwarts will be closed tomorrow. The teachers then force Lockhart to deal with the monster, as he has been claiming he could handle whatever is responsible for the attacks. Looking very crestfallen, he leaves for his room. Harry and Ron decide that if Lockhart is going to deal with the monster they might as well tell him what they know. They go to his room, only to find him frantically planning to run away. When questioned on why such a talented wizard as himself is leaving, Lockhart admits that he is a fraud who put Memory Charms on the people who really did the things that he claimed to have done in his books. He then attempts to put a Memory Charm on the two boys as well, but they manage to disarm him and, under wand threats, take him to Moaning Myrtle's bathroom.

Moaning Myrtle explains her death, saying the last thing she saw was a pair of enormous eyes by one of the sinks, whose tap has never worked. Harry finds a snake carved on the tap and then opens the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets by speaking Parseltongue to it. Harry, Ron and Lockhart slide down a large pipe and find themselves in maze-like tunnels far under the school. Down there, they encounter a snake skin left by the Basilisk. Just then, Lockhart feigns fainting and he steals Ron's wand. Victoriously proclaiming that he will erase Harry and Ron's memories and tell everybody they lost their sanity at the sight of Ginny's mangled body, Lockhart casts the Memory Charm. Ron's broken wand causes the charm to backfire, erasing Lockhart's memory and causing a portion of the ceiling to cave in. This traps Harry in the direction of the chamber and Ron in the direction of the castle. Ron has no choice but to stay behind and clear a path through the rocks while Harry continues in search of Ginny. Harry then encounters a wall with stone snakes on it, opens it by speaking Parseltongue, and enters the Chamber.

Chapter 17: The Heir of Slytherin

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Tom Riddle's diary

"Haven't I already told you that killing Mudbloods doesn't matter to me anymore? For many months now, my new target has been you."
— Tom Riddle to Harry

Harry finds himself standing at the end of a long dimly-lit giant hall. At the far end by the foot of Slytherin's statue, he finds Ginny lying on the ground, pale and cold. He drops his wand and runs to her, trying to get a response from her, but to no avail. Tom Riddle approaches them, holding Harry's wand, and explains that his presence in the present is because he is a memory, which had been preserved in his own diary for fifty years. He then reveals what has happened: Riddle had opened the Chamber of Secrets fifty years ago and planned to purge the school of Muggle-borns; however, when he learned that the school was going to close down due to the attacks and that Dumbledore (then the Transfiguration teacher) was keeping a closer watch on him, he had no choice but to cease the attacks and frame Hagrid for doing it. He eventually left behind a diary containing the memory of his sixteen-year-old self in hopes that it would, one day, fall into the hands of an unsuspecting victim who would help him to finish his work.

The diary ends up with that Ginny. Riddle had written back sympathetically and Ginny grew to confess her fears, hopes and feelings to him. She essentially poured some of her soul into him, which was exactly what he wanted. He gradually grew more powerful and eventually managed to pour some of his soul back into her, possessing her and using her body to open the Chamber of Secrets, releasing the Basilisk that launched the new series of attacks and to write the threatening messages on the walls. However, Ginny became suspicious of the diary and tried to dispose of it by flushing it down the toilet in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom. This is when Harry found it. When Ginny saw Harry with the diary on Valentine's Day, she panicked and worried that Riddle had told Harry about her role in the attacks, so she stole it back from his dormitory. It began taking control of her again, but this time with the intention of killing Harry, so he had Ginny write her own farewell on the wall and come down to wait, luring Harry to the rescue and, consequently, his doom. Riddle is angered that Harry managed to defeat the Dark wizard Lord Voldemort as a mere baby. When Harry asks Riddle why he cares about it, Riddle reveals that "Voldemort is his past, present and future." He then writes the air with Harry's wand his full name, TOM MARVOLO RIDDLE, then waves the wand and the letters rearrange themselves into, I AM LORD VOLDEMORT.

