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Summary: The Chronicles of Gold
Review: A book that can keep you to the end just enough to bring you to the next one. From the Magicians Nephew to Last Battle you will wish it went on forever. These books promise you a full adventure in one itself and the rest alltogether. I have read all of them and no doubt, when you start, you will too. C.S. Lewis has brought you love that can brake hate in moments and no less joy over sorrow. Captured in story and detail understandable for children to adults and beyond.
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Summary: The Lion, the Witch, & the Wardrobe
Review: The Lion, the Witch, & the Wardrobe
By C.S Lewis The classic book from the chronicles of Narnia, "The Lion, the Witch, & the Wardrobe", is a great fairy-tale story. The four children: Peter, Susan, Edmond, and Lucy, are playing hide-and-go seek on a rainy day. But Lucy the explorer goes into a quiet empty room, and finds a mysterious wardrobe. So she opens the wardrobe, and there are many heavy trench coats that are filled with dust. She creeps behind the coats and finds herself shivering, so she puts on one of the coats. She slowly turns around and see, snow, trees, and a trail leading to a large and rather weird looking pole-light. She begins to walk towards the light. She spots a very weird looking man, who is half-man, half-goat. So they begin to start talking, and he kind enough to invite her to his house. So they have a cup of tea while the faun tells Lucy where she is at. Lucy begins to get a bit confused from the whole thing. Then the faun shows Lucy the mean White witch's Dreadful castle, and explains that she is really bad. So Lucy goes back and tells her brother's and sister's about Narnia and they do not believe her so Peter goes along by himself into the wardrobe. Then who knows what else is in store for them. So Edmund goes through the journey in the wardrobe. But there is a problem the wardrobe door does not work. So Edmund gives Lucy some grief for it not working. So he waits for while and tries again, but this time it does happen to work. So he begins to walk through the trail, and then Edmund runs into the White witch, and she asks him if he is a human, and he says yes. So the witch told him that if she came and is her king when she is gone she would give him Turkish-delight for life. So of course he agrees to it, and takes him to her castle. In the meantime the other 3 come through and run into the beavers, very nice couple of people. So they take them into there warm household, and begin to talk. But after a while somehow they realize the witch's servant, "the wolves" are coming after them. So then they bundle up and evacuate the house. What will happen next? It looks like you better read the book, and read it quick, before it runs out of stock, who knows what will happen next.
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Summary: A Great Fantasy
Review: I read this series in grade school. It was my favorite fantasy world until I read about Middle-earth. I think the fantasy realm of Narnia is a great series for younger kids. This is a great series to sit down and read to your kids or younger siblings. This series is a great buy. I give it 5 out of 5 stars.
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Summary: Welcome to Narnia
Review: If you've read "Lord of the Rings," then reading C.S. Lewis's Narnia Chronicles is a must. A close pal of J.R.R. Tolkien's and a fellow "Inkling," Lewis was one of the first widely-read fantasy writers, and his books are still widely read and enjoyed by children and adults alike. "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe" opens as four children (Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter) are being shipped to the English countryside at the beginning of World War II. While exploring and playing in the vast house where they are staying, Lucy accidently ventures into a winter-locked world called Narnia, which is ruled over by the evil White Witch. The king Aslan is about to return -- but the Witch quickly gets a hold on Edmund. "Prince Caspian" takes place long after the events of "Lion" (though in our world, only a short time has passed). Young Prince Caspian escapes his uncle's castle when his life is threatened, and he finds refuge with the hidden races of Narnia -- dwarves, talking animals, dryads, centaurs and many others. And to help Caspian regain the throne, the two kings and two queens of Narnia are called back... "Voyage of the Dawn Treader" begins when Edmund, Lucy and their obnoxious cousin Eustace are sucked through a painting into Narnia, where their pal Caspian is now king of Narnia (and an adult to boot). Caspian is heading toward the end of the world to find several knights who were banished, and vanished into the perilous islands along the sea. "The Silver Chair" heads into slightly darker territory when Eustace returns to boarding school. He and outcast girl Jill Pole are drawn into Narnia, where Jill must perform a task to redeem herself for a stupid act. She must find the dying Caspian's son Rilian, who vanished many years before. The search will send the two children across Narnia with the pessimistic Puddleglum, to carnivorous Giants, creepy underground creatures, and an enemy worse than they could have imagined... "Horse and His Boy" shoots back in time to