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The Magician's Nephew

By c. s. lewis.

• The Magician's Nephew Summary

Two neighborhood children meet and become friends during a summer in London in the late 1800s. The two children, Digory Kirke and Polly Plummer , play together in the attic connecting the row of houses where they live. One day while attempting to enter an abandoned house through the attic, the two children take a wrong turn and surprise Digory’s mysterious uncle, who spends a great deal of time locked in his study. Uncle Andrew tricks Polly into touching a yellow ring which causes her to vanish. Uncle Andrew then explains to the horrified Digory that the rings are a device to travel between worlds. Uncle Andrew believes that the yellow rings carry people to other worlds, and the green rings carry people back to this world. Fearing for Polly’s safety, Digory touches another yellow ring (while taking two green ones with him) to bring Polly home.

The yellow ring transports Digory to a wood where he finds Polly. The two children discover many pools of water in the wood that allow people to enter different worlds. Digory and Polly decide to explore one of the pools and arrive at a desolate city called Charn. While exploring the abandoned castle in this new land, the children discover a series of waxworks of the past rulers of Charn as well as a bell with a hammer. Despite Polly’s protests, Digory strikes the bell which both shakes the castle and wakes Queen Jadis. As the children and Jadis leave the crumbling castle, the children realize that Jadis is evil. Although they attempt to escape her, Jadis follows the children back to London. Upon meeting Uncle Andrew, Jadis makes him her new slave and starts on her mission to conquer the earth, starting with London.

Polly and Digory make use of the rings to take Jadis back to the wood, with the plan to force her back into Charn; unfortunately, they accidentally bring along a cab-driver, his cab horse, and Uncle Andrew as well. All of them enter one of the pools, thinking it leads to Charn. However, they enter into a world not yet formed. They witness a lion called Aslan create a new world: Narnia. Jadis attempts to injure Aslan by hitting him with an iron bar, which she has ripped from a lamppost, but the bar rebounds and grows into a new lamppost. Aslan assigns Digory the task of protecting Narnia from Queen Jadis. To do this, Digory must travel to a far away garden to pluck an apple, from which Aslan will grow a protective tree.

When Digory reaches the apple tree he is tempted by Jadis (who has stolen and eaten an apple) to either eat an apple and become immortal or to steal an apple and bring it home to cure his deathly ill mother. Though very tempted, Digory resists. He returns back to Aslan and plants the apple to protect Narnia. Aslan rewards Digory by giving Digory permission to pluck an apple from the new apple tree to give to bring home to cure his mother. After returning back to England, Digory heals his mother by giving her the magic apple.

Digory plants the apple core in his backyard and it grows into a large tree. Many years later, when he is an old man, Digory uses the wood of the tree and has it made into a wardrobe in his new house.

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What is the genre of "the magician's nephew"

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The Magician's Nephew contains allegories for many tenets of Christianity; naturally, then one of the primary themes of the book is faith. One strong example of faith in the novel is when Aslan sends Digory to pluck just one fruit from a special...

Explain the destruction of Charn

The Queen described the destruction as "great peril". She was calm and led the others firmly away from the crumbling structure. The breaking up of the palace is described as "first a rumbling, then a creaking, then a roar of falling masonry, and...

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Book Review: “The Magician’s Nephew” by C.S. Lewis

The sixth of seven  Chronicles of Narnia  takes us back to the beginnings of it all. Here we see kindly old Professor Kirke (of  The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ) as a little boy named Digory, staying with his strict Aunt Letty and his weird Uncle Andrew in a row house in London in the days of hansom cabs and Norfolk suits. His father is in India and his mother is seriously ill, and poor young Digory no longer has the country house to run around or the horse to ride.

So he consoles himself by making friends with a neighbor girl, Polly Plummer. And while the two of them are exploring a passage that connects the attics of their whole row of houses, they stumble into Uncle Andrew’s secret study. And wouldn’t you know, Uncle Andrew is an evil sorcerer who was just hoping two children would come along… to be guinea pigs in a dangerous experiment involving yellow rings and green rings, and a “wood between the worlds.”