Harry then realises that Lord Voldemort was only a pseudonym and that his real/birth name was Tom Marvolo Riddle. Riddle explains that he couldn't bear to use the name of a Muggle father who abandoned him before his wizard son could be born, right when he found out that his wife was a witch descended from Salazar Slytherin. So he scrambled that name to create a new one, which he knew people would fear when he became the "greatest sorcerer in the world". Harry retorts that he must be mistaken, because the greatest sorcerer in the world, as everybody knows, is Albus Dumbledore. Even when Voldemort was at the peak of his power he was afraid of Dumbledore, and now he is barely alive. Riddle replies that Dumbledore has been driven out the castle by the mere memory of him. Harry yells that Dumbledore is not as gone as Riddle seems to believe. In this display of loyalty he summons Fawkes the phoenix to him, who also brings with it the Sorting Hat, both assets that Riddle deems extremely useless.

Riddle then summons the Basilisk and commands it to kill Harry. However, Fawkes is not as defenceless as one might initially think, and pecks out the Basilisk's eyes, thus preventing its gaze from killing. The basilisk can still hear and smell Harry, however, and remains very dangerous, so Harry, in desperation, puts on the Sorting Hat, wishing against hope for help. Instead of an answer, a heavy sword with a hilt embedded with rubies falls on Harry's head from inside the hat. After several missed strikes from the blinded Basilisk, it strikes again, right at him this time, but Harry plunges the sword into the roof of the Basilisk's mouth, killing it. However, one of its poisonous fangs sinks into his arm, injecting a deadly poison. While Riddle gloats over his "win", Harry takes Riddle's diary and plunges the Basilisk fang into the diary. Ink begins pouring out of the book like blood as Riddle's memory is destroyed. Ginny immediately stirs and wakes up. Harry is now moments from death, when Fawkes weeps on the wound, and since phoenix tears have incredible healing properties, Harry is instantly cured. Harry and Ginny travel back through the Chamber to find Ron and Lockhart; Lockhart has no idea of who or where he is. Harry, Ron, Ginny and Lockhart grab onto Fawkes and fly up the tunnel, out of the Chamber (another phoenix specialty, as they can lift very heavy loads). They return up to the Moaning Myrtle's bathroom, where the Entrance seals shut again, and head to McGonagall's office.

Chapter 18: Dobby's Reward

"But Dobby didn't move. He was holding up Harry's disgusting, slimy sock, and looking at it as though it were a priceless treasure."
— Dobby being freed by Harry
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Albus Dumbledore holding the Sword of Gryffindor

At McGonagall's office, Harry, Ron, and Ginny find Dumbledore, McGonagall, Arthur and Molly Weasley, who are delighted to see them alive. Harry worries that Ginny will get blamed for being the person behind the attacks, but to his great relief Dumbledore rightly deduces that Voldemort is the culprit and only used Ginny's body. After Ginny leaves to get a much-needed rest, Harry and Ron both receive two hundred house points each for Gryffindor and both get an Award for special services to the school, and then Dumbledore asks to speak with Harry alone. Harry expresses his concern that he belonged in Slytherin. Dumbledore reveals that Voldemort transferred some of his powers to Harry when he gave him his scar, explaining his ability to speak Parseltongue. He asks Harry why he thinks the Sorting Hat put him in Gryffindor if he has so many Slytherin qualities, and Harry admits that the only reason it did was because he had asked it to. Dumbledore confirms this and tells Harry that "it is our choices, rather than our abilities, that reveal who we truly are". He points out to the sword Harry had drawn out of the hat - Harry now notices it has Godric Gryffindor's name on it. Dumbledore says that only a true Gryffindor would be able to draw it out.

Lucius Malfoy then barges into McGonagall's office, outraged that Dumbledore has returned to the school after being dismissed. Dumbledore calmly responds that the governors had asked him to return once they heard that Arthur Weasley's daughter was attacked. Apparently they had been blackmailed by Malfoy to vote for Dumbledore's dismissal in the first place under Malfoy's threat of cursing their families. Dobby follows Lucius into the room, thus showing that his masters are the Malfoys. Dumbledore and Malfoy have a calm but venomous interchange (respectively), during which Dumbledore and Harry (with the help of Dobby's unspoken hints) essentially expose Lucius sneaking Riddle's diary (one of his illegal artefacts) into Ginny's school things during the fight with Arthur at Flourish and Blotts. This is supposed to frame Ginny for the attacks, with heavy implications on the Muggle Protection Act Arthur Weasley has been suggesting. Malfoy dares Dumbledore to prove his accusation, and while the Headmaster has insufficient evidence to do that, he cautions Malfoy against orchestrating any further such plots, otherwise he is certain that Arthur Weasley would do whatever it took to trace it back to Malfoy.

