Well, this has been an adventure. I'll make a confession that I'm reading
adventures in Narnia for the first time in my retirement. I've read some
parts over the years, but not whole books. I ordered the boxed set of
paperbacks and started. Not in the precise numbered order as I started with
LWW which is Book 2 in the set. The Magician's Nephew is Book 1.
I wanted to read LWW first as those who first read The Chronicles of Narnia
would have, of course, started with that first book. And I must say, having
been drawn completely into the adventure and become a familiar of the world
of Narnia, it was wonderful to read MN second to discover while reading,
Wow! _That's_ how such and such came to be.
What an adventure! And how richly wonderful these books are. Simply
astounding how well they stand up to time's test. I'm not telling most what
you already have discovered, but the language is gorgeously rich, the
descriptions making crystal clear pictures in your mind. Though Pauline
Baynes illustrations are wonderful, they are more a confirmation of what one
has seen in word.
I love how the narrator, without talking down to the reader, explains things
along the way, gently offering a kind, sympathetic person to the reader- one
who understands the things that young people undergo with their friends,
their schools and teachers, and generally life's many trials.
And the adventures are more artfully done than in The Lord of the Rings.
There are not pages or going up hills and down valleys. One doesn't lose
the story in the trees, stp. And of blood and guts battle there is not
much. And note, the girls see Aslan first and bring his message to the
others.
Having read CSL's theological works, the Christian meanings are so strong in
the Chronicles. However, I would imagine people who know very little about
Christianity would be thinking all along, So _that's_ how it works!
You can see I'm just verklemped over the Chronicles this morning.
Blessings,
Ann
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