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The Chronicles of Narnia
by: C. S. Lewis

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780007116768
ISBN: 0007116764
Label: Collins
Manufacturer: Collins
Publication Date: May 08, 2001
Publisher: Collins
Studio: Collins
Sales Rank: 31896

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Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- keep it simple
It is a number of years ago since I picked these books up and find myself coming back to review them now following a request from a fellow friend and writer to review his own children's fantasy book.

Having grown up with the BBCs mechanical lion I was so very eager to know the beginning, (though yes Tolkien did do better his Silmarillion but then this is not a book most adults are going to give their children).

I found the chronicles easy going and very rewarding, right up to the penultimate. This delight was clearly born out of the Lewis' unquestionable talent. Unfortunately, this talent I later discovered to be the downfall by the final book of the chronicles, an anti-climax. For this truly, madly (madly?), deeply ... Read More:

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- Childhood revisted.
My father used to read me the chronicals of narnia when i was about 5. I'd put the stories, however to the back of my mind, like most of us do when we leave our childhood behind. Then a couple of years ago when the lion, the witch and the wardrobe film was released, it set off thinking about those times, years ago. This year, with prince caspian due to arrive in the next week or so, i happened to mention to my girlfriend, sort of 'jokingly' that it might be fun to re-read the books again. Anyway, i turned 28 last week and was quite suprised to open the complete chronicals of narnia box set, my girlfriend had bought from amazon. At first i was hessitant to pick up the magicians nephew. I had so loved the stories when i was a kid of 5 and the anticipation ... Read More:

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- Having read the Narnia books when I was about eight
I am now re-reading them with my seven year old, who is an ardent Harry Potter fan. He is just as thrilled with the stories as I was and enjoys the themes common to the Potter books of magic, boarding schools and goblins. We also enjoy spotting the biblical references and discussing the finer points of time travel!
Each book individually and all of them collectively are very well constructed and plot lines continue throughout. Again, for a younger reader it is stimulating to try to anticipate where the story may be going as it interweaves references from other books in the series and other points in the history of Narnia. Like any good book or series of its kind, the Narnia Chronicles completely immerse the reader in a parallel universe and this alone ... Read More:

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- A fantasy that you should pass along the family
I read "the lion, the witch and the wardrobe" when I was little, I never knew there was a series of the stories thou, so when I found out I was very excited about it - however, some of the books are really dull (probably because I'm no longer a child)... My favourite being "Prince Caspian", "The Voyage of The Dawn Treader" and of coz "The lion, The witch and the wardrobe" - they are even good for adults. So read this, and read it to your children, and they should read to their children as well...

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- Read it!
If you haven't read this serious, you don't know what you're missing. Its a great experience. A magical journey in C.S. Lewis incredible imagination. Haven't yet heard a dissapointed reader, and I don't think I ever will.

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