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Summary: This is a "if you have 24 hours left, what would you read?"
Review: C. S. Lewis should get the Medal of Honor and retroactive tax-free citizenship for writing this book. Yes, it is that powerful!This is the first written and second in the Narnia Chronicals. It tells the story of Jesus Christ's Atonement through the fable or allegory of Aslan and Edmund. Edmund, the traitor, sells his sibling over to the White Which, who keeps Narnia under a spell. A nasty spell where it is always winter, but never Christmas--a child's concept of Hell! Aslan, invoking the "deeper magic" of the Atonement offers himself up as a sacrifice to propitiate the law. Once dead, he rises and frees the Narnians who have been turned to stone. Peter, the oldest, takes on the Witch, but doesn't attack her, but attacks her wand and then subdues her. The three most brilliant thing about this book are: 1) The focus on the Atonement as the central doctrine. 2) Recognition of the Atonement as the starting point for the Christian. 3) Recognition that life does not end at the Atonement and being born again--there is the rough road of sanctification. The Six other novels, then rest from the Shadowlands!
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Summary: Physical Properties (Binding/Paper)
Review: I cannot even comment on the masterful works of C.S. Lewis...suffice it to say I'm hunting down the best bound editions of his Narnia series. I find this Special Edition (ISBN: 0060277246) to be of excellent quality. Great binding, nice paper, beautiful illustrations, and an very nice silk bookmark. Now if I could only find the rest of the series bound/printed/produced as well as this one!
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Summary: Delightful At Any Age
Review: I never read this as a child. I had no idea what I was missing until I read this story several months ago. Better late than never. I can't wait to share this wonderful book with my grandchildren. From an adult's perspective the symbolism is profound. I'm so glad I took the time to read this classic. I look forward to reading the other tales of Narnia.
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Summary: Captivating!
Review: I purchased this to listen to on a long drive, and I absolutely love it. This is one of my favorite books, and Michael York does a brilliant job of reading. He uses different voices, tonal inflections for each character and it's absolutely captivating. I highly recommend this as an audio-book!!
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Summary: The Maximum book review
Review: I think staying together is good for the family in this book, because if they didn't they would have never saved Mr. Tumnus from the witch. I recommend this book to anyone who knows how to read and like an excellent adventure you are looking for a theme and good morals this is an aswome book for you to read.You can be any age to read this book. If you think this book would be childish because you've heard about it. It's somewhat childish in parts of it, but the quality of the characters makes up for it. If you like an excellent adventure book I reckoned that you go pick this book up right now.
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Summary: They're trying to BAN this book!!!
Review: I read a story in the paper recently that says the publisher is considering self-censorship -- taking out the Christian symbolism and market the books to sell like hotcakes (re: Harry Potter books). Children have always loved fantasy books, it seems, and Harry Potter is continuing proof of that. But I and the generation before me grew up on the Narnia books, and I will always treasure first having it read to me, and later tackling it on my own. The story is a great allegory of Christ and his resurrection, but it also teaches more universal morals (non-specific to Christians) such as the virtue of honesty, sacrifice, mercy, kindness and so on. As a journalist, I am prepared to fight even the snakiest and slimiest examples of the written word. Never did I imagine that I would ever have to defend such a wonderful book like this. The book is decades old, but the characters are still fresh, the conflicts are still real, and the lessons are still applicable. It will be enjoyed by adults and children alike. Many Christians and non-Christians have and will continue to enjoy this book. And if you are a non-Christian who is so utterly distrubed by messages of peace and mercy, that's fine by me. But I'm not making another version of this book for you. "There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running around with lit matches..." (from "Fahrenheit 451")
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Summary: When is a children's story not a children's story?
Review: People frequently make the mistake of considering any book that is about children, is written in a style accessible to children, or that has a narrative voice that is speaking as to children a "children's book", and dismissing it as irrelevant to adults. When they do so, they often miss out on some of the most enjoyable reading experiences available. This book, and the others in this series, fall into that category, just as do "The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkein, "Peter Pan", by James Barrie, and "Alice In Wonderland" and "Through The Looking Glass" by Lewis Carroll, among others. This book is a delightful story, even if as a non-Christian I did find the Christian symbolism a bit heavy-handed. (The blood-sacrifice and ressurrection of the character intended as a Christ-figure was a bit much.) But even so, and in spite of a couple of minor quibbles, this book still was unquestionably a five-star delight. For those who don't have my level of discomfort with Christian symbology, it should be even more enjoyable. Certainly, if you have children, they should enjoy this story, but even if you don't, don't fail to read it for yourself. It's well worth the attention of an adult.
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Summary: It is a Magical World!
Review: (This is written by my Son, Kean) It is a magical book filled with wonderful adventures.The book is about four children who step through a wardrobe into a magical world called Narnia filled with a witch, a magical lion called Aslan, and talking animals. The first person to step into the wardrobe was Lucy. She came back and told the others but nobody believed her. Next was Edmund, who stepped into the wordrobe. He came back and told the others, but nobody believed Lucy and Edmund. But, one day, the others were running away from a maid and hid in the wardrobe. They stepped into Narnia. On their way, they met up with a family of talking beavers, and Aslan and a witch that wants to make Narnia snowy forever. This book has great fantasy about evil forces and all the things that make a childrens' book great! I wish that more books could be as interesting and full of adventure as this one!
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Summary: Narnia - The Imaginative and most Interesting Story
Review: I read this book for Literature in primary school. When I first look at the book, I said,"Oh no, another boring book". But fortunately, I was wrong. This book isn't boring at all. Although the story may be weird because Narnia stands in a cupboard in which Lucy enters it first while playing hide-and-seek. But this book does not go on with everyone believing that Narnia exists but Lucy's elder siblings espcially find it most peculiar but the Professor ,believed, to be more logical believes that Narnia may exists due to certain factors that is the time journey and Lucy's truthfulness. This book too has different views - bad & good. I really enjoyed the book and I recomend this book to anyone with imagination
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Summary: BEAUTIFUL
Review: this book is such a wonderful story. I remember when i first saw the movie when i was 7. That movie enchanted me. I searched for the movie everywhere but i found the book instead. And it was wonderful. After this book i read the whole series. I still love the chronicles of Narnia till this day. It is a wonderful, exciting, magical adventure all the way through. It does tend to have a christian-like thing to it at the end of the series. But it also has all these interesting mythical creatures. A wonderful fantasy book. I would recommend it to all children and adults.
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