As they sail farther and farther from charted waters, they discover that their quest is more than they imagined and that the world’s end is only the beginning.
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The series was not planned beforehand as she thinks. I think I agree with your order for reading the books more than with your mother’s. Lewis’s reply to a letter from an American reading who was having an argument with his mother on the subject: Those advocating of a chronological order use C.S. When first published, the books were not numbered. Both are set earlier in the story of Narnia, but published after, making them some sort of prequel. There is some issue around the placement of The Magician’s Nephew and The Horse and His Boy in the series.
#THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA FULL#
Set in the fictional realm of Narnia, the series narrates the adventures of various children who play central roles in the unfolding history of that world full of magic, mythical beasts, and talking animals. That said, let’s try at least two propositions: What are the Chronicles of Narnia?īritish classics of children’s literature, The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven high fantasy novels written by C.S. If fact, finding an order that pleases everybody is near impossible. Seriously, these stories are still really influential and there were not even published in a chronological order.
You know, the one with the magic world that inspired Fillory in Lev Grossman’s The Magicians (no reading order needed for this one!). Last Updated 4 months ago.Long before the Harry Potter series became the books children read, there were The Chronicles of Narnia.