Be divine waters. In this little book, C. Lewis talks about the origins of Narnia, how it was made and how it happened that humans got to visit it. It felt so sweet and rewarding to read the whole series wondering about this mystery, getting to know and love all the characters, and then reading this one and finally had the mystery unveiled.
Anyone who would read this series in chronological order would spoil the best part of it! In fact this is by far my absolute favourite book in the series. This book made me laugh, smile, and moved me to tears.
Aslan in this one is just amazing, his words by the pen of C. Lewis are pure poetry; and the characters are much more likable than our four siblings. I really cannot find any flaw in this volume. If I was ever to unhaul this series which I don't think will ever happen , and I was to keep only one book, it would be this one.
I don't think these books are the best I ever read - in fact it is not a secret that some Narnia books were not exactly of my liking - but this one in particular will definitely be one of my favourite books of View all 8 comments.
Oh gosh, how many years must it be since I last read this book, 30? A true joy to read, that is how writing should be. Probably one of the lesser known Narnia books but the start of the series none the less and our first introduction to Aslan, and a delight to read.
I had no intention of starting this series this year or even anytime soon, but I saw the boxed set on the shelf Oh gosh, how many years must it be since I last read this book, 30? I had no intention of starting this series this year or even anytime soon, but I saw the boxed set on the shelf and thought why not. What a great decision that was. View all 10 comments.
This is one of those books that make you feel good on a bad day. It just puts a smile on your face, whether you read it for the first time as an adult or you relive some of the moments of you childhood through it. And no, I am not that old, even if here I sound like I am ancient hahaha :. View 1 comment. I have owned this beautiful set of illustrated hardback editions of these books since childhood and am only now getting around to reading them.
After reading this spellbinding first installment I am so mad at myself that I have missed out on entering this world for so long. I decided to begin reading this series in chronological rather than publication order as per the numbers on my books and I am so glad I did. This brilliantly sets up the rest of the series without giving any spoilers of what I have owned this beautiful set of illustrated hardback editions of these books since childhood and am only now getting around to reading them.
This brilliantly sets up the rest of the series without giving any spoilers of what is to come. The particulars of the plot for The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe are well known to me, as I have seen the movie adaptation numerous times, and it made reading this so special and exciting as facets from the second book were incorporated into the first.
Regardless of the order, this is one series I believe has universal appeal, regardless of age, and is one that everyone must read at some point in their lifetime! View all 3 comments. I hadn't been to Narnia in 11 years, and I wanted to take my daughters there for the very first time this summer, so I called my son my Narnia expert and asked him if I could skip The Magician's Nephew this time around, when I read it to his sisters.
My son was an only child for 12 years, before the Disney princesses, Pocahontas and Jasmine, arrived , and I read to him, every night, religiously, for an hour, including C. Lewis's Narnia collection. He's in college now, and he's a very respec I hadn't been to Narnia in 11 years, and I wanted to take my daughters there for the very first time this summer, so I called my son my Narnia expert and asked him if I could skip The Magician's Nephew this time around, when I read it to his sisters.
It's so much more exciting! I was still hesitant, even as I started to read it to my daughters, but within just a few pages, I remembered why it's important not to skip it.
I could intuitively sense, within the first few chapters, that this book influenced not only J. Tolkien, but Robert Jordan and J. Rowling, as well. I could feel it, I could feel the connection between their writings and this work.
And I was reminded of how Polly and Digory couldn't help but wonder about Rowling's Cedric Diggory here are allowed to witness the birth of a world, along with Digory's reluctant uncle, the cockney Cabby and his horse, Strawberry. This was, for me, the most stunning part of the story, and C. Lewis does a beautiful job of capturing both the grandeur and awe of Creation here.
If you had seen and heard it, as Digory did, you would have felt quite certain that it was the stars themselves which were singing, and that it was the First Voice, the deep one, which had made them appear and made them sing. Well, all of us except Jadis. I startled my daughters, twice, while imitating her speech.
