false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166457868m/11127.jpg 11127 120 <I>The Chronicles of Narnia</I>, by C.S. Lewis, is one of the very few sets of books that should be read three times: in childhood, early adulthood, and late in life. In brief, four children travel repeatedly to a world in which they are far more than mere children and everything is far more than it seems. Richly told, populated with fascinating characters, perfectly realized in detail of world and pacing of plot, and profoundly allegorical, the story is infused throughout with the timeless issues of good and evil, faith and hope. This boxed set edition includes all seven volumes. 781271 book 1954 The Chronicles of Narnia Set total:41899|5:21387|4:13240|3:5793|2:1140|1:339| 41899 179893 48954 2913 3 15 false false Wed Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 05 00:52:32 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 23 16:01:15 -0700 2009 2-ish more...]]> 0 9 false false Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Fri Apr 20 00:01:07 -0700 2007 Fri May 04 01:17:18 -0700 2007 The Magician's Nephew is easily the best story of the Chronicles. First of all, it's the least overtly religious. There is a creation-of-the-world element, but it's not our world so it seems more fantastic than religious. Not only is there a veil over the religiosity, there's so much creativity i...more...]]> 3 8 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1985 Wed Apr 18 21:20:50 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 19 12:49:27 -0700 2007 http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1...

(Click the above link to read professor Carol Zaleski's interesting take of the seething religious/political furor surrounding these classics.)

I pined for Narnia in the most broken, sad way when I was a little girl.

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No shit. I figured that out when I was 9.

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