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   From: hayesmstw@hotmail.com   
      
   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.   
      
      
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