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Loading... The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobeby C. S. LewisSeries: Chronicles of Narnia: Chronological order (2), Chronicles of Narnia: Publication order (1)
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. http://catchinguponmyreading.blogspot... ( )1998 The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is the first book in the Chronicle of Narnia series. It's the start of a wonderful classic fantasy epic that for once is genuinely directed toward and I believe holds most appeal for children. While as an adult one could become focused on what appears to be mildly allegorical themes, as a child this series is simply what it looks to be, a tale of adventure and family in the midst of a land where anything can happen. I can remember my third grade teacher reading to us from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, it was magical and mysterious. I decided to finish what had been started so long ago. I knew as I started the series that there is a lot of Christian allegory and symbolism in the series and that is one reason as an adult I began it again. The Magician’s Nephew I found to be lacking, the story was not as suspenseful or as good at recreating childhood as LWW. The first book in the series does advance the idea of how Narnia was created but possibly takes on more than what can be handled well in the length of the book with the equally pressing demand of developing character. C.S. Lewis has created an interesting mythos, the Lion, Aslan is a Christ-figure who sacrifices himself on a stone table is a unique and engaging re-interpretation. I learned that C.S. Lewis may have conceived of each of the seven books in the series as a struggle with the seven deadly sins, LWW being about gluttony. Lewis is at his best I feel when he deals with the nature of evil. I enjoyed and laughed while reading Screwtape Letters--I was even scared by his insights into the nature demonic intervention. I will continue with the series and I probably will one day share LWW with my kids. The Chronicles of Narnia rightfully deserves its place among the greatest novels of all time. Smaller in scope than the Lord of the Rings, but not less influential, Lewis creates a world that wonderfully mirrors our own.
When I began reading the story, it seemed well written but the fairy-tale atmosphere was curiously cut-and-dried... Two of my daughters re-educated me. I made the mistake of reading them the first chapter, and since then it has been two chapter a night, sometimes followed by tears when a third chapter is not forthcoming.
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There are a thousand stories in the land of Narnia, and the first is about to be told in an extraordinary motion picture, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, from Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media.
In the never-ending war between good and evil, The Chronicles of Narnia set the stage for battles of epic proportions. Some take place in vast fields, where the forces of light and darkness clash. But other battles occur within the small chambers of the heart and are equally decisive.
Journeys to the ends of the world, fantastic creatures, betrayals, heroic deeds and friendships won and lost -- all come together in an unforgettable world of magic. So join the battle to end all battles.
The second volume in
The Chronicles of Narnia®
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Narnia .... a land frozen in eternal winter ... a country waiting to be set free.
Four adventurers step through a wardrobe door and into the land of Narnia -- a land enslaved by the power of the White Witch. But when almost all hope is lost, the return of the Great Lion, Aslan, signals a great change ... and a great sacrifice.
(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:08 -0400)
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