The Magician's Nephew is a fantasy children's novel by C. S. Lewis, published in 1955 by The Bodley Head. It is the sixth published of seven novels in The Chronicles of Narnia (1950–1956). In recent editions, which sequence the books according to Narnia history, it is volume one of the …
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The Magician's Nephew is a fantasy children's novel by C. S. Lewis, published in 1955 by The Bodley Head. It is the sixth published of seven novels in The Chronicles of Narnia (1950–1956). In recent editions, which sequence the books according to Narnia history, it is volume one of the series. Like the others, it was illustrated by Pauline Baynes whose work has been retained in many later editions. The Bodley Head was a new publisher for The Chronicles, a change from Geoffrey Bles who had published the previous five novels.The Magician's Nephew is a prequel to the series. The middle third of the novel features the creation of the Narnia world by Aslan the lion, centred on a section of a lamp-post brought by accidental observers from London in 1900. The visitors then participate in the beginning of Narnia history, 1000 years before The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (which inaugurated the series in 1950). The frame story, set in England, features two children ensnared in experimental travel via "the wood between the worlds". Thus, the novel shows Narnia and our middle-aged world to be only two of many in a multiverse, which changes as some worlds begin and others end. It also explains the origin of foreign elements in Narnia, not only the lamp-post but also the White Witch and a human king and queen. Lewis began The Magician's Nephew soon after completing The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, spurred by a friend's question about the lamp-post in the middle of nowhere, but he needed more than five years to complete it. The story includes several autobiographical elements and explores a number of themes with general moral and Christian implications, including atonement, original sin, temptation and the order of nature.
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- 1586826
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The Magician's Nephew (The Chronicles of Narnia)
Mass Market Paperback, 240 pages
English language
Published March 5, 2002 by HarperTrophy.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-06-447110-7Copied ISBN!
Mabopsa ŭi chok'a
251 pages
Korean language
Published April 4, 2003 by Sigong Juniŏ.
- ISBN:
- 978-89-527-2315-4Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 56211612
The Magician's Nephew Read-Aloud Edition (Narnia)
Hardcover, 208 pages
English language
Published May 30, 2006 by HarperCollins.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-06-087588-6Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 70054435
The Magician's Nephew
Audio CD, 2 pages
English language
Published May 4, 2007 by Tyndale Entertainment.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-58997-505-7Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 236105992
The Magician's Nephew (Radio Theatre)
Audio CD, 2 pages
English language
Published May 19, 2005 by Tyndale Entertainment.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-58997-292-6Copied ISBN!
The Magician's Nephew (paper-over-board) (Narnia)
208 pages
English language
Published Sept. 1, 2006 by HarperCollins.
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- 978-0-06-112526-3Copied ISBN!
Las crónicas de NARNIA: El sobrino del mago
Hardcover, 254 pages
Spanish language
Published April 4, 2005 by Circulo de lectores.
- ISBN:
- 978-84-672-1508-3Copied ISBN!
Il nipote del mago
195 pages
Italian language
Published April 4, 2010 by Mondadori.
- ISBN:
- 978-88-04-59905-0Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 799892957
The Magician's Nephew Book and CD (Narnia)
Paperback, 208 pages
English language
Published Sept. 21, 2004 by HarperCollins.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-06-059501-2Copied ISBN!
The Magician's Nephew (The Chronicles of Narnia, #6)
221 pages
English language
Published July 23, 1994
- ISBN:
- 978-0-06-447110-7Copied ISBN!
- Goodreads:
- 509797
The Magician's Nephew (The Chronicles of Narnia)
64 pages
Published April 6, 1999 by Collins.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-00-675428-2Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 41311744
The Magician's Nephew
202 pages
English language
Published Jan. 2, 2008
- ISBN:
- 978-0-06-440505-8Copied ISBN!
- Goodreads:
- 43235787
The Magician's Nephew (Narnia)
208 pages
English language
Published Aug. 2, 2005 by HarperCollins.
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- 978-0-06-023498-0Copied ISBN!
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