Reading The Narnia Chronicles |
 Mar 28 2008, 07:36 PM
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As the books in the Narnia series are fairly short I thought we should discuss how we want to read the series. For anyone who wants some descriptions of the books, their history, illustrations and more this is a great site.
The books tell the story in this order: Book 1, The Magician's Nephew Book 2, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe Book 3, The Horse and His Boy Book 4, Prince Caspian Book 5, The Voyage of "The Dawn Treader" Book 6, The Silver Chair Book 7, The Last Battle but they were published in this order Book 2, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe Book 4, Prince Caspian Book 5, The Voyage of "The Dawn Treader" Book 6, The Silver Chair Book 3, The Horse and His Boy Book 1, The Magician's Nephew Book 7, The Last Battle As they're fairly short books we should also discuss whether we want to spend a month on each book or whether we should read two books at a time and then read the final book and have an overall discussion of themes acrosss the series (such as characters' journeys, good v evil, courage, etc) in a separarate month. The decision about whether we read them in the story order or published order will decide which books are paired together. --------------------  November's book is The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger "THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE DIED!" roared Black. "DIED RATHER THAN BETRAY YOUR FRIENDS, AS WE WOULD HAVE DONE FOR YOU!" |
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) voted for reading them in the published order--i.e. THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE first. I prefer that order because that is the way I first read them. I think it's only relatively recently that the publisher (at least in the United States) has started numbering and arranging them, in omnibus volumes, in story order. I myself think THE MAGICIAN'S NEPHEW is more interesting if you already know the "later" stories--so as you read it, you think "Aha! That's where the lamppost originated," for instance. 