The first result is a dreadful adventure in a dying, and all but dead, world called Charn. This in turn results in the children bringing back to our world an evil witch-queen named Jadis  (remember?) , who intends to conquer our world and rule it with some of the same cruelty that destroyed her own. Finally the children, Uncle Andrew, Jadis, a horse named Strawberry and a London cabby escape from a disorderly mob into the dark void of a new world about to be created…

Into Narnia. Here we see Aslan creating his world of talking beasts and magical creatures. And here, thanks to the folly of Digory Kirke, a world-destroying evil has been brought into Aslan’s wonderful new creation. Jadis cannot be completely removed from Narnia for now… that is a task for later (but an earlier book!). For now, all that can be done is to take responsibility, face temptation, and make a sacrifice to ensure that Narnia will at least have a bright morning before the witch’s long winter sets in.

Once again, Lewis has crafted a remarkable fantasy that also resonates with biblical concepts. And Aslan’s prophecy at the end of this 1955 book touches themes that everyone in the post-World War world should take seriously — particularly, the dangers to a world where tyrants arise to destroy joy and freedom, and where men wield weapons that can wipe out all life in our world. Regardless of your religious commitments (or lack of them), it may do you good to consider Jadis with her proud, self-justifying, evil folly, and its results. But it can also help to know Someone whose presence means what Aslan’s does to those who meet him…

If ever they were sad or afraid or angry, the thought of all that golden goodness, and the feeling that it was still there, quite close, just around some corner or just behind some door, would come back and make them sure, deep down inside, that all was well.

Uncle Andrew, the absurd magician of the story’s title, also illustrates a lesson that you can take either in a religious context or as a practical moral: “Now the trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed.”

My favorite part of this book is when the talking beasts are arguing over what to make of Uncle Andrew. I hope you read it and find your own favorite part to this funny, moving, suspenseful, and wonderful fantasy story.

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The Magician's Nephew

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The Magician’s Nephew by C. S. Lewis is the sixth book published in The Chronicles of Narnia series but the first in terms of the series’ chronology. Published in 1955, the middle-grade fantasy novel is the prequel to the famous The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe . It deals with themes of Temptation and Its Consequences , Creative Selflessness Versus Destructive Pride , and the Loss of Innocence . Lewis was a famous British author and lay theologian, having written over 50 books for children and adults dealing with facets of the Christian faith. The Chronicles of Narnia has been adapted into multiple plays and movies, one of which was awarded the Teen Choice Award for film. The Narnia series is widely renowned and loved by readers of all ages.

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The narrative opens in London, where Digory Kirke and his sick mother have just moved to the home of Digory’s Aunt Letty and Uncle Andrew , the brother and sister of Digory’s mother. Over a very wet summer holiday, Digory becomes great friends with Polly Plummer , the girl next door. The two invent adventures to keep themselves occupied, and in an attempt to sneak into an empty neighboring house through a series of attic tunnels, Digory and Polly end up in Digory’s uncle’s study. Uncle Andrew offers Polly a shining yellow ring as a gift, but when Polly touches it, she disappears. Uncle Andrew tells Digory that the rings are made from the dust of another world. The yellow rings transport people to other worlds, while the green rings bring them back. Since Polly does not have a green ring, Digory must use a yellow ring to find her and bring her back.

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Digory finds Polly in a peaceful forest they call the “Wood between the Worlds.” They decide to explore, thinking that the multiple pools in the forest must lead to other worlds. The two end up in a lifeless world called Charn , where they come across the “Hall of Images,” a massive room containing statues of all the previous rulers. In the center of the room, there is a bell with an inscribed warning. In spite of the warning and Polly’s concerns, Digory rings the bell. The bell wakes up the last ruler in the line of statues, a beautiful but evil queen named Jadis.

