In what order should I read Narnia?

Hi Ho Silver (or somebody else of the same name) wrote in message
<gevgc.13680$zj3.12390@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net> thusly:

 > Opinions vary as to which order is 'best' ; I prefer the order in which
 > they were written, but have read them in the chronological order also, and
 > either works for me.
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 > "Thomas Traini" <traini.RemoveThis@wideopenwest.com> wrote in message
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  >> I've never read any of the books in the Chronicles of Narnia series.
 > Should
  >> I read them in chronological order or in publication order?
  >>
  >> Thanks for your advice!
  >> Tom
  >>
  >>

The time order of the books is not really chronological. Example: the action
of "The Horse and his Boy" takes place during the Narnian adulthood of
Susan and the others and therefore fits into the final few paragraphs of
LW&W.

Leave "The Magician's Nephew" until you have read a few of the others. To
me, MN is a rather lesser effort than the others, a rather clumsy prequel
to attempt to set the scene.

Incidentally, note that in LW&W, the title characters are introduced into
the story in the opposite order to which they are named in the title. Any
significance to this?
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Prai Jei <pvstownsend DeleteThis @zyx-abc.fsnet.co.uk> writes:

 > Incidentally, note that in LW&W, the title characters are introduced into
 > the story in the opposite order to which they are named in the title. Any
 > significance to this?

Yes. I was right, all along. You should read the books backwards.

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On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 23:41:40 -0400, "Thomas Traini"
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 >Should
 >I read them in chronological order or in publication order?

For your first reading, I strongly recommend following the order of
publication. To explain why, I would have to include spoilers, so just
trust me on this.

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Christian Rendel <christian RemoveThis @rendel.net> writes:

 > For your first reading, I strongly recommend following the order of
 > publication. To explain why, I would have to include spoilers,

Not really. It's enough to mention that this is the way to avoid the
spoilers that are actually in the books.

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Em Sun, 18 Apr 2004 19:25:14 +0000, Prai Jei escreveu:

 > in LW&W, the title characters are introduced into
 > the story in the opposite order to which they are named in the title. Any
 > significance to this?

  In the story, characters are introduced from the minor to the greater.

  In the title, from the greater to the minor.


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