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The sixth book written in ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]'' series, and the first one chronologically, [[Prequel|its events taking place before]] ''[[The Lion the Witch And The Wardrobe]]''.▼
| title = The Magician's Nephew
| image =
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| author = C. S. Lewis
| central theme = The creation of Narnia
| elevator pitch = Two children are tricked into taking a trip between worlds. On the way they meet an evil empress and a very creative lion.
| genre = Allegorical Fantasy
| franchise = The Chronicles of Narnia
| preceded by = The Horse and His Boy
| followed by = The Last Battle
| publication date = May 2, 1955
| wiki URL = https://narnia.fandom.com/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Narnia_Wiki
| wiki name = The Chronicles of Narnia Wiki
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▲The sixth book written in ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]'' series, and [[Prequel|the first one chronologically]],
In this prequel, two [[The Edwardian Era|Edwardian]] children, Digory Kirke and Polly Plummer, accidentally visit the dead world of Charn, where Digory falls for [[Schmuck Bait]], waking the [[Sealed Evil in
▲In this prequel, two [[The Edwardian Era|Edwardian]] children, Digory Kirke and Polly Plummer, accidentally visit the dead world of Charn, where Digory falls for [[Schmuck Bait]], waking the [[Sealed Evil in A Can|Empress Jadis]]. She boasts about how she destroyed all life on her world, and forces the children to take her to London, where she [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|causes a public disturbance]]. Eventually Jadis, the children, Digory's wicked Uncle Andrew, and a cabbie and his horse get a front row seat for the creation of Narnia by Aslan. Jadis is exiled to the far North, the cabbie and his wife (who gets transported there by Aslan) becomes king and queen, and the children and Uncle Andrew are returned home.
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* [[Above Good and Evil]]: Both Jadis and Uncle Andrew think this way. "Ours is a high and lonely destiny."
** Of course, all the [[Character Alignment|good]] characters realize that both Jadis and Uncle Andrew are full of crap. Digory nicely lampshades and [[Deconstructed Trope|deconstructs]] it:
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*** Though it does sound more impressive when a beautiful seven-foot female declaims it proudly.
* [[Adam and Eve Plot]]: Frank and his wife Nellie become the Adam and Eve of Narnia.
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** [[Inverted]] with Charn.
* [[Be Careful What You Wish For]]: The warning on the garden wall that Jadis ignores: the apple she ate made her immortal, but because of her evil heart she'll live a life of misery.
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* [[Big Bad]]: Jadis.
* [