The Magician's Nephew is a fantasy children's novel by C. S. Lewis, published in 1955 by The Bodley Head. It is the sixth published of seven novels in The Chronicles of Narnia (1950–1956). In recent editions, which sequence the books according to Narnia history, it is volume one of the …
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The Magician's Nephew is a fantasy children's novel by C. S. Lewis, published in 1955 by The Bodley Head. It is the sixth published of seven novels in The Chronicles of Narnia (1950–1956). In recent editions, which sequence the books according to Narnia history, it is volume one of the series. Like the others, it was illustrated by Pauline Baynes whose work has been retained in many later editions. The Bodley Head was a new publisher for The Chronicles, a change from Geoffrey Bles who had published the previous five novels.The Magician's Nephew is a prequel to the series. The middle third of the novel features the creation of the Narnia world by Aslan the lion, centred on a section of a lamp-post brought by accidental observers from London in 1900. The visitors then participate in the beginning of Narnia history, 1000 years before The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (which inaugurated the series in 1950). The frame story, set in England, features two children ensnared in experimental travel via "the wood between the worlds". Thus, the novel shows Narnia and our middle-aged world to be only two of many in a multiverse, which changes as some worlds begin and others end. It also explains the origin of foreign elements in Narnia, not only the lamp-post but also the White Witch and a human king and queen. Lewis began The Magician's Nephew soon after completing The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, spurred by a friend's question about the lamp-post in the middle of nowhere, but he needed more than five years to complete it. The story includes several autobiographical elements and explores a number of themes with general moral and Christian implications, including atonement, original sin, temptation and the order of nature.
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- LibraryThing key:
- 1586826
- Goodreads:
- 3105824
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The Magician's Nephew ( " The Chronicles of Narnia " )
Published March 16, 2007 by HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-00-725296-1Copied ISBN!
Las Cronicas De Narnia
Turtleback
Spanish language
Published Feb. 4, 2002 by Demco Media.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-606-22692-9Copied ISBN!
The Magician's Nephew
audio cd
Published May 1, 2015 by Tyndale Entertainment.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-62405-362-7Copied ISBN!
The MAGICIANS NEPHEW
167 pages
English language
Published Oct. 1, 1969 by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-02-758360-1Copied ISBN!
The Magician's Nephew
Paperback
English language
Published April 4, 1955 by unknown.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-590-40600-0Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 319729754
The Magician's Nephew
English language
Published Dec. 20, 1971
- ISBN:
- 978-0-02-044230-1Copied ISBN!
The Magician's Nephew
English language
Published Dec. 20, 1970
- ISBN:
- 978-0-14-030192-2Copied ISBN!
Magician's Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia (HarperCollins Paperback))
English language
Published July 4, 1994 by Tandem Library.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-613-93014-7Copied ISBN!
The Magician's Nephew (The Chronicles of Narnia)
library binding, 202 pages
Published Jan. 1, 2007 by Fitzgerald Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-4242-0452-6Copied ISBN!
Magician's Nephew (Radio Theatre)
Audio CD
English language
Published Sept. 1, 1999 by Focus on the Family Publishing.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-56179-702-8Copied ISBN!
Taikurin sisarenpoika : Narnia-sarjan kuudes kirja
Finnish language
Published July 15, 1998
- ISBN:
- 978-951-1-15714-4Copied ISBN!
El Sobrino del Mago
Paperback
Spanish language
Published June 4, 2001 by Andres Bello.
- ISBN:
- 978-956-13-0830-5Copied ISBN!
Magicians Nephew Cassette H
Hardcover
Published Oct. 1, 1991 by HarperCollins Audio.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-00-101620-0Copied ISBN!
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