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From: atj@blueyonder.co.uk
Steve Hayes wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Apr 2006 10:23:17 +0100, JF
> wrote:
>
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>> In message , Steve Hayes
>> writes
>>
>>> I suggest, if you read the Narnia stories, that you start with "The
>>> lion, the witch and the wardrobe", and go on reading them in
>>> publication order,
>>
>> That is stupid advice! Read Jack Lewis's opening paragraphs in 'The
>> Magician's Nephew' as to why it's important to read it first!
>>
>> Taking your advice, reading the LWW first, means that the wardrobe
>> exists before its made from the wood of a tree from Narnia!
>
> I quote the opening paragraph"
>
> "This is a story about something that happened long ago when your
> grandfather was a child. It is a very important story because it
> shows how all the comings and goings between our world and the land
> of Narnia first began."
>
> It assumes that the reader *already* knows about "all the comings and
> goings between our world and the land of Narnia", and sets out to
> explain the origin of a phenomenon already familiar to the reader.
From the Harper Collins website: "This [hardback]edition presents all seven
books unabridged in one impressive volume. The books are presented here
according to Lewis's preferred order, each chapter graced with an
illustration byt the original artist, Pauline Baynes." Unfortunately it
doesn't say what that "preferred order" is, but I will see whether the local
Ottakars has a copy. At 25GBP it seems a good buy - cheaper than buying the
seven paperbacks. The illustrations were originally line drawings, but
Baynes later coloured them in (for a Folio Society boxed edition, IIRC). I
suppose the new(ish) Harper Collins volume reproduces the coloured
illustrations.
Alan Jones
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