Knowing that a master can release his house-elf by giving them some clothes, Harry tricks Malfoy into freeing Dobby by giving Malfoy one of his own socks, which he promptly passes to Dobby as rubbish to get rid of. Malfoy's retribution is thwarted by the now free Dobby, who then thanks Harry profusely and disappears. The petrified people are cured, Hagrid is released from Azkaban, Lockhart is sent to a hospital and Lucius Malfoy is fired from his post as school governor. The book ends with Harry at King's Cross, crossing the barrier back to the Muggle world and Ginny mentioning to Harry, Fred, and George that Percy has a girlfriend, and she is Ravenclaw's perfect, Penelope Clearwater.

List of spells first introduced

Spell Usage
Oculus Reparo The Oculus Reparo spell was used non-verbally on Harry's glasses in Diagon Alley by Arthur Weasley after they broke going through the Floo Network.
Freezing Charm Hermione used Immobulus to stop two Cornish Pixies from causing more havoc in Professor Lockhart's lesson.
Slug-Vomiting Charm Ron used Slugulus Eructo on Draco, which, due to his broken wand, backfired and led to Ron vomiting slugs instead. They went to Hagrid for help.
Engorgement Charm Hagrid secretly cast Engorgio on his pumpkins to make them larger for the Hallowe'en feast. Hermione noticed this and pointed it out to Harry and Ron, questioning whether Hagrid should have done it.
Transmogrifian Torture Professor Lockhart explains how he knew the exact counter-curse for this, probably to show off, but it is never confirmed whether this is a real spell or if it has anything to do with petrification.
Brackium Emendo Professor Lockhart attempts to use Brackium Emendo in order to mend Harry's bones after a rogue Bludger hit him during a Quidditch Match. Harry protests and asks if someone could take him to the hospital wing instead.
Disarming Charm Professor Snape uses Expelliarmus on Professor Lockhart during the first and last session of the duelling club. This becomes Harry's signature spell after Snape indirectly teaches it to him.
Tickling Charm Rictusempra was used by Harry on Draco during the duelling club, which Snape quickly reverted.
Dancing Feet Spell Tarantallegra was used by Draco on Harry during the duelling club, which Snape quickly reverted.
General Counter-Spell Finite Incantatem was used by Snape on Harry and Draco during the duelling club which led to Harry no longer dancing and Draco no longer laughing.
Snake Summons Spell Serpensortia was used by Draco against Harry during the duelling club, summoning a snake, to which Harry then spoke in Parseltongue without realising, in front of the whole school, sparking rumours that he was the Heir of Slytherin.
Alarte Ascendare Alarte Ascendare was used by Professor Lockhart on the snake Draco summoned during the duelling club.
Revealing Charm Aparecium was used by Hermione on Tom Riddle's diary after Harry showed them it. This didn't work and nothing was shown.
Memory Charm Obliviate was about to be used by Lockhart on Harry and Ron when he was packing up to leave Hogwarts after being exposed.

List of deaths

Character Killed by Cause of death Circumstances
Myrtle Warren Salazar Slytherin's Basilisk Direct eye contact with the Basilisk. (Mentioned only)

Voldemort's first attempt to rid Hogwarts of all Muggle-born students.

Salazar Slytherin's Basilisk Harry Potter Impaled at the roof of the mouth by Godric Gryffindor's Sword. Attacked Harry Potter in the Chamber of Secrets.
Tom Riddle's Diary Harry Potter Stabbed with the Basilisk's fang. Sent the Basilisk after Harry Potter and tried to take Ginny Weasley's life force.