And Aslan. Does Aslan ever get old? I'll call my son and confirm that he was correct. Yes, you've got to read this one first. View all 28 comments. Shelves: books , classics. Despite the fact that The Magicians Nephew is the first book in the Chronicles of Narnia, strangely, it is frequently overlooked.
People skip straight ahead to The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, and then, at a later date come back to this book.
Personally, I like this book just as well as any others in the series. I love to see how everything got started, the lamp post, the wardrobe, the White Witch. Not to mention the beautiful allegory of Creation. The Magician's Nephew also has good morals Despite the fact that The Magicians Nephew is the first book in the Chronicles of Narnia, strangely, it is frequently overlooked.
The Magician's Nephew also has good morals, and I really appriciate that. I would recommend this book to anyone, boy or girl, old or young. I haven't read any of the Chronicles of Narnia in six years, and now have very little opinion on the debate of what order to read these good books in. My previous opinion was based on my long-lived, chronological order reading preference. I liked to see things in a linear sequence.
View all 19 comments. I read the C. Lewis books when I was a child. I read one of the books in French, never knowing where to reach for its lost to me siblings.
Now that I've reread this book, I feel that reading was worth the weeds for flowers like this. It's often funny how the expensive e-books are the ones that prove costly and the classics, true to their reputation.
Beyond the Christian mythos in this particular book, I loved most when the boy, the girl, and the flying horse spoke the same words together. Read a I read the C. Read at your own leisure and to your own satisfaction. View all 4 comments. It used to frighten me. It was different from the other Narnia books. But there were parts of it I liked very much and I tolerated the rest of it because it is, after all, Narnia.
Then I read it again at the beginning of and enjoyed it in a way I had never been able to before. The mood is very dreamy and rich "as rich as plum cake" and I was pulled irretrievably in.
It is a little darker than the other Narnia books, but it still has the old sweet scent of Narnia - but a wilder, tangier scent - it feels different from all the other Narnia books. Something magical might be sparkling beyond the greyness if only we look hard enough — or climb into the right attic. The setting of Charn, a dead and empty city, has a post-apocalyptic tone. The flame will burn him, but he HAS to touch it to make sure. Digory has an inherently curious and busy mind and needs to test and question everything around him.
Naturally, in the form of a little boy who hasn't learned a lot of restraint yet, that will lead to complications. He has an ego that sometimes comes with being academic, and is very much afraid of looking foolish and often does foolish things to preserve his dignity.
And yet, there is a sweetness to Digory, a depth of grief that is missing in the other young heroes of The Chronicles of Narnia. The arc between him and his mother is raw, beautiful, and heartbreaking. We rarely get to see filial love in The Chronicles of Narnia , and it was so precious to witness. I also noticed that, as a Victorian boy, Digory was the most gentlemanly of the English boys - always helping Polly in and out of things or up onto things.
In some ways, he is the weakest of all the English boys in Narnia, but in other ways, he is the strongest, and shares an unusual connection with Aslan, for it only they that truly understand sorrow.
Polly: Also vastly different from any other English girls in the Chronicles of Narnia. Far less emotional than other Narnia heroines, Polly has an immensely strong will and a strong personality — she goes toe-to-toe with Digory without flinching and sometimes wins.
Polly can be curious about small things, but when it comes to the big picture, she opts for safety and practicality, she is perhaps one of the most practical characters in Narnia but she is not a whiner about it. But even though she wants to go back to London after entering the Wood between the Worlds, she doesn't whine about it as Susan Pevensie did when she wanted to run home through the wardrobe. Polly can be afraid but she doesn't let it control her.
There's a good, old-fashioned stouthearted Victorian quality to Polly. You can easily see how this young girl growing into the independent character of Last Battle who is a perfectly happy, single woman. Polly and Digory are a far more clinical, studier lot than the children that come after them. They act older and far more self-reliant, as opposed to the more child-like Pevensies. They are far more polite than the liberalized, bad-mannered Pole and Scrubb, nor are they complainers, but put their heads down and do what has to be done.
