The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)
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TNarnia . . . where a dragon awakens . . . where stars walk the earth . . . where anything can...
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)
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Visiting their annoying cousin, Eustace, Lucy (Georgie Henley) and Edmund Pevensie (Skandar Keynes)...
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
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During the World War II bombings of London, four English siblings are sent to a country house where...
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
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A beautiful paperback edition of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, book two in the classic...
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Dean (6927 KP) rated The Golden Compass (2007) in Movies
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David McK (3485 KP) rated The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in Books
Jan 28, 2019
It is, of course, very easy to see the Christian allegory throughout the course of the story, which tells of how Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy first came to the magical land of Narnia (through the wardrobe): a land which is under perpetual snow and ice due to the White Witch - always Winter; never Christmas - before being freed by the children under the guidance and with the help of Aslan the Lion.
David McK (3485 KP) rated The Magician's Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia, #6) in Books
Jan 28, 2019
As such, who says that the concept of prequels is a new invention??
Personally, I think I approached this from the wrong perspective: when I hear the word 'magician' mentioned (as in the title of the book) I tend to think either of the likes of Paul Daniels, or (going by literature) of Gandalf the Grey/White.
That, however, is not how the magician is portrayed here: rather than a benevolent, kindly old character, we instead have a selfish, greedy older man, who is responsible for sending the two children protagonists (Digory and Polly) into the magical woods between the worlds, and eventually into the land that will become Narnia.
If I'm honest, it's also not a story that I was overly familiar with: sure, I'd read (as a kid) that more famous previously mentioned entry and (more recently) have even watched a few of the movies, but this one? Not so much.