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C. S. Lewis

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The Magician's Nephew Summary

Lewis remarks that The Magician's Nephew "is a very important story because it shows how all the comings and goings between our own world and the land of Narnia first began." He had no trouble with the idea that life might exist on other planets, and before writing The Magician's Nephew, he had written three science fiction novels about what life on other planets might be like: Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra...

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C. S. Lewis Biographies (8)

C. S. Lewis

6,162 words, approx. 21 pages

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C. S. Lewis

5,698 words, approx. 19 pages

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643 words, approx. 3 pages

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The Magician's Nephew Summary

1,503 words, approx. 6 pages

Although The Magician's Nephew was the next to the last book published in C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia, it probably should be read first. It is a prequel to the story and a wonderful introductio... Read more

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