The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis

Synopsis:

This is a prequel to the Narnia Series. It is about the creation of the Narnia world by Aslan, the lion, a thousand years, before The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. It has parallels with the book of Genesis and the beginning of creation, original sin, and temptation. The main characters include Digory Kirke, who becomes the Professor and builds the wardrobe in The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, Polly Plummer, Digory’s friend, Andrew Ketterley, Digory’s uncle and a magician, Jadis, who becomes the White Witch, and Aslan, the lion, who creates Narnia.

Review:

I loved this story and loved all the Christian allegories throughout this story.

“What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing. It also depends on what sort of person you are.”

“Narnia, Narnia awake. Love. Think. Speak. Be walking trees. Be talking beasts. Be divine waters.”

“For the rest of that day, whenever he looked at the things about him, and saw how ordinary and unmagical they were, he hardly dared to hope; but when he remembered the face of Aslan he did hope.”