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"Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much."

I can't tell you how glad I am that she abandoned this style of writing almost immediately with the following book.
Nawww, it's such a British middle class way of talking and that's exactly what they are.
It's a troutty way of writing though. It comes off as extremely amateurish. Now granted, she WAS when she wrote this, but it really just...isn't good.