I loved how Lewis showed a very subtle and brilliantly done culture shift through his three sets of British children, and as far as their general tone, Polly and Digs might be my very favorite, because of their no-nonsense, mini-adult charm. Frank: He might be a cab driver, but he is a true King. You rather get the feeling from other authors Tolkien does come to mind again that no mere common citizen could ever become King.
Frank might seem simple, but we see a core of faithfulness and goodness — a Goodness that contagious, and a Steady Heart is as irresistible as a warm fire on a cold night. From the very moment we are introduced to him, we see a kindness under the rough edges. The moment our heroes are plunged into emptiness, it is Frank who keeps everyone calm and advises that they sing a hymn and we know that here is a man who is not only spiritual, but knows where to turn during disaster — and that is what makes him great.
Lewis shows that kings and queens are just ordinary people. We also, are just ordinary people, and yet God will make His ordinary children rulers.
The Talking Animals: Oh these darling, darling animals! I cannot express enough love for these creatures.
Very few authors can accurately portray true innocence — but Lewis can. I rejoiced in the boundless and joyful innocence of these dear animals. These, sturdy, good-hearted and thoroughly British animals, blessed with Life by the Lion and romping for the sheer joy of it. Lewis used his talking animals to show that there is nobility in servitude and submission, and beauty in the unclutteredness of a simple spirit.
I adored every one of these thoughtful and humorous creatures so much. But I must give special mention of Fledge, who, unlike the other animals, started out as a very ordinary, dull beast and was given new, magnificent life by Aslan while still retaining that sturdy personality. The only Pegasus ever mentioned or at least dwelt on by Lewis, Fledge is definitely a wonderful character.
Aunt Letty: I had to mention her. I love that there is nothing pathetic about Aunt Letty. She's a spinster shouldering the full responsibility of a child, a good-for-nothing, and an invalid, but despite what some people would call being "beset on all sides" there is nothing self-pitying about Aunt Letty. She is sturdy, steady, no-nonsense, and "holds the line" with admirable elan. Aunt Letty, in all her brevity, is nothing short of a delight.
Speaking of Aunt Letty requires me to mention all of the other tiny characters sprinkled throughout this book - the bobby with a small pencil, the singularly saucy crowd mocking Jadis, the maid who enjoys all the carnage and spectacle, and even the poor, dear guinea pig. Lewis is a meticulous and thoughtful author who doesn't overlook a single character - and gives a happy ending even to guinea pigs. Uncle Andrew: Uncle Andrew: I think all authors could benefit from studying this character.
Most writers style their villains off of Jadis - evil arch villains. Uncle Andrew is a human villain, and as such more unique, more humorous, more pathetic. He is enamored with the idea of his quest, with the idea of being a benefactor and a genius — and, naturally, he is nothing of the kind.
Andrew is the dangerous and pathetic character of a man trapped in the refuse of their own shallowness and spiraling rapidly down the drain of self-destruction. But even those he is despicable, Lewis portrays him with a kind of pitying tone, as indeed, we pity all those who stand against the True King. Jadis: I am so tired of the villains in fantasy—they are always painted so lavishly, their darkness is so awful.
The fear they invoke seems unavoidable, their cruelty undefeatable. Here at last, at last, is Evil as portrayed as it truly is—fleeing before Light. There is a feeble act of defiance and rebellion here and there, but it is always skulking in the shadows, but when the Lion approaches, Evil shrieks and flees. One of the reason I grow frustrated with Tolkien and so many other fantasy authors; evil is given too much respect, too much power, too much dignity, and those attributes should never be attributed to evil.
