Estimated Reading Time 2 Minutes
Publisher: HarperCollins Narnia; Illustrated edition (October 26, 2004)
Paperback : 784 pages
ISBN: 978-0060598242
Thoughts: I fell in love with The Chronicles of Narnia in Fourth Grade and I don’t think there have been many years since that I haven’t come back and read these stories again. I love that there are layers and you will get something different of the book each time you read it. There are references to Christianity, but you can also just read the stories as a great adventure and be happy.
First sentence: This is a story about something that happened long ago when your grandfather was a child.
Favorite Quote From the Book: Up till then he had been looking at the Lion’s great front feet and the huge claws on them; now, in his despair, he looked up at its face. What he saw surprised him as much as anything in his whole life. For the tawny face was bent down near his own and (wonder of wonders) great shining tears stood in the Lion’s eyes. They were such big, bright tears compared with Digory’s own that for a moment he felt as if the Lion must really be sorrier about his Mother than he was himself.
“My son, my son,” said Aslan. “I know. Grief is great. Only you and I in this land know that yet. Let us be good to one another.”
Summary from Amazon.com:
An impressive hardcover volume containing all seven books in the classic fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia, graced by black-and-white chapter opening illustrations and featuring an essay by C. S. Lewis on writing. This volume also contains C. S. Lewis’s essay “On Three Ways of Writing for Children.”
Fantastic creatures, heroic deeds, epic battles in the war between good and evil, and unforgettable adventures come together in this world where magic meets reality, which has been enchanting readers of all ages for over sixty years. The Chronicles of Narnia has transcended the fantasy genre to become a part of the canon of classic literature.
This edition presents all seven books—The Magician’s Nephew; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; The Horse and His Boy; Prince Caspian; The Voyage of the Dawn Treader; The Silver Chair; and The Last Battle—unabridged. The books appear according to C. S. Lewis’s preferred order and each chapter features a chapter opening illustration by the original artist, Pauline Baynes.