Jadis escorts the children out of the collapsing palace, telling them the story of how she killed every other living being in Charn to maintain her throne. The children are terrified and want to escape, but the queen manages to travel with them to the Wood between the Worlds by grabbing Polly’s hair. Though they try to leave there, the queen—now called the Witch—grabs Digory’s ear and is transported to London with them.

While in London, the Witch secures Uncle Andrew as her servant and steals jewelry, a horse, and a cab. She then wrecks the cab and assaults a number of police officers. Digory and Polly use the rings to transport her out of London again, but accidentally bring Uncle Andrew, a cabby, and the cabby’s horse along with them. The group ends up in a completely empty world where nothing yet exists.

After standing in darkness for a while, they hear a voice singing, and the world emerges around them. The singer is a massive lion named Aslan . The Witch is frightened and runs away, but everyone else stands and watches in wonder as Aslan sings and creates stars, mountains, flowers, trees, rivers, and animals. Aslan chooses two of each kind of animal and designates them as “Talking Beasts,” giving them the ability to think and speak and charging them with caring for the world he created, called Narnia.

Digory catches up to Aslan and asks if he can help Digory’s sick mother. Aslan tells the animals that Digory is responsible for letting evil enter the pure world of Narnia and sends Digory on a task to protect Narnia. Digory, Polly, and a winged horse named Fledge travel to a beautiful, secluded garden. At the gates of the garden, there is a warning telling Digory to only enter through the gates and to retrieve fruit for another, not for himself.

Digory resists the temptation to take a bite of the fruit he picks and is leaving the garden when he sees the Witch a few paces away, having just eaten the fruit herself. She chases Digory out of the garden and tries to persuade him to eat the fruit. She tells him that it will give him everlasting life and offers to let him rule beside her. He resists, and she tells him that if he takes the fruit and returns to London, it would heal his mother, promising that no one would ever know. This tempts Digory, but he returns the fruit to Aslan. The fruit grows into a massive, beautiful tree that will protect Narnia for many years. The children attend the coronation of the new king and queen of Narnia, the Cabby and his wife.

Aslan rewards Digory for resisting temptation by giving him a fruit to bring to his mother to heal her. He then returns the two children and Uncle Andrew to London with instructions to bury the rings. Digory gives the fruit to his mother and buries the seed in the backyard with the rings. His mother’s health rapidly improves, and she, Digory, and Digory’s father, who was at sea, return to their country home. Digory and Polly remain friends for the rest of their lives. The King and Queen rule Narnia peacefully for many years. Eventually, a storm blows down the tree that grew from the seed in Digory’s backyard in London. He turns it into a wardrobe, which Lucy enters Narnia through in the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

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Book Review: The Magician’s Nephew

Some time ago I got as a present this exclusive hardcover edition of the full Chronicles of Narnia which is, by the way, an excellent compilation including beautiful pictures. A few days ago, I finished “The Magician’s Nephew” which is actually the sixth book published in the series but it makes more sense to read it first. Why? Because this book is a prequel that reveals much needed information about the other books and why and how Narnia, the Lion, the Witch and Wardrobe came to exist. C. S. Lewis himself wanted the book to be read first.

About the Story

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The book follows the story of two kids – Polly and Digory – who sneak into the attic of Digory’s uncle and from then on get themselves into all kinds of unexpected situations. Digory’s uncle turns out to be a magician who gives them extraordinary rings which possess the ability to transport to other dimensions. Polly and Digory find themselves among the ruins of the Kingdom of Charn where they unintentionally wake the evil Queen Jadis that we remember from “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”. After a series of unfortunate events, Queen Jadis is eventually brought to the newly created world of Narnia. Aslan, the Lion, gives the special task to Digory to procure and plant a magical fruit which will protect Narnia from the Witch. Digory is eventually rewarded for his help and Aslan allows him to take back home from the magical fruit to heal his dying mother. The story finishes with a happy ending with Narnia being protected from the evil Witch by the tree that Digory planted and with Digory’s mother recovering from the deadly illness.