the middle of "Lion." Shasta lives with the man he thinks to be his father in a hovel by the sea, but when a Calormene warrior purchases him, he escapes with the man's talking horse, Bree. He meets the escaping noblewoman Aravis (who also has a talking horse), and the two are planning to escape to Narnia and freedom. But in the capital city, there is a conspiracy brewing against the visiting Narnian kings and queens... "Magician's Nephew" clears up many of the questions about Narnia, Aslan and the White Witch. Digory and Polly end up in very serious trouble when they encounter Digory's weird, slightly nutty uncle, a magician who has created magical rings that send the user to other worlds. The two kids end up in the "wood between the worlds," and venture into a dying land where they set loose the evil Queen Jadis -- who follows them to the newborn world of Narnia. "The Last Battle" is definitely the end of the series, where Narnia decays slowly into the final battle between good and evil. Humans are destroying the trees and killing the dryads, and a false Aslan is appearing to mislead the inhabitants of Narnia. Old and new friends will band together as the true Aslan prepares to lead them to a new land. If you don't like allegory (religious or otherwise), then steer clear of the Chronicles. While Lewis's beliefs are presented in a more complicated and subtle manner in his other fictional works, here the parallels to basic Christian beliefs are quite evident. But if you can get past the slightly ham-handed treatment, it's a fantastic read. Lewis reshapes typical mythical elements like dwarves, nymphs, talking animals, centaurs and wicked witches into shape in his invented world. And Narnia is an inviting place -- it isn't always fun or pleasant, but there is always the feeling that the good guys will ultimately come out on top. Charmingly written and full of endearing, entertaining characters, the classic Narnia books are a must-read for any fantasy reader.
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Summary: Great Books, Although They Should Have Left The Order Alone
Review: I remember reading these books when I was younger, and I loved them. So, I decided to order this box set to replace them, since they have long since fallen apart from reading over and over again. I happen to agree with other reviewers that they should have left them in their proper order instead of putting them in chronological order. But I do not think that alone warrants giving a poor rating to this box set, since it is still one of the best sagas ever written. If you want to read them in the right order (the original order which these books were released/ numbered) you can still do so, and for those of you who are unfamiliar with it: 1) The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, 2) Prince Caspian, 3) The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, 4) The Silver Chair, 5) The Horse and His Boy, 6) The Magician's Nephew, and 7) The Last Battle. If you would like to read them in chronological order all you have to do is read them in the order they are presented in this box set, but I do not recommend doing this as I feel it would cause the story to lose it's purpose.
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Summary: Only one complaint...
Review: This is the first fantasy - the first real novels - that I ever read. (The second, for the record, was Ursula K. LeGuin's The Left Hand of Darkness). They are still among my favorite books and they started me on a long life of reading and imagination. I have only one complaint, and I know it's a picky one. The current printings have rearranged the order of books to put them in chronological order, not in the order they were originally written, published, and boxed together. Somehow, I just prefer to read them as they were. If anyone is interested, the original order is Lion-Caspian-Dawn Treader-Silver Chair-Horse-Magician-Last Battle.
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Summary: Nurture a Love of Reading.
Review: I first read the Chronicles of Narnia at 10, and have returned to them through the following 30 years. Whether you read them to a young child or give them to an older reader, you will cultivate a love of reading in whomever you introduce them to! Every child in my life receives these from me...not because they are childish, but because they speak to one on any level and on new levels with each reading. Forget taking someone to see LOTR...read The Chronicles instead! And then read them T.H. White's "The Once and Future King"!
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Summary: Still as great as I remembered them from 20 years ago.
Review: I had this set as a child/teen but got seperated from them when I left home. Once I ordered them I couldn't wait to read them again. I got them three days ago and have already read the first three. Great imaginitive stories!
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Summary: Good gift idea
Review: Excellent gift idea for kids or someone who loved the series as a child.
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Summary: Excellent addition to your library
Review: A great series, and a great gift idea too. I bought this for my sister, and she was thrilled. The quality of the books are good, and definitely look nice on her bookshelf.
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