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Summary: Layers upon layers...
Review: There is more to this book than meets the eye. You have to search deeper. The allegory to the sacrifice of Christ is very real. I like the fact that kids can continue to read them as they grow older. I just wish Lewis had written more books in the series.
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Summary: Delightful
Review: This wonderful little book was, at one time, the first in the Chronicles of Narnia series, written by the late C.S. Lewis, a Christian philosopher and literatus. It was the first one I read, and is a delightful story. Both children and adults who enjoy the fantasy genre should enjoy this book. It is centered around four children who, while staying as guests at an old mansion, walk through a wardrobe and find themselves in a completely different world. There, they have many adventures and get involved in a great conflict between an evil witch, who is oppressing the land with an eternal winter, and the good king Aslan, who comes back to his country after a long absence to fight the witch's evil works. Anyone with a church or Sunday-school background should quickly recognize the Christian elements in this story, and I think it is safe for young children to read. It is a charming tale and worth reading again and again. Buy the whole Narnia set, read all the books, and pass them on to your children.
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Summary: A classic!
Review: I remember back when I was in second grade and I read The Loin The Witch and the Wardrobe. I wasn't really used to something this long but I immeaditally fell in love with it. The Story of Lucy, Peter, Susan and Edmund is an imaginative adventure of Narnia. WHen Lucy finds a door into another world called Narnia she befriends a faun and enjoys herself very much. But no one will believe her! ANd when she convinces then to come they find them self traveling to find Aslan, the great lion, and running from the white witch's powerful wrath. I'm 15 now and going to be a softmore and I still love this book. Everyone should read it.
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Summary: It was OK
Review: this book was ok. i didn't really act like it was the best book. It's great for little kids.
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Summary: One of those cultural icons
Review: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is the beginning of theland of Narnia for readers here in our world. The name itself evokessymbols that mean almost as much in our culture as Dorothy, the Cowardly Lion, the Tin Man and the Scarecrow. Reading this book is a lovely gift to make to your children, or to yourself. Lewis draws powerfully on our childhood desire to find ourselves in a fantasy land. The story of Peter, Susan, Lucy and Edmund being transported into Narnia makes all of think of our own childhoods in a powerful way. And from that power, Lewis can draw on the naivite and newness of children to approach faith and love and the values that accompany them. We see the very basic sin of Edmund as he betrays his siblings for just one more piece of Turkish Delight. And, so movingly, we witness his forgiveness and the love of the Lion for this one boy. Lewis disagreed with the term "allegory" being applied to his Narnia tales. He felt that an allegory provides tangibility to intangible values and he felt his Narnia stories deal with things that are real in our world already. He wanted to show how people might come to God if they didn't have all the baggage and preconception that "our world" loads on top of religious feeling. No matter how much you're reading into this book, it's a piece of magic and not to be missed. Reading it to a child will give it an even stronger place in the life of that person. Not many things mean as much to me as thoughts of the Lantern, Mr. Tumnus, the Stone Table and Lucy. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was read to me as a child and it will always be a dear, dear book to me.
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Summary: one of my top ten
Review: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe has earned a spot on my top ten list of my all time favorite books. This is without a doubt one of the greatest books ever written. In this book we are introduced to Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy. They find a magic wardrobe that takes them to the land of Narnia where wonderful adventures await them. Memorable characters abound in this book: Aslan-the great lion, Jadis-the white witch, Tumnus-the faun, Mr. and Mrs. Beaver ... just to name a few. This is fun reading. Buy this book.
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Summary: Absolutely WONDERFUL book!
Review: It's a beautifully illustrated and abridged version of "The Lion, the Witch and the Waredrobe"! My 7yo daughter LOVES this book and the other one "Magician's Nephew". We WILL get the others when they come out! What a wonderful way to introduce little children to the Narnia series!
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Summary: one of my top ten
Review: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe has earned a spot on my top ten list of my all time favorite books. This is without a doubt one of the greatest books ever written. In this book we are introduced to Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy. They find a magic wardrobe that takes them to the land of Narnia where wonderful adventures await them. Memorable characters abound in this book: Aslan-the great lion, Jadis-the white witch, Tumnus-the faun, Mr. and Mrs. Beaver ... just to name a few. This is fun reading. Buy this book.
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Summary: A Magnificent Masterpiece
Review: After reading the first book, I just had to go on. Once again, C.S. Lewis puts a magnificent tale in our hands. This is a tlae of two sisters and brothers who are living with an old professor. The youngest sister Lucy finds a _______ in a wardrobe while playing hide and seek. They then venture on amazing adventures even I cannot describe, so read this book yourself.
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Summary: A book full of magic
Review: This just has to be one of the best fantasy stories ever written , in one of the best series ever. I loved it when a first read it at 6 years old and still do now. I agree with those people who say the series should be read with "The Magician's Nephew" as book 6 - luckily for me, even though they'd rearranged the books by the time I read them (how idiotic) I ended up reading them in the right order cos I couldn't find a copy of "The Magician's Nephew" until after I read "Voyage of the Dawn Treader"! I think there is a lot more feeling of things being explained at the right times if the books are read in the order C S Lewis intended them to be read in, but whatever order they're in, they all still give an incredible feeling of magic waiting just round the corner. Even though I'm old enough now to see the the religious allegory in the book, I'd really rather not.It's a clever way of explaining Christianity to children, but for me seeing it as a religious allegory takes a little of the wonder away from it. It's still one of my all-time favourites though.
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