Name: Matthew Jackson's review of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Item: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Rating: 2
Author: Matthew Jackson

C.S. Lewis

When this adaptation of C. S. Lewis's classic children's story opened at the RSC Stratford in November 1998, it received rave reviews and broke box office records. Four children are evacuated from London during the Blitz. While exploring the Professor's house, they stumble across the gateway to another world, and the adventure begins. The land of Narnia is under the spell of the wicked White Witch, and the four very quickly find themselves caught up in a deadly struggle between good and evil.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

jana 

“But do you really mean, sir,” said Peter, “that there could be other worlds—all over the place, just round the corner—like that?”

C. S. Lewis

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: A Harper Classic (Chronicles of Narnia)

Sarin Booi

"Once a king or queen in Narnia, always a king or queen."

"Why, sir?" said Lucy. "I think-I don't Why. and a - and C as a ick it. know-but I think I could be brave enough. "That is not the point," he said. "But battles a ugly when women fight."

Wrong will be right, when Aslan comes in sight, At the sound of his roar, sorrows will be no more, When he bares his teeth, winter meets its death, And when he shakes his mane, we shall have spring agan.

"I am sure nobody would mind," said Susan; "it isn't as if we wanted to take them out of the house; we shan't take them even out of the wardrobe."

Daughter of Eve from the far land of Spare Oom where eternal summer reigns around the bright city of War Drobe, how would it be if you came and had tea with me?"

Avarni B

He knows that unless I have blood as the Law says all Narnia will be overturned and perish in fire and water

Edmund simply sank down and lay on his face doing nothing at all and not even caring what was going to happen next provided they would let him lie still.

When Adam's flesh and Adam's bone Sits at Cair Paravel in throne, The evil time will be over and done.

Matthew Jackson

The Magician's Nephew (paper-over-board) (Narnia)

Amna A.

Despite this book being a children's book, it was quite sweet. It felt like being in fourth grade all over again, and it has been a while since I've read something that exhausts your imagination as much as this book.

They open a door and enter a world

NARNIA...the land beyond the wardrobe, the secret country known only to Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy...the place where the adventure begins. Lucy is the first to find the secret of the wardrobe in the professor's mysterious old house. At first, no one believes her when she tells of her adventures in the land of Narnia. But soon Edmund and then Peter and Susan discover the Magic and meet Aslan, the Great Lion, for themselves. In the blink of an eye, their lives are changed forever.
--back cover

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

I loved this book. Quite heart warming. Maybe because I get flashbacks from 4th grade, when we used to reenact the Turkish delight scene over and over again just in order to eat more Turkish delight.

Las Cronicas De Narnia El Caballo Y El Muchacho

Rebeca Keren Nuñez

"El caballo y su muchacho" de C.S. Lewis es una fascinante aventura que te transporta a un mundo mágico lleno de misterios y emociones. Publicada en 1954, esta novela forma parte de la aclamada serie "Las Crónicas de Narnia" y destaca por su narrativa envolvente y su mensaje atemporal.

La historia sigue a Shasta, un joven huérfano que vive una vida humilde en Calormen, un país desértico y hostil. Un día, Shasta descubre que no es quien pensaba ser y que su destino está ligado al misterioso país de Narnia. Junto con el noble caballo parlante Bree, Shasta se embarca en un viaje épico hacia el norte, en busca de libertad y aventuras.

En su viaje, Shasta y Bree se encuentran con personajes inolvidables, como la valiente niña Aravis y su fiel y leal yegua Hwin. Juntos, enfrentan peligros y desafíos mientras luchan contra fuerzas oscuras y descubren su verdadero propósito en el mundo.

Lo que hace que "El caballo y su muchacho" sea tan encantadora es su combinación de acción, fantasía y lecciones de vida profundas. A través de las aventuras de Shasta y sus amigos, C.S. Lewis explora temas universales como el coraje, la amistad y el destino, mientras nos sumerge en un mundo mágico lleno de criaturas fantásticas y lugares exóticos.