Editions

English-language

Translations (cover based on Bloomsbury's)

Translations (cover based on Scholastic's)

Translations (alternative covers)

Illustrated Editions

Hogwarts House Edition

Mistakes

Behind the scenes

  • When Harry watches Draco Malfoy and his father in Borgin and Burke's, a cursed Opal Necklace is described. This is the necklace used in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
  • The only book in the series where Sirius Black is not mentioned or appears.
  • Nearly Headless Nick was petrified, but as a ghost, he would be unable to drink the Mandrake Potion. It is unknown how Nick was revived. It is possible that, as the same way ghosts taste, they poured the potion through him.
  • Book title:
    • In the Spanish translated edition published by Salamandra, the name is Harry Potter y la Cámara Secreta, which means "Harry Potter and the Secret Chamber."
      • In the book, however, the Chamber of Secrets is translated as Cámara de los Secretos, the correct translation. Something similar happens in the sixth book.
    • In the German translated edition published by Carlsen, the name is Harry Potter und die Kammer des Schreckens, which means "Harry Potter and the Chamber of fright."
  • This novel establishes the date in which Harry Potter takes place. During Nearly-Headless Nick's party, his cake says that it's his 500th Deathday, and his death took place in 1492. This means that the events of "Chamber of Secrets" takes place during the year 1992-1993, meaning that Harry Potter's school years take place during the 1990s.
  • The warning written on the wall, "Her skeleton will lie in the Chamber forever," was actually realised. Though originally written in reference to Ginny Weasley, the message can be reinterpreted as being in reference to the Serpent of Slytherin, as the basilisk was in fact a female. Thus her skeleton will lie in the Chamber forever.
  • An interesting note is that in some translated versions of the book, the true name of Lord Voldemort is changed to form an anagram that made sense for the scene he makes his name into "I am Lord Voldemort". In Spanish, it would be "SOY LORD VOLDEMORT", so he is called Tom Sorvolo Ryddle. The other names are:
Language Name Anagram Translation
English Tom Marvolo Riddle I am Lord Voldemort I am Lord Voldemort
Bulgarian Том Мерсволуко Риддъл (Tom Mersvoluco Riddle) Тук съм и Лорд Волдемор Here I am also Lord Voldemort
Basque Tom Narivoloz Riddle Lord Voldemort naiz I am Lord Voldemort
Catalan Tod Morvosc Rodlel Sóc Lord Voldemort I Am Lord Voldemort
Czech Tom Rojvol Raddle Já Lord Voldemort Me Lord Voldemort
Danish Romeo G. (Gåde) Detlev Jr. Jeg er Voldemort I am Voldemort
Dutch Marten Asmodom Vilijn Mijn Naam is Voldemort My name is Voldemort
Finnish Tom Lomen Valedro Ma olen Voldemort I am Voldemort
French Tom Elvis Jedusor Je suis Voldemort I am Voldemort
Galician Tom Morlov Riddle Milord Voldemort Milord Voldemort
German Tom Vorlost Riddle Ist Lord Voldemort Is Lord Voldemort
Greek Adon Morvol Hert AΡΧΩΝ ΒΟΛΝΤΕΡΜΟΡΤ Lord Voldemort
Hebrew טום ואנדרולו רידל (Tom Vandrolo Riddle) אני לורד וולדמורט I am Lord Voldemort
Hungarian Tom Rowle Denem Nevem Voldemort My name is Voldemort
Icelandic Trevor Delgome Eg er Voldemort I am Voldemort
Italian Tom Orvoloson Riddle Son io Lord Voldemort I am Lord Voldemort
Latvian Toms Svereldo Melsudors Es esmu Lords Voldemorts I am Lord Voldemort
Norwegian Tom Dredolo Venster Voldemort den Store Voldemort the Great
Portuguese (Brazil) Tom Servolo Riddle Eis Lord Voldemort Here is Lord Voldemort
Romanian Tomas Dorlent Cruplud Sunt Lordul Cap-de-Mort I am Lord Voldemort
Russian Том Нарволо Реддл Лорд Волан-де-Морт Lord Voldemort
Serbian Tom Mervolodomos Ridl To smo mi Lord Voldemor It is us, Lord Voldemort
Slovak Tom Marvoloso Riddle A som i Lord Voldemort And Iam Lord Voldemort too
Slovene Mark Neelstin Mrlakenstein Voldemort
Spanish Tom Sorvolo Ryddle Soy Lord Voldemort I am Lord Voldemort
Swedish Tom Gus Mervolo Dolder Ego sum Lord Voldemort (Latin) I am Lord Voldemort
Turkish Tom Marvoldo Riddle Adım Lord Voldemort My name is Lord Voldemort
See also: Tom Riddle#Translations of the name

