Into the wardrobe
C.S. Lewis and the Narnia chronicles
1st ed.
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Word Count
59,500 words, Guess
Page Count
238 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3399347M
- ISBN-139780787978907
- ISBN-100787978906
- OCLC Control Number60373322
- OCLC Control Numberintowardrobecsle00down
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2005013177
- LibraryThing318907
- Goodreads214430
Classifications
- DDC823/.912
- LCCPR6023.E926 C5327 2005
Description
Published in the early 1950s, C. S. Lewis's seven Chronicles of Narnia were proclaimed instant children's classics and have been hailed in The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature as "the most sustained achievement in fantasy for children by a 20th-century author." But how could Lewis (a formidable critic, scholar, and Christian apologist)conjure up the kind of adventures in which generations of children (and adults) take such delight? In this engaging and insightful book, C. S. Lewis expert David C. Downing invites readers to join his vivid exploration of the Chronicles of Narnia, offering a detailed look at the enchanting stories themselves and also focusing on the extraordinary intellect and imagination of the man behind the Wardrobe. Downing presents each Narnia book as its own little wardrobe - each tale an opportunity to discover a visionary world of bustling vitality, sparkling beauty, and spiritual clarity. And Downing's examination ...
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