The Style and Feelings

“The Magician’s Nephew” is my first Narnia book that I read only now at the age of 22. Even though it can be regarded by many as a kids book, the work has deeper meaning and inspirations which are better grasped and appreciated by an adult. Thus, I can say with certainty that it is an entertaining, insightful, light and quick read for both children and adults. The book itself brought me a very calm feeling despite being full of adventures. The author elaborates on all the details and paints the pictures so vividly that even I, a person that is not very fond of long descriptions, was pleased to read it and imagine the views. There was something truly magical in the way the creation of Narnia was told in this story.

The references to the Bible, especially in the part when Narnia is created, as well as to various other sources (for instance Aslan means lion in Turkish) are quite clear and used in a very masterful way. Having read some of the biography of C. S. Lewis, it is nice to see how he used personal experience to tell the story and how his knowledge and feelings about Christianity are also included indirectly. As the foreword by his step son, Douglas Gresham, goes, Narnia is indeed the place that you carry within you, a well-known place like home, where you can return to seek comfort and peace. These are exactly the feelings that I felt upon finishing “The Magician’s Nephew” and I’m sure the same will apply for the rest of the books.

Have you read any of the Narnia books? When did you read them and which one is your favorite? Feel free to share with me in the comments!

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THE MAGICIAN'S NEPHEW

From the chronicles of narnia series , vol. 6.

by C.S. Lewis & illustrated by Pauline Baynes ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 20, 1955

To all who have followed the adventures in C.S. Lewis' marvelous land of Narnia, this is a treat as it goes back to "grandfather's day" and tells how first contacts with Narnia were made. In London there was Digory, a boy who lived with a wicked uncle, and Polly, the friend with whom he goes exploring. At first their adventures bring near disaster for mad Uncle Andrew uses magic powers inherited from his grandmother to send Polly off to the Woods Between the Worlds. There Digory follows her and the two children meet Jadis, a which who accompanies them back to reality. In turn Jadis brings with her a peck of trouble for everyone concerned—including Uncle Andrew—until a chance fall into a pit transfers them all to Narnia, the singing land of Aslan the Lion, whose intelligence and love vanquishes all evil. Couched in Lewis' silvered prose, this is rich reading.

Pub Date: Sept. 20, 1955

ISBN: 0064409430

Page Count: 212

Publisher: Macmillan

Review Posted Online: Oct. 17, 2011

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 1, 1955

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by Kobi Yamada ; illustrated by Natalie Russell ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 1, 2017

A sweet, soft conversation starter and a charming gift.

A paean to teachers and their surrogates everywhere.

This gentle ode to a teacher’s skill at inspiring, encouraging, and being a role model is spoken, presumably, from a child’s viewpoint. However, the voice could equally be that of an adult, because who can’t look back upon teachers or other early mentors who gave of themselves and offered their pupils so much? Indeed, some of the self-aware, self-assured expressions herein seem perhaps more realistic as uttered from one who’s already grown. Alternatively, readers won’t fail to note that this small book, illustrated with gentle soy-ink drawings and featuring an adult-child bear duo engaged in various sedentary and lively pursuits, could just as easily be about human parent- (or grandparent-) child pairs: some of the softly colored illustrations depict scenarios that are more likely to occur within a home and/or other family-oriented setting. Makes sense: aren’t parents and other close family members children’s first teachers? This duality suggests that the book might be best shared one-on-one between a nostalgic adult and a child who’s developed some self-confidence, having learned a thing or two from a parent, grandparent, older relative, or classroom instructor.

