A Spinners [of Tales] End ........Spinners End by Mary Minton

[LadyOfThePensieve]

No: HPFGUIDX 116929


Hi,

I simply think this is a very interesting and crucial information. we
laready know JKR based Mrs Norris on the Mrs Norris in Austen´s Emma.
So why shouldn´t she be inspired by a book she probably read: Spinners
End?

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "samnanya" <yswahl at s...> wrote:
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> Neri
> Googling "Spinners End" I found that it is the name of 
> a romantic book by Mary Minton: http://www.alibris.com/
> search/search.cfm?qwork=6267239&matches=3&qsort=r
> According to the book review this is a place in London,
> but it doesn't appear like it really exists.
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> Samnanya
> Check the symmary and you will find that the story 
> (heavily snipped) is about Francine Chayter who visits
> her father in London. She wants to know her father better
> but he hates the sight of her. "an unexpected trip to
> Monte Carlo brought her a suprise revelation about her
> mother"
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> Well............. which character in the potterverse is in
> a somewhat similar situation?
> who can "the spinner" be a reference to?
> why would Luna's father "hate" her?
> and what is the suprise revelation about her mother?
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> which character in the potterverse is in a somewhat
> similar situation? Luna of course ....... 
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> who can "the spinner" be a reference to? Mr Lovegood,
> editor and publisher of The Quibbler -- spinner can also
> mean "spinner of tales" like her father always did in
> articles printed in the Quibbler (someone creative has
> to be making up those stories)
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> why would Luna's father "hate" her? and
> what is the suprise revelation about her mother?
> Luna's dad can hate her because she was the indirect
> cause of the death of his wife in that experiment that
> went awfully wrong. What experiment? Some have said that 
> Luna was bitten by a werewolf as a child and her mom
> tried to develop a charm, spell or potion to cure her.
> The spell was not successful and her mom died trying to
> save her daughter (sounds like a Lilly-like sacrifice to me)
> We know the werewolf potion was a recent development 
> and that her mom died a year or so after harry entered
> hogwarts. We know that Luna loves her dad, but can we
> assume the opposite?
> I wonder......
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> So as I have said before,
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> Mr. Lovegood WILL meet his end before the HBP is
> too far along.
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> the dark lord is seriously bothered with him since
> he published the Harry interview 
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> Luna is still at Hogwarts looking for her stuff
> after the end of term
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> if they are going on vacation to sweden over the
> summer then it would make sense for Mr Lovegood to
> publish a final summer edition before leaving
> giving Goyle Sr., who was not at the MoM prime opportunity
> to trash the quibbler and kill Mr. Lovegood 
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> If you read this far without falling off your chair,
> maybe you might actually think it is possible, or even
> extend the RIP!MrLovegood theory.