Plagiarism charges "untrue": Potter publishers

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The family alleges that Rowling's fourth book 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire' has used segments from the late author's story 'Willy the Wizard', which also revolves around the theme of a child discovering his magical powers. Jacob's book was published in 1987.

According to the family, which includes his son and grandson, Jacob sent the manuscript to Christopher Little, the literary agent at Bloomsbury Publishing who went on to represent Rowling, but it was rejected.

Jacob's book was later published by a smaller company under the title The Adventures Of Willy The Wizard No 1: Livid Land', Daily Mail reported.

However, a statement from the publishing house has dismissed the allegations as 'untrue'.

"JK Rowling had never heard of Adrian Jacobs nor seen, read or heard of his book Willy the Wizard until this claim was first made in 2004, almost seven years after the publication of the first book in the highly publicised Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and after the publication of the first five books in the Harry Potter series," the statement said.

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