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{{quote|''"Listen," said the Doctor. "All you have heard about Old Narnia is true. It is not the land of men. It is the country of Aslan, the country of the Waking Trees and Visible Naiads, of Fauns and Satyrs, of Dwarfs and Giants, of the gods and the Centaurs, of Talking Beasts."''
|'''Doctor Cornelius''', ''[[Prince Caspian]]''}}
{{quote|"The Lion all began with a picture of a Faun carrying an umbrella and parcels in a snowy wood. This picture had been in my mind since I was about sixteen. Then one day, when I was about forty, I said to myself: 'Let's try to make a story about it.'"
|''[[C. S. Lewis]]''}}
''The Chronicles of Narnia'' are a series of seven books by [[C. S. Lewis]], telling the history from its creation to its ending of a land where [[Talking Animal|animals talk]], where a [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink|varied collection of creatures from European folklore]] lives, and where a number of children have heroic adventures under the guidance of [[Messianic Archetype|the great Lion, Aslan]]. Though "Narnia" is sometimes used to describe the whole world, it is strictly speaking a northern [[The Middle Ages|mediaeval European-style]] kingdom of that world; it is bordered by Archenland on the south (beyond which lies the [[Arabian Nights Days|quasi-Arabian]] empire of Calormen), by Ettinsmoor on the North, by Lantern Waste on the West, and by the Great Eastern Sea on the East, beyond which is Aslan's Country.
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# ''[[The Magician's Nephew]]'' (1955)
# ''[[The Last Battle]]'' (1956)
The first four books are in chronological order, but the fifth takes place [[Interquel|between the last two chapters of the first]], and the sixth is a prequel to the series. ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' were actually not originally intended to be a seven volume series. After the success of the first book, Lewis [[Expansion Pack World|wrote two more]], to complete a trilogy. Thus ''[[Prince Caspian]]'' and ''The [[Voyage of the Dawn Treader]]'' form a [[Two-Part Trilogy|natural pair]], telling a single more or less connected story within the larger series. When demand continued, Lewis wrote another two books, then a "prequel" describing Narnia's beginning, and finally ''[[The Last Battle]]'', in which the land of Narnia is brought to its own close, giving the series a definite ending.
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Many recent printings number the books in chronological order. For many, however, reading in publication order is more satisfying, as ''[[The Magician's Nephew]]'' has many references that make sense only if you've read the earlier published books, and reading in chronological order can spoil certain elements of ''[[The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe|The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe]]''. Besides, the author's writing style subtly changed as the books were written: ''[[The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe|The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe]]'' and ''[[Prince Caspian]]'' have a [[Lemony Narrator|rather casual, conversational tone]], while ''[[The Magician's Nephew]]'' and ''[[The Last Battle]]'' read more like histories. In a letter to a young reader, Lewis stated that a chronological reading seemed to make more logical sense but affirmed that he had no particular reading order in mind when he wrote. Furthermore, if he'd really intended for people to read the books in chronological order, he could have easily arranged for that in his lifetime.
C. S. Lewis (re-)converted from atheism to Christianity and wrote many works of apologetics and theology; the ''Narnia'' series, his only work directly targeted at children, is at once a work of creative fiction and applied apologetics, even dealing with atheism. Narnia borrows creatures and myths from many different cultures and ages, from the Edwardian adventure stories of Lewis's youth to the [[Arabian Nights]], from Shakespearean tragedies to the [[The Brothers Grimm (creator)|Grimms]]' fairy-tales, from the Classical and Germanic mythologies that were Lewis's avocation to the
The books display the influence of [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', not surprisingly since the authors were friends at the time -- indeed, Lewis's ''[[Space Trilogy]]'' was written as a result of a friendly wager with Tolkien. While ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' has not had the colossal cultural impact of Tolkien's epic, the series has remained the best-known and most beloved of all of Lewis' works.
[[Television Serial]] adaptations of the first four books have all been televised by the BBC and released on DVD (in some places as [[Compilation Movie|Compilation Movies]]), and the first three (by publication order) have been filmed as the start of a series intended to adapt all seven books. ''Lion'' was also the subject of an earlier TV adaptation on ITV in 1967 (now largely lost) and an [[Animated Adaptation]] in 1979. Unfortunately, the BBC master of ''Lion'' was apparently lost to unknown causes several years ago, so the best quality copies of that series left are the DVDs<ref>there were also VHS tapes</ref>. More recently adapted into movies by Disney (later 20th Century Fox) and Walden Media through the work of [[Perry Moore]] spending several years acquiring the rights for Walden. ''The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe'' came out in late 2005, ''Prince Caspian'' in 2008, and ''The Voyage of the Dawn Treader'' in late 2010.
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* [[The Archer]]: Susan, Lucy, Jill
* [[Author Avatar]]: Professor Kirke, admitted by Lewis himself, although Kirke is also an [[No Celebrities Were Harmed|avatar]] of Lewis's own [[Eccentric Mentor|old tutor]], W. T. Kirkpatrick, (as is MacPhee in ''That Hideous Strength'').
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* [[Does Not Like Shoes]]: Actually lots of characters, including The Hermit of the Southern March, Coriakin, Ramandu, possibly Ramandu's Daughter , Shasta, Queen Jadis and, at some point, Pevensies themselves (especially Lucy).
** It's a bit subverted with Shasta several times when the burning desert sand or the freezing dew-covered grass makes him wish he had shoes like Aravis.
* [[Draconic Demon]]: Perhaps unsurprisingly, the dragons of Narnia are embodiments of sin, specifically the sin of greed. It's hinted that all dragons were once humans before being transformed into monsters thanks to their greed consuming them, which happens to Eustace when he finds and sleeps in a dragon's hoard while his mind is clouded with thoughts of greed.
* [[Eat Dirt Cheap]]: The Walking Trees. ''Prince Caspian'' even describes [[Food Porn|a tree feast made of different kinds of dirt]].
* [[Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette]]: The White Witch. You could almost make a poster saying, "[[This Is Your Index On Drugs|THIS IS YOUR SKIN ON TURKISH DELIGHT]]".
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* [[Pragmatic Adaptation]]: Particularly ''Dawn Treader'', which takes an almost completely episodic story and gives it a strong ongoing plot thread in the green mist that has to be stopped.
* [[Promoted to Love Interest]]: Caspian and Susan.
* [[Putting on the Reich]]: [[Word of God]] [
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: The Pevensie siblings can be differenced by this, with Peter and Lucy represented by Red, due to the fact that they are more intuitive, vibrant, [[Determinator|determined]] and, to an extent, more sensitive than Edmund and Susan, who are more logical, cold and down to earth, inclined towards the Blue part. [[Color Coded for Your Convenience|Even their hair show it, due to the fact that Peter and Lucy have lighter hair, while Edmund and Susan are dark haired]].
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