The Hogwarts librarian

[arcum42]

No: HPFGUIDX 80524

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Rania Melhem <dunknegg at y...>
wrote:
> As a librarian, I totally agree with you. I am very irritated by
Madam Pince's description by 
>JKR. I dont know why she is depicted so horribly. And she never seems
to help any of the 
>Hogwarts students find information. 

Actually, this may be for plot reasons. Think how much shorter PS
might have been if Hermione had walked up to Madam Pince, asked her if
they had any books about Nicolas Flamel, and been handed, say, "The
top 10 alchemists of all time", "Approaches to Immortality", and "The
12 uses of dragon blood: Its applications & significance to the modern
wizard"... 

--Arcum