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   From: pvstownsend@zyx-abc.fsnet.co.uk   
      
   Steve Hayes (or somebody else of the same name) wrote thusly in message   
   <3rtrb3ds4f9aibmf34bjookvknqolkr342@4ax.com>:   
      
   > Incidentally, on the page opposit the title page there is a list of all   
   > the books in the series, which says:   
   >   
   > "All seven storties of Narnia are published in Puffins, and the correct   
   > reading order is:   
   >   
   > The lion, the witch and the wardrobe   
   > Prince Caspian   
   > The voyage of the Dawn Treader   
   > The silver chair   
   > The horse and his boy   
   > The magician's nephew   
   > The last battle."   
      
   Chronologically MN should stand first before LW&W, but I would agree with   
   its place in the above list. It has always struck me as a lesser effort, a   
   clumsy way to "explain" the whole Narnia thing to an adult who had read   
   LW&W was a child and had then just taken the scenario for granted, but who   
   now wants answers.   
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