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Loading... The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952)by C. S. Lewis
These a great books about adventure. You could use them to talk about geography, royalty or war. You can use these in small groups or whole group. This was an old fashioned adventure story. Fun, though it lagged and lost me in a few places. Perhaps I need a Narnia break before embarking upon the next book. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is my undisputed favourite, however much I love all the others. It has everything that I love about Narnia in it -- the warm, personal narrator; Caspian; Reepicheep; my favourite Pevensies... There's something about the more episodic structure that appeals, too. There's lots of detail that I find lovely, even just the little detail, like the spell for the refreshment of the soul in the magician's book, and the way Eustace feels like it's peeling a scab off when Aslan peels off his skin, and the sea-people in their sea-kingdom. I can't put my finger on why Caspian is my favourite character of all the Narnia books. My mental image of him is beautiful, which I suppose helps: there was very good, gorgeous cover art on my original edition, I think. And he's noble, and good. I suppose it also helps that he's human, that sometimes I want to kick him -- it makes him less than too good to be true. This story is utterly golden in my mind. Probably my least contested favourite in the Narnia series. I had such a literary crush on Caspian, and I'd got a lot fonder of Edmund, too. And of course, it has Reepicheep! And a voyage to the end of the world, involving a lot of marvels along the way. Eustace, of course, is a turn-off at first -- you can't help but think he doesn't deserve to be in Narnia, and to be resentful that he could go and you can't -- but watching his character development is rewarding. He and Edmund are among the few characters that actually have character development: Peter, Lucy and Caspian were all born perfect, more or less, particularly Peter -- Lucy and Caspian have their moments of failure, but without consequence; Shasta and Aravis just needed to appreciate one another's good qualities; Susan has always been the rather reluctant, prissy, perhaps-not-worthy one. Anyway, I always thought Dawn Treader was the most magical of the stories. And it still is.
As in many other of Mr. Lewis' books, one finds a strong poetic sense and awareness of the loveliness and mystery of a universe which cannot be wholly grasped by common sense. Is contained inThe Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis Prince Caspian / The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C. S. Lewis Has the adaptationThe Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Radio Theatre) by C. S. Lewis The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by Michael Apted Has as a reference guide/companion
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Catching up on some 'classics' - started with this so I could watch the movie.
Good reading.
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