Pub Date: March 1, 2017

ISBN: 978-1-943200-08-5

Page Count: 32

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by Josh Schneider & illustrated by Josh Schneider ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 1, 2011

Broccoli: No way is James going to eat broccoli. “It’s disgusting,” says James. Well then, James, says his father, let’s consider the alternatives: some wormy dirt, perhaps, some stinky socks, some pre-chewed gum? James reconsiders the broccoli, but—milk? “Blech,” says James. Right, says his father, who needs strong bones? You’ll be great at hide-and-seek, though not so great at baseball and kickball and even tickling the dog’s belly. James takes a mouthful. So it goes through lumpy oatmeal, mushroom lasagna and slimy eggs, with James’ father parrying his son’s every picky thrust. And it is fun, because the father’s retorts are so outlandish: the lasagna-making troll in the basement who will be sent back to the rat circus, there to endure the rodent’s vicious bites; the uneaten oatmeal that will grow and grow and probably devour the dog that the boy won’t be able to tickle any longer since his bones are so rubbery. Schneider’s watercolors catch the mood of gentle ribbing, the looks of bewilderment and surrender and the deadpanned malarkey. It all makes James’ father’s last urging—“I was just going to say that you might like them if you tried them”—wholly fresh and unexpected advice. (Early reader. 5-9)

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The Magician’s Nephew – Book Review

The Magician’s Nephew

by C.S. Lewis

Reviewer: Amber aged 8

Read the marvellous book, The Magician’s Nephew! Explore the wonderful world of Narnia with Polly and Digory who travelled there by touching two magical rings. Narnia is a splendid, enchanted place that is fairly ruled by a noble lion called Aslan. However, it is also dangerous in places……

This book is an utter delight to read because it has lots of incredible description and imagination. It has powerful characters, good and bad, and the setting transports your mind into another addictive dimension. The Magician’s Nephew is the first book in The Chronicles of Narnia series so there are more adventures to savour.

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The Magician's Nephew by CS Lewis (The Chronicles of Narnia: Book 1)

How do you go about reviewing the most beloved books of all time? This is the question I have been asking myself while re-reading the books for the umpteenth time. While these books where big back in the day the main question and direction I wanted to explore is… are they still relevant today?

Set in the 1800‘s The Magicians Nephew is the first sequential story in the Chronicles of Narnia series and follows the adventures of Polly and Digory, two small children from London. Digory is living with his Aunty Hetty and Uncle Andrew while his sick mother recovers from a terminal illness. Every day Polly and Digory - who live next door to each other - invent their own games in the attics of their houses.

Uncle Andrew is off limits to Digory and one day when they stumble upon his secret office they are tricked into slipping on rings than transport them to the world between worlds where they awaken Jadis, an evil queen who has destroyed her own world and plans to return to London to take over that world as well.

After a riotous romp through London Polly and Digory finally get Jadis back to the wood between the worlds and find themselves in a black empty space where the land of Narnia is being sung into existence by the great lion Aslan. As the world is created and animals arrive Jadis’s evil influence is felt and Digory and Polly must team up with the pegasus Strawberry to reach a tree that will save Narnia from destruction.

Jadis is the horribly magnificent evil queen and comes across as a real threat wherever she is, which is exactly what this character needs in a back story. Uncle Andrew is the perfect instigator for the comings and goings between the worlds, painting a creepy and stern image in the readers mind.

Lewis has a knack of writing just enough detail to create an image in your mind and from there you can develop your own stories and images from Narnia and other worlds regardless of what the movies and TV interpretations have put in our mind.

This is the perfect introduction to Narnia that shows how the world was created, the origins of the lamp post and how evil came to enter. If you are new to the series I would recommend starting with this book first as you can get an idea of the world, how it was created and some of the history which will help make sense of things as you read the rest of the chronicles.

9/10 This is the perfect introduction to Narnia.

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66 positive reader review(s) in total for the The Chronicles of Narnia series

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Lyric and Claire from America

This book was very interesting. This is our favorite book of the Chronicles of Narnia. In the beginning your didn't know what you were getting into so, you read more! We recommend this book to other readers.

I loved it. It's the pefect way to start the books. I could read it again and again.

