The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: Journey to Narnia in the classic children’s book by C.S. Lewis, beloved by kids and parents: Book 2 (The Chronicles of Narnia)

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The original edition was illustrated by Pauline Baynes, and the British edition had 43 illustrations. WorldCat libraries have catalogued the related works in different ways including "The lion, the witch, and the wardrobe: a musical based on C. It does indeed have Christian allegory, but it is up to you whether you want to read it with that in mind or not. Although raised as a Christian, I've long been an atheist and perhaps that's partly why I'm uncomfortable with this retelling of the life of Jesus as Aslan the lion.

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Laurence Krieg, a young fan, wrote to Lewis, asking him to adjudicate between his views of the correct sequence of reading the novels; he held to reading The Magician's. In Narnia, the siblings seem fit to fulfill an old prophecy and find themselves adventuring to save Narnia and their own lives.Subsequent American editions had significantly fewer; the most popular edition which was published between 1970 and 1994 by HarperCollins had only 17 severely cropped illustrations. Dante has Virgil lead him through hell, the Buddha was made into a saint, holidays were given new meanings (even if they often kept old symbols and names), and magical monsters were also given a place in the new faith. This edition is complete with full-colour cover and interior art by the original illustrator, Pauline Baynes. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.

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A solid book and a much better start into the world of Narnia than the storywise earlier The Magician's Nephew, this is a nice read for the wintertime. Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Front jacket flap clipped, corners bumped, jacket lightly worn. She manages to trick one of the children, but instead of taking advantage of this fact, she immediately makes it clear that she tricked him.If you've ever wondered which literary world would be the best to live in, wonder no longer, cause there's a BookTube Video to answer that!

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Aslan carries the girls to the Witch's castle, where they free all the prisoners who have been turned to stone. Let's all, gentle readers, abandon the sad sights of the blind leading the blind for the Real world of Narnia, once again. I’ve seen a lot of hate over these books because of the Christian allegories involved in the storytelling. S. study found that The Lion was a common read-aloud book for seventh graders in schools in San Diego County, California. His most distinguished and popular accomplishments include Out of the Silent Planet, The Great Divorce, The Screwtape Letters, and the universally acknowledged classics The Chronicles of Narnia.When the Pevensie children - Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy - step through a wardrobe door in the strange country house where they are staying, they find themselves in the land of Narnia. But I really appreciated him as a character, because he brings in a bit more realism of children sometimes being awful and with it some more complex feelings like remorse and guilt. Such a visible figure must become universally appealing, universally friendly and loving, lest some subset of followers feel left out.

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He also has his big Jesus moment, but that has the same problem as the original: if he already knows that there will be no lasting negative outcome, how much of a sacrifice is it, really? I'm not saying Lewis is bad, merely that he is unremarkable, and is hardly preeminent in fantasy, or even in children's fantasy. But then, Aslan isn't based on the original fig-cursing, church-rejecting, rebel Jesus, but the whitewashed version. When Edmund is threatened with death, Aslan offers to sacrifice himself as an atonement for the boy's betrayal. Lucy and Tumnus have a wonderful tea, but the faun bursts into tears and confesses that he is a servant of the evil White Witch.Frozen in eternal winter, Narnia is a land of snow and pine forests, and its creatures are enslaved by the terrible White Witch. g., the appearances of the lamppost, the delineation of the characters of the White Witch and Jadis, etc. In 1979, an animated TV movie, [62] directed by Peanuts director Bill Melendez, was broadcast and won the first Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program.