Dolores Umbridge is back and bad as ever.
Who’s the baddest witch in town?
As fires burn and caldrons bubble for Halloween, J.K. Rowling has released a new story set in the Harry Potter world, a profile of the most despicable, the most deplorable, the pinkest villain to ever stalk the halls of Hogwarts: Dolores Umbridge.
And Rowling is also finally revealing how Dolores came to be.
“Long ago, I took instruction in a certain skill or subject (I am being vague as vague can be, for reasons that are about to become obvious), and in doing so, came into contact with a teacher or instructor whom I disliked intensely on sight,” Rowling told Today.com.
“What sticks in my mind is her pronounced taste for twee accessories.”
Related: Read another of J.K. Rowling’s shorts about Harry at 34!
The new story – called simply, “The Story of Dolores Jane Umbridge” – is available to read on Pottemore...
Who’s the baddest witch in town?
As fires burn and caldrons bubble for Halloween, J.K. Rowling has released a new story set in the Harry Potter world, a profile of the most despicable, the most deplorable, the pinkest villain to ever stalk the halls of Hogwarts: Dolores Umbridge.
And Rowling is also finally revealing how Dolores came to be.
“Long ago, I took instruction in a certain skill or subject (I am being vague as vague can be, for reasons that are about to become obvious), and in doing so, came into contact with a teacher or instructor whom I disliked intensely on sight,” Rowling told Today.com.
“What sticks in my mind is her pronounced taste for twee accessories.”
Related: Read another of J.K. Rowling’s shorts about Harry at 34!
The new story – called simply, “The Story of Dolores Jane Umbridge” – is available to read on Pottemore...
- 10/31/2014
- Entertainment Tonight
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