Claire from Shawnee, KS, USA

Despite parallels often drawn between THE MAGICIAN'S NEPHEW and the Judeo-Christian creation story, this book can be (and in my opinion, should be) enjoyed on its own. A brilliant, magical tale that is very funny in parts--few enough people appreciate Lewis's sense of humor. One other note: This debate goes on, but as a longtime devotee of the Chronicles, I advise reading the books in the order they were written. The discoveries of THE MAGICIAN'S NEPHEW are much more delightful once you've read THE LION, THE WITCH, & THE WARDROBE (as well as the others).

Dianne Mosley from USA

Your reeviewer of the magicians nephew states that Digory's mother is "recovering from a terminal illness's. " isn't that an oxymoron? And, if she were recovering, Digory would not have been tempted to steal an apple for her.

Dianne mosley from Usa

I love all the Narnia books but I am a firm believer In reading them in the order in which they were written. If you don't Read the lion the witch and the wardrobe first, you will miss the foundation and the importance of Aslan, and also the surprises that will come in the other books such as when you discover where the lamp post came from. I have been privileged to meeta great number of Lewis scholars, and the vast majority agree that the books should be read in the order in which they were written. Also, as far as I know, Lewis liked Tolkien's books, but told Kim definitely did not like the Narnia stories.

Angeltoes from Monkeytown

This book is amazing! Once you get into it, you cant put it down till you reach the end. I loved it. I recommend it to 5th graders and up. I cant wait to read the whole series!

Koti from FL

"Congratulate me, my dear boy. My experiment has succeeded. The little girl's gone—vanished—right out of the world." The novel, The Magician’s Nephew, by C.S. Lewis, is a classic, mythological fantasy set in the 1950s busy streets of London, England, and in Charn and Narnia. After being sent to another world by his uncle, Digory and his best friend Polly discover new worlds with enemies, friends, and royalty. One of the most interesting characters in the novel is Aslan, a giant, wise lion. He has powerful magic to create living things. At one point, he said, “Awake. Love. Think. Speak. Be walking trees. Be talking beasts. Be divine waters.” One interesting event in the story is when the witch, Jadis, is found in a magical apple orchard, and tries to convince Digory to take an apple for himself. Digory was able to pull himself up and say no, while he was very tempted. The author’s serious word choice contrasts with the events and creates a suspenseful and unpredictable tone, with a few funny quirks. For example, he said at one point, “Now the trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed.” The Magician’s Nephew discovers important themes such as loyalty, courage, perseverance, and friendship. In conclusion, The Magician’s Nephew can be recommended to any person who likes adventure. It offers fantasy, friendship, and mythology.

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The The Magician’s Nephew is one of people's favorite novel from the series The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. The book is very interesting to read, its an excellent work for Lewis. I will like to recommend this book to others readers.

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A good book for children :D

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Love it!!! Once you read this book your life starts!

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I think it is a good book for children aged 8+ and it describes the other story of C. S. Lewis. It is good because of how it tells the story of the Bible.

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This delightful arrival of the Chronicles of Narnia benefits from the seven stories being in their right honest to goodness progression, and moreover from the most prominent, enthralling depictions of Pauline Baynes, who depicts everything from the Elysian otherworldly region of fauns and dryads to the loathsome soul of Tash, with amazing mastery and affectability. I first read this as a pre-adult, and it grabbed my imaginative capability in a way that no other book (with the possible exception of Lord of the Rings) has done since. Quickly, coming back to the place that is known for Narnia over a quarter of a century later, was like a startling chipper get-together with a withdrew buddy. Children will be enchanted with the capers and more create book darlings will like the hid profundities, and likewise neglecting their impairments by being transported again to more fulfilled, more glad days. A truly splendid work that gets into your dreams and never really forsakes you. I brought this series Chronicles of Narnia from Snazal Wholesale Books.

Jonathan from US

I've read the the book and I loved it :)

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I recommend, as it was a lot more informative, and gives a great deal of information about The L, W & W.

