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Summary: The Beginning of it All!
Review: This is one of the most absorbing and beautiful book I have ever read in my entire life. C.S. Lewis is an amazing children's book writer. I wish he had written many more books, but I love them all. This particular book is the beginning of the comings and goings between Narnia. During a yucky and cold summer, two children named Digory and Polly become good friends. They are exploring a secret passage when Digory's mad uncle gives them a horrible yet amazing gift. They are crystaline rings which will transport you into a different world. They go on many incredible adventures and return to London with a horrible queen. In attemps to make her leave, they take her to a new land being born where they meet all kinds of extraordinary creatures.
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Summary: magic
Review: I agree with most of the other reviewers. This story is pure magic. c.s. Lewis proves his mastery as one of the top children's authors. One reviewer thought that digory was patterned after Douglas Gresham. This is probably not correct. The book was originally published in 1955. Joy Davidman's illness wasn't diagnosed until at least a year later. More probably, Digory is based on Lewis himself, whose own mother, Flora, died from cancer when he was just a boy. Or, digory may just be the archetypal boy who stands in the face of family tragedy and fantasizes that he can save his mother through his exploits. In any case, it makes for a moving scene when digory feeds the magical apple to his mother. (i'm not giving anything away, I hope)
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Summary: Reading this first might spoil the fun......
Review: You really shouldn't. It needs to be read after the others and before The Last Battle. I read them all in a very strange order. (1. Lion, Witch, Wardrobe 2. Horse and His Boy 3. Voyage of Dawn Treader 4. Prince Caspian 5. Magician's Nephew 6. Silver Chair 7. Last Battle) It was just the order I found them at the store in. Anyway, this is in my opinion the best of them all. It is so involving and the whole Wood Between the Worlds concept is amazing. The starting of Narnia and everything. Seeing who the White Witch really was. It was all very interesting. The story is very involving and the plot and storyline is great!
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Summary: The best in children's literature
Review: The Magician's Nephew is a fun and exciting tale. It depicts the adventures of two ordinary schoolchildren who are unwillingly thrown into an extraordinary situation. The story is a prequel to The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, and explains a number of things found in the other Narnia tales. The two protagonists are Polly, a nice and sensible girl, and Digory, an impulsive and adventuresome boy. I can't be certain but I have the feeling that Digory was patterned after Douglas Gresham, Lewis' step-son. Digory's mother is extremely ill and dying, just as Gresham's mother was. However, the parallel breaks down as the book nears the end. Every great story has a villain; this one has two. The first is Digory's Uncle Andrew, a self-styled magician. He symbolizes all that's wrong with our world; he's self-centered and very materialistic. It's his greed that initiates the whole adventure and, unwittingly, the chronicles of Narnia. The other villain is Queen Jadis, the ruler of a dying world. Her own rapacity for power thrusts her into the new and perfect land of Narnia with the intent of dominating it. There are moments of hilarity, mostly involving Uncle Andrew's encounter with a group of newly created animals. There are also moments of awe and wonder. Lewis renders a literary recapitulation of the creation event in the founding of Narnia that is both subtle and sublime. There is also a wonderful exchange between Digory and the witch expounding right and wrong, truth and falsehood. I highly recommend this book and encourage all parents to buy it and read it together with their children.
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Summary: This book was a great fantasy
Review: It made me feel like I was really in the book,with the magicians.IT WAS SO GREAT!
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Summary: An excellent book for all
Review: The Magician's Nephew is one of the most enjoyable books that I have read in a very long time. I have read very few books that can grip you like this book did to me. C.S. Lewis does this by describing the events that happened with enourmous detail, and made it come alive. This is a book that everybody should pick up no matter your age.
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Summary: THE MAGICIAN'S NEPHEW Tells of Two Modest Beginings
Review: Pretend that once upon a time you are flung into another world with your best friend where you meet a magic lion and encounter an evil witch before you return to your home in London. That is how it is for Digroy and Polly, the first Son of Adam and Daughter of Eve to come into the now newborn world of Narnia. There Digory is given a quest to go to an enchanted apple orchard to bring Aslan the Lion an enchanted apple. But in the apple orchard, after dismounting a flying horse and leaving Polly to wait for him (for it was a special place, and you are only to go in on appointed business), he meets none other but the Witch Jadis of Charm herself, who temps him to steal away with her and be forever full of youth and never die.While it tells of Narnia's begining, it also tells of the begining of our world--the story of Adam and Eve, if you look closely within Chapter 13. Younger ones can still enjoy this tale. For they know only the simple pleasures of it, not the background that I have just now realized and am penning (or rather typing) in this review. A supurb book with wonderful background and yet a still enjoyable charming little tale that will make you beg for more. Also Reccomended: The Other Chronicles of Narnia
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Summary: An amazing story!
Review: The contents of this story were amusing (funny!), interesting, "dreamy" and amazing! It was a great story, and I actually felt sad coming to the end of the book... not because I didn't have any other books to read at the moment, but because the adventures of Polly and Digory were ending...
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Summary: The Beginning of the Adventure
Review: The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis is a wonderful beginning to The Chronicles of Narnia. Two children, Digory and Polly, are given a great gift by Digory's uncle. He gives them rings which give them the power to travel to different worlds and travel home again. They travel to many different worlds and have many different adventures. I one of the worlds they find an evil queenwho follows them back home. Polly and Digory take the the queen to a different world where they meet a kion called Aslan and many different talking animals. Digory takes a silver apple back home to his dying mother. When Digory gives the apple to his mother and she is miraculously cured. Digory plants the apple core and magic rings in his backyard. You will have to read the rest of this magical adventure to find out where the magic appears next. This book is one of the most wonderful and magical books I have ever read. Lewis's imagination really keeps the books alive. It makes you feel you are sharing the adventures right along with the characters. I would recommend this book to anybody because it is so fascinating. This adventure-fantasy is for people of all ages. It makes you want to keep on reading to find out what happens to the characters. There is a lot of suspense and it is very absorbing. I love the way it leads into the next book of The Chronicles. It makes you want to read all the other books that follow.
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Summary: A Great Book Called "The Magician's Nephew."
Review: The Magician's Nephew was one of the greatest books I've ever read. You see, there are certain books that I will read, only ones I like. I liked The Magician's Nephew, by: C.S. Lewis and thought is was real cool. I liked the way Lewis describes the detail of the character's surroundings and made you feel like you were actually there. If you want to find out how Narnia was created, you must read this book. I read most of the book in three hours. There are great pictures of almost all the creatures mentioned in the book. Overall if you are looking for a great book to read, The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis.
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