Rumours

  • Many fans noted that Dumbledore said that Voldemort was the last remaining ancestor of Salazar Slytherin, instead of descendant. J. K. Rowling said this was a "deliberate mistake". This could support the theory that time travel will recur in the series (see "Rumour" note for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban). This mistake was fixed on further printings, though, so it's more likely to be a mistake that slipped past the editors than an actual hint. Some versions have put it back after Rowling's comment, perhaps overlooking the tongue-in-cheek nature of the term "deliberate mistake". This line was left out of the film.
  • It was implied in the book that Ginny had sent Harry his singing valentine. Some members of the on-line fandom have questioned this conclusion, suggesting it being a prank by the Weasley Twins or a genuine overture from Moaning Myrtle as other possibilities. Rowling, herself, however, confirmed in an interview that the valentine was sent by Ginny.[1]

Film adaptation

The book was also adapted into a film, the second Harry Potter film of the series. The movie Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets was released on November 15th, 2002. It was directed by Chris Columbus and the trio was starred by Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson.

Notes and references

J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series
Philosopher's Stone book film games film soundtrack game soundtrack
Chamber of Secrets book film games film soundtrack game soundtrack
Prisoner of Azkaban book film games film soundtrack game soundtrack
Goblet of Fire book film games film soundtrack game soundtrack
Order of the Phoenix book film game film soundtrack game soundtrack
Half-Blood Prince book film games film soundtrack game soundtrack
Deathly Hallows book film 1 games 1 film soundtrack 1 game soundtrack 1
film 2 games 2 film soundtrack 2 game soundtrack 2
Cursed Child script play
Fantastic Beasts film series
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them book screenplay film game film soundtrack
The Crimes of Grindelwald screenplay film   film soundtrack
The Secrets of Dumbledore screenplay film   film soundtrack
Other written works Other games
Quidditch Through the Ages Wonderbook: Book of Spells / Wonderbook: Book of Potions
The Tales of Beedle the Bard Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup
Harry Potter Prequel Harry Potter: Find Scabbers
Encyclopaedia of Potterworld (potentially cancelled) Harry Potter DVD Game: Hogwarts Challenge / Wizarding World
Pottermore Presents Harry Potter: Spells
The Harry Potter Wizarding Almanac
Harry Potter Page to Screen: The Complete Filmmaking Journey / Harry Potter Limited Edition LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 / LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
LEGO Harry Potter: Building the Magical World LEGO Dimensions
LEGO Harry Potter Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Motorbike Escape
Harry Potter: A Pop-Up Book Harry Potter: The Quest
J. K. Rowling: A Bibliography Harry Potter for Kinect
Harry Potter: The Character Vault / Harry Potter: The Creature Vault / Harry Potter: The Artifact Vault Wizard's Challenge
Harry Potter Film Wizardry Fantastic Beasts: Cases from the Wizarding World
The Case of Beasts: Explore the Film Wizardry of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Harry Potter Trading Card Game
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Art of The Film LEGO Creator: Harry Potter / Creator: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The Archive of Magic: The Film Wizardry of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
The Art of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
Harry Potter: The Wand Collection Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells
J. K. Rowling's Wizarding World: Movie Magic Volume One: Extraordinary People and Fascinating Places / Volume Two: Curious Creatures / Volume Three: Amazing Artifacts Harry Potter: Magic Awakened
Hogwarts Legacy
Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions
Other canon Other films / documentaries
J. K. Rowling's official site Harry Potter and Me
Pottermore / Wizarding World The Queen's Handbag
J. K. Rowling's Twitter account J. K. Rowling: A Year in the Life
Harry Potter: The Exhibition Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story
The Making of Harry Potter Harry Potter: Beyond the Page
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
IndividualsPlacesCreaturesTranslations - Cover arts

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