Despite parallels often drawn between THE MAGICIAN'S NEPHEW and the Judeo-Christian creation story, this book can be (and in my opinion, should be) enjoyed on its own. A brilliant, magical tale that is very funny in parts--few enough people appreciate Lewis's sense of humor. One other note: This debate goes on, but as a longtime devotee of the Chronicles, I advise reading the books in the order they were written. The discoveries of THE MAGICIAN'S NEPHEW are much more delightful once you've read THE LION, THE WITCH, & THE WARDROBE (as well as the others).

Meg from Ipswich

This is a brilliant back-story, after reading The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe I really wanted to find out how it had all begun. The author does this in a fun way, Aslan is great and Jadis is mean. The magical rings explained how they first got to Narnia. A lovely book.

Jack from My house

I think that it was very good and was good how it was the story of the bible. One of the best books I have read I reccomend it especially to children.

9.6 /10 from 18 reviews

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Review: The Magician’s Nephew

Posted February 20, 2011 by Whitney in Review / 8 Comments

When Digory and Polly are tricked by Digory's peculiar Uncle Andrew into becoming part of an experiment, they set off on the adventure of a lifetime. What happens to the children when they touch Uncle Andrew's magic rings is far beyond anything even the old magician could have imagined. Hurtled into the Wood between the Worlds, the children soon find that they can enter many worlds through the mysterious pools there. In one world they encounter the evil Queen Jadis, who wreaks havoc in the streets of London when she is accidentally brought back with them. When they finally manage to pull her out of London, unintentionally taking along Uncle Andrew and a coachman with his horse, they find themselves in what will come to be known as the land of Narnia.

There has been much debate as to when to read The Magician’s Nephew.  It was the sixth book in the series to be published (1955) but in 1994, Harper Collins took possession and reordered the series chronologically putting The Magician’s Nephew first as a prequel to The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.  Purists, often disagree with the new numbering saying they should be read in the order of publication– as the way the author intended, personally I like reading things in chronological order but either way you cannot deny that Narnia is a magical place.

Now a brief on the principal characters, Digory, who pops up again as a wise old soul Professor Kirke and his friend Polly Plummer are like an old married couple.  Constantly bickering and nagging each other and actually reminded me of Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, two good friends there for each other through thick and thin but fighting along the way.

Did anyone watch the Strawberry Shortcake cartoon in the 80s?  The “evil-doer” was The Purple Pieman who would have liked to have turned Huckleberry Pie actually into a pie.  Anyway, he was tall and gangly and wore a crooked chef’s hat, I kept picturing Uncle Andrew as such.   Uncle Andrew looked (and was) devilish and conniving but when actually faced with danger himself became an old scaredy cat and made a run for the liquor bottle.  Jadis was just pure evil and the contrast between Aslan, who is all that is good and her wickedness was a perfect blend.

Some may say that reading this first takes away some of the mystery in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as you learn of the existence of the wardrobe and lamppost but I disagree, I felt it only gave the reader a better understanding of the world of Narnia and eagerness to move further in the fantasy land.

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8 responses to “ Review: The Magician’s Nephew ”

Thanks so much for hosting this Whitney. I'm having a lovely time. My ramblings on Magician's Nephew are here

I am still working on reading this 🙂 I will leave a link when I have finished but so far it is very good. I don't know what I expected but it is different than that!

I havent done my review yet will try and do it tonight or tomorrow. I have really enjoyed reading this book though.

Ok, here is my review, decided to do it quickly while I remembered. http://brendasmum.blogspot.com/2011/02/magicians-nephew.html

Thank you for hosting this Whitney it is such a fun idea! I'm really enjoying re-visiting all these stories. My review is found at

http://abductedbybooks.blogspot.com/2011/02/abducted-by-magicians-nephew.html

Sorry I don't know how to make that a link like Birdi did:( Also, I really like all the bickering between Digory and Polly too. But my favorite is the Silver Chair and Eustace and Jill bicker constantly!

Publishers have a long history in ignoring the author's intentions. Great review – thanks. Ann

PS…I can't believe I didn't mention last time I commented how much I cackled at the image of Uncle Andrew as the Purple Pieman!

Thanks for the reminder! Thank you for hosting this.

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