Evil may be powerful, but it is not all-powerful. Satan has what he truly wanted—enmity with God—and in having what he wants, he is forever doomed to despair, fury and Hell, and we see that picture painted so clearly with Jadis, as she bites into the apple from the garden, gaining what she desires - and still finds nothing but defeat.
Truth upon truth, as Digory and Polly come to understand the villains, themselves, and Aslan better and better — they are less afraid of Jadis. They are wary of what damage or complications she might inflict, but fear no longer controls them — THEY control each encounter with her.
They fully understand that they have the power to escape her tricks and attacks — and if they cannot, their trust lies in a far greater Person than Jadis. Aslan is more powerful than Jadis and is it Aslan that will save them. Aslan: Which brings me to Him. All Narnia stories are always, ultimately, about Aslan. Always, always — it is about Aslan. Every other character, every scene, is merely dough for the filling, skin and ligaments surrounding the Heart—a beautiful, sacred Heart that beats with unending Love.
In every book, Aslan grows bigger as I grow older. In every book, we see a new side of Aslan, with every re-reading. That glorious lion, singing the song I love best of all, the song of life.
And yet, we see a foreshadowing to His ultimate sacrifice. Even surrounded by New Life, there is a moment of grief between Digory and Aslan — but when the grief is shared and put into perspective, there is beauty in it, and it belongs. There is a prostration here before Aslan that, I think, is a tad stronger than the other books, for this is where the tone is set for the rest of the series. Aslan is merely the reflection of the One I love — but what a beautifully and humbly crafted reflection.
Fiction nowadays will show us anything but this. Fiction is glutted with characters trying to do things their way, railing against God, making deals with God, ignoring God.
But here at last, in Aslan, we get a portrayal of God that will not be ignored. Here, in these young children flailing in their reasoning, doing the unthinkable in modern fiction — humbling themselves before the Divine. There is also incredibly moving themes about pain in this story.
Digory bears a heavy weight of loss. I connected incredibly with Digory during this reading and his quest to be free of the hurt he holds.
As if we are the only ones carrying pain! Until we give it to Aslan. At first, Digory struggles to find solutions with his own power and strength and inevitably falls into sin and is pressed even deeper into the pit under the force of failure.
We cannot make deals with God—to do so is not only the height of disrespect, but shows how little we know Him. One does not bargain with a King. And finally, at the end, Digory sees the truth of that. The scene where Digory asks Aslan if he will heal his mother brought tears to my eyes. Surrounded by excitement, joy and newness, and yet Digory feels slightly removed because of the burden he carries. The new life is around him, he has been obedient, but the life and joy has not yet entered his heart.
Until he finally learns to stop asking. Your journey is my journey too: I understand it intimately. It is when we stop trying to force the King to our will, that we find His hand is open, reaching out to us, and full of miracles.
In the end as Digory cuts down the magic tree and builds a wardrobe we are filled with promise. Like a balloon billowing with a burst of air, we are filled up and caught up into a limitless sky. View all 40 comments.
One day in London, two children, Polly and Digory, meet, and they accidently encounter Uncle Andrew who sends them on an incredible adventure. The children find themselves in new worlds and meeting new world leaders. On their quest, they have to make many difficult choices and to whom they are going to listen. Get ready for a magically delicious journey! Should have read this book years ago! It was wonderful in so many ways. First, the magic. One of my biggest pet peeves with fantasy is that I am One day in London, two children, Polly and Digory, meet, and they accidently encounter Uncle Andrew who sends them on an incredible adventure.
One of my biggest pet peeves with fantasy is that I am not a visual person so I can't envision what the author is describing. Never fear! First, this book was more realistic fantasy so you didn't have to imagine all sorts of new inventions.
Second, the book had illustrations. The book was appropriate for children, but I also enjoyed it as an adult. The book had me laughing quite a few times. It also has some deeper meanings and provides some very good food for thought. In terms of pacing, the first couple of chapters were a bit slow; however, the rest of the book was very action packed.
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