Además de su emocionante trama, la novela está escrita con la prosa rica y evocadora característica de Lewis, que te transporta a Narnia y te sumerge en su magia y maravilla. Los personajes están hábilmente desarrollados y su crecimiento a lo largo de la historia es conmovedor y satisfactorio.

En resumen, "El caballo y su muchacho" es una joya de la literatura fantástica que encantará a lectores de todas las edades. Con su mezcla de aventura, fantasía y sabiduría atemporal, esta obra maestra de C.S. Lewis perdurará en la imaginación de los lectores mucho después de que hayan cerrado sus páginas.

The Silver Chair

Sarah Sammis

My husband described The Silver Chair to me as the "book where the Narnia series jumped the shark" and I have to agree. It tries to capture the same sense of adventure and quest that The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and The Voyage of the 'Dawn Treader' have but it falls short in that task. The scenes feel forced, the tone preachy and oft-times patronizing and the dialogue wooden.

Then there is Aslan who reappears and gives a preview of his role in The Last Battle. In The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Aslan is a reluctant martyr. In this book he flaunts his omnipotency and makes thinly veiled threats of things to come to those who do not follow his "signs."

I realize that the Narnia books are Christian fantasy "to make them easily accessible to younger readers" but even as a child attending Sunday school I was put off by Aslan's threats and the narrator's sermons in these later books. Rereading this book now as an adult was a chore and save for a scene or two in the Deep Realm, I didn't enjoy the book.

Vicky  Nuñez 

When I want to remember my childhood The Chronicles of Narnia is one of the first things to come up to my mind. They made my childhood's memories pleasant for the future. And with them my thirst for books began. Every child should this series before reaching adulthood.

El Principe Caspian

monica

sería un 3 o 3.5 pero la ratita se robó mi corazón ❤️‍🩹

Emily Akerman

C. S. Lewis was a British author, lay theologian, and contemporary of J.R.R. Tolkien. Prince Caspian is the second book in The Chronicles of Narnia series of seven books.

Prince Caspian

Hannah DCamp

The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia)

Read 1: 4/25/2022-5/17/2022
Read 2: 4/22/2022-5/22/2022

When I read this the first time around, I wasn't as interested. Eustace was fine, but I didn't know Jill at all (and she's more the main character), and all the Pevensies were gone; Puddleglum reminded me of Gollum in my imagination, which meant I was kind of scared of him; and then they spend a good chunk of time underground in a creepy city with an evil witch lurking around. 

So yeah, I really remember not being a fan of this book.

I am thus SO HEKKIN GLAD that I read this again, holy cats. Even as an adult there was so much for me to take from this story, and Puddleglum is an absolute legend. I think we're actually the same person, which was by turns not a fantastic thing, and very encouraging.

Bethany s. 

Such a perfect & simple allegory. Love it.

A full-color paperback edition of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, book two in the classic fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia. This edition is complete with full-color cover and interior art by the original illustrator, Pauline Baynes.

Four adventurous siblings—Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie—step through a wardrobe door and into the land of Narnia, a land frozen in eternal winter and enslaved by the power of the White Witch. But when almost all hope is lost, the return of the Great Lion, Aslan, signals a great change . . . and a great sacrifice.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is the second book in C. S. Lewis's classic fantasy series, which has been drawing readers of all ages into a magical land with unforgettable characters for over sixty years. This is a stand-alone read, but if you would like to explore more of the Narnian realm, pick up The Horse and His Boy, the third book in The Chronicles of Narnia.
source: https://www.harpercollins.com/9780064409421/the-lion-the-witch-and-the-wardrobe-full-color-edition/

"Once a king or queen of Narnia, always a king or queen of Narnia."
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Listen. Before I start, I would like to point out that it is a very bad idea to shut oneself in a wardrobe.
That being said, who hasn't dreamed about stumbling onto a secret door leading to a fantasy world? It is exciting, and completely out of your element, and you have clearly been designated as the chosen one of this story (which means you cannot die no matter how dumb your decisions are, and you will most likely be crowned one thing or another by the time this adventure comes to a close, bestowing you with an irresponsible amount of power to be exercised upon a land you did not know existed until 3 days ago.) What's not to like?!
With this concept in mind, Chronicles of Narnia offers up a charming fantastical story, starting with a mysterious wardrobe on a rainy day (again, very bad idea to shut yourself in a wardrobe), ending with a grand adventure in a magical land. That is, once you look past the heavy-handed Christianity references (yes, okay, we get it, the lion is Jesus with a flowing mane), and weird little sexist remarks.
But more than anything, please allow me to comment on that ending because... WHAT? 
(view spoiler)[Are you telling me these 4 kids ruled Narnia for decades, became full grown adults, then went back through the wardrobe to be little children again? That is MESSED UP. SO MESSED UP. (hide spoiler)]
Finally, did I mention NOT to lock yourself in a wardrobe? "Don't do it. I cannot be paying the royalties I earn from this book to settle lawsuits." - Probably C.S. Lewis

In the first book of The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis shows us how it all began -- the glorious birth of Narnia at the hand of its unforgettable King. It is followed by six more books that collectively tell the history of a world that has become as real as our own.

The Magician's Nephew

A very sweet beginning to one of my favorite stories! 

It‘s indeed the beginning of everything we will know about Narnia, how it will be found and created and also how one of the biggest villains this world knows will come into it. But also how we humans, the sons of Adam and the daughters of Eve, find this other world during the path of a Forrest so enchanting and filled with many ponds. But we must choose wisely in which waters we will step and move.

The ending and how all will be connected with each other is very touching! 

And I am very excited to read the entire story during the next weeks.

Ann-Sophie

A very sweet beginning to one of my favorite stories! 

It‘s indeed the beginning of everything we will know about Narnia, how it will be found and created and also how one of the biggest villains this world knows will come into it. But also how we humans, the sons of Adam and the daughters of Eve, find this other world during the path of a Forrest so enchanting and filled with many ponds. But we must choose wisely in which waters we will step and move.

The ending and how all will be connected with each other is very touching! 

And I am very excited to read the entire story during the next weeks.




When evil comes to Narnia, Jill and Eustace help fight the great last battle and Aslan leads his people to a glorious new paradise.

The Last Battle

Ayla Hawthorne

** spoiler alert **
           CHRISTIAN FUNDAMENTALISM AT IT'S FINEST
the more i read of these the more i'm like Yikes. "darkies" invading them and also smelling of garlic, the whole thing with talking animals vs savages, tash vs aslan, the scene with the dwarfs 'deluding themselves', susan being banned from narnia or whatever because she wears lipstick now. like what the hell even is that? banning a queen of narnia just to point out that he hates women wearing stockings? 
there has been lots of casual racism throughout all of these books (and blatant sexism ofc but i feel like that's more to be expected, i sort of find it funny like wow everyone's stopping for jill to cry again but she's Very Brave For A Girl) but i've kind of just been brushing it off as unintentional or a sign of the times? but like. come on. even in dawn treader the british empire-esque conquests made me stop and go ?????
the more i think and read about conquests of indigenous peoples and slavery and the language/rhetoric used around this the more it's sort of impossible to ignore that cs lewis is using that same language. in the 50s there's no way those links are unintentional, that's literally the way he views non-christians and women and people of colour. i'm going insane
despite everything the worldbuilding is pretty cool. i do love aslan, or at least the concept of a lion god. and the pevensies and eustace scrubb and caspian and everyone are all probably going to live forever inside my brain as delightful characters who actually exhibit kindness instead of the sort of wooden holier-than-thou attitudes they actually displayed. "morals" my entire ass
i'm quite interested in susan. i mean she's not going to heaven because she's exploring her sexuality etc, right? and her whole family is dead. this is why people read/write fic LOL

For the sake of it being a classic, it's an easy 5 stars. But for what it is at this age, reading a children's story before bed, it gets a 3.5. It's fun to dive into Narnia again, but you can tell it's written for those 20+ years the younger. 

Brandon Eckroth

Four children help Prince Caspian and his army of Talking Beasts to free Narnia from evil.

Annika Arguemore

Liked the movie better than the book. The book was more elaborate but it lacked the oomph the movie had. The movie was more dynamic. I mean, it captured the details that the book didn't have. I'm at a loss here. The book was a fast read, though.

Pauline Baynes

The Chronicles of Narnia

Last Battle

by far the funniest book in the series.. its 20% why i rate it 5/5 lmfao

ayessa

I just love this book! I wish I had read this earlier though. And I surely love and was so touched on the dedication of C.S. Lewis to his god-daughter, Lucy Barfield:

To Lucy Barfield

My dear Lucy,
I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As a result you are already too old for fairy tales, and by the time it is printed and bound you will be older still. But some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again. You can then take it down from some upper shelf, dust it, and tell me what you think of it. I shall probably be too deaf to hear, and too old to understand a word you say but I shall still be
 your affectionate Godfather,
 C.S. Lewis

Journeys to the end of the world, fantastic creatures, and epic battles between good and evil -- what more could any reader ask for in one book? The book that has it all is The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, written in 1949 by Clive Staples Lewis. But Lewis did not stop there. Six more books followed, and together they became known as The Chronicles of Narnia. For the past fifty years, The Chronicles of Narnia have transcended the fantasy genre to become part of the canon of classic literature. Each of the seven books is a masterpiece, drawing the reader into a land where magic meets reality, and the result is a fictional world whose scope has fascinated generations. This edition presents all seven books -- unabridged -- in one impressive volume. The books are presented here according to Lewis' preferred order, each chapter graced with an illustration by the original artist, Pauline Baynes. Deceptively simple and direct, The Chronicles of Narnia continue to captivate fans with adventures, characters, and truths that speak to readers of all ages, even fifty years after they were first published.

The Chronicles of Narnia (adult)

Elizabeth McInerney 

C S Lewis

C. S. (Clive Staples) Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples)

Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 - 22 November 1963) was a British novelist, poet, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian, broadcaster, lecturer, and Christian apologist. He held academic positions at both Oxford University (Magdalen College), 1925-54, and Cambridge University (Magdalene College), 1954-63. He is best known for his fictional work, especially The Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia, and The Space Trilogy, and for his non-fiction Christian apologetics, such as Mere Christianity, Miracles, and The Problem of Pain.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia #1)

No ratings for classics. Such a fun series to start off December :')

(Bre)anne✨

TW to be added later

No ratings for classics. Such a fun series to start off December :')

Prince Caspian (Narnia)

Jaden Nelson

Sweet little story like the previous (audio)book. I liked The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe better than this book, but still good nonetheless. Looking forward to listening to next book.

C. S. Lewis was a British author, lay theologian, and contemporary of J.R.R. Tolkien. The Horse and His Boy is the fifth book in The Chronicles of Narnia series of seven books.

The Horse and His Boy

Yes dawgie. Another great Narbia book. There were definitely some great ideas in the plot and I liked how they played out. Some things were a little predictable, but hey-I was entertained and that’s what counts. Until next time, FOH NAW-NEE-UH

David Wiesner

SUCH a good way to tie everything together even though parts of the ending shook me. I will always remember these books with fond memories, particularly this one which never ceased to be entertaining.

I have seen the movie, but never read any of these books, so I thought they would be good choices for audiobooks. It was a fun little story that succeeded in transporting me into another world and kept me listening even after I was done cooking (when I usually listen to audiobooks). It was hard to pick a star rating, but I’ll stick with this for now. I am excited to read(listen to) the rest of the series. I would recommend this as a fun read to vary your reading style.

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