The Magician's Nephew: The Chronicles of Narnia
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| Rating | : | 4.23 (621 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0009NS99C |
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| Number of Pages | : | 571 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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The many readers who discovered C.S. Lewis's Chronicles through The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe will be delighted to find that the next volume in the series is actually the first in the sequence--and a step back in time. (Ages 9 and older) --Emilie Coulter. Rich, heavy pages, a gold-embossed cover, and Pauline Baynes's original illustrations (hand-colored by the illustrator herself 40 years later) make this special edition of a classic a bona fide treasure. This large, deluxe hardcover edition of the first title in the classic Chronicles of Narnia series, The Magician's Nephew, is a gorgeous introduction to the magical land of Narnia. In this unforgettable story, British schoolchildren Polly and Digory inadvertently tumble into the Wood Between the Worlds, where they meet the evil Queen Jadis and, ultimately, the great, mysterious King Aslan. We witness the birth of Narnia and discover the legendary source of all the adventures that are to follow in the
I love Narnia. Everyone should love Narnia. I was supposed to read this as a school project. Needless to say, that wasn't exactly a chore for me!I have read the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe before and this really does explain every part of that, from how the white witch started to how there was another world to who the professor was other than just "professor" and even how the wardrobe got there and became a portal practically.Not to mention the warning here from Aslan made sense, with the whole world war 2 setting the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe has.I feel like this should be a big formal review for a book like this, but I can't do tha. leslie said The Magician's Nephew. A wonderful beginning to a beautiful series of stories. Not only are the biblical references a delight, but the pieces that hearken to modern literature are so much fun to discover. Even Stephen King and Peter Straub have "borrowed" bits from Narnia such as a Talismanic apple to save a dying mother after a quest to retrieve it. Not a children's story by any means, although it can be read and appreciated by children of all ages. Any reader who begins the series with "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" has missed out on a spectacular backstory of the beginning of the world that is Narnia.. Hard to put down! This is the fastest I've read any book lately. I should probably have been sleeping part of that time!I do have a bit of a problem with C.S. Lewis' (Frank the Cabbie's) theology on salvation, but the story is engaging, and has many allusions to the Bible, without being preachy. No wonder this has been popular since 1955. This was the 6th of the Narnia tales to be written, but it gives the background to the others.
S. But then the lion Aslan's song weaves itself into the fabric of a new land, a land that will be known as Narnia. Lewis's classic fantasy series, which has captivated readers of all ages for over sixty years. And in Narnia, all things are possible.This is a stand-alone novel, but if you want to journey back to Narnia, read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the second book in The Chronicles of Narnia. . Narnia a land frozen in eternal winter a country waiting to be set freeWitness the creation of a magical land in The Magician's Nephew, the first title in C. This rack-size paperback features cover art by Cliff Nielsen and black-and-white interior artwork by the original illustrator of Narnia, Pauline Baynes.On a daring quest to save a life, two friends are hurled into another world, where an evil sorceress seeks to enslave them