Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
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Chapter One: The Other Minister Chapter Two: Spinner’s End Chapter Three: Will and Won’t Chapter Four: Horace Slughorn Chapter Five: An Excess of Phlegm Chapter Six: Draco’s Detour Chapter Seven: The Slug Club Chapter Eight: Snape Victorious Chapter Nine: The Half-Blood Prince Chapter Ten: The House of Gaunt Chapter Eleven: Hermione’s Helping Hand Chapter Twelve: Silver and Opals Chapter Thirteen: The Secret Riddle Chapter Fourteen: Felix Felicis Chapter Fifteen: The Unbreakable Vow Chapter Sixteen: A Very Frosty Christmas Chapter Seventeen: A Sluggish Memory Chapter Eighteen: Birthday Surprises Chapter Nineteen: Elf Tails Chapter Twenty: Lord Voldemort’s Request Chapter Twenty-One: The Unknowable Room Chapter Twenty-Two: After the Burial Chapter Twenty-Three: Horcruxes Chapter Twenty-Four: Sectumsempra Chapter Twenty-Five: The Seer Overheard Chapter Twenty-Six: The Cave Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Lightning-Struck Tower Chapter Twenty-Eight: Flight of the Prince Chapter Twenty-Nine: Phoenix Lament Chapter Thirty: The White Tomb
Themes
All Themes Good vs. Evil Love and Friendship Coming of Age Family Politics and Paranoia
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Characters
All Characters Harry Potter Albus Dumbledore Lord Voldemort / Tom Riddle Ron Weasley Hermione Granger Severus Snape Ginny Weasley Horace Slughorn Professor McGonagall Draco Malfoy Molly Weasley Arthur Weasley Percy Weasley Fleur Delacour Hagrid Narcissa Malfoy Uncle Vernon Aunt Petunia Dudley Dursley Cornelius Fudge Rufus Scrimgeour Sirius Black Remus Lupin Neville Longbottom Luna Lovegood Cormac McLaggen Cho Chang Marietta Marvolo Gaunt Morfin Gaunt Merope Gaunt Tom Riddle, Sr. Kreacher Fenrir Greyback
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All Symbols Horcruxes
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

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J. K. Rowling
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Horcruxes

Horcruxes are objects that contain aspects of a wizard’s split soul—a means of avoiding death—but the only way to split one’s soul is by committing murder. As Harry learns over the course of the book…

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