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Loading... The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (original 1952; edition 1980)by C.S. Lewis, Pauline Baynes (Illustrator)
Work InformationThe Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C. S. Lewis (1952)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Lucy and Edmund, accompanied by their peevish cousin Eustace, sail to the land of Narnia where Eustace is temporarily transformed into a green dragon because of his selfish behavior and skepticism. Much better than the first two for two reasons: first, Eustace makes an amusing spoiled kid, sort of like Edmund in the first book but less nefarious; second, Lewis' episodic island-to-island adventure presents great opportunity for him to create uniquely fantastical situations. His description spends a great deal of time actually describing weird and colorful happenings. It's not vague and simplistic, but when it is vague, it's vague as part of the mystery of a vastly unknowable world. Still, I wish Eustace's redemption took more time. He's humbled within the first third of the book and then becomes a blank character like the rest of the Pevensies and Caspian are. The book was still intermittently engaging beyond that point, due to the variety of island curiosities, but when I was on a duller island I had nothing else to invest in but turning the page.
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 inHas the adaptationInspiredHas as a reference guide/companionHas as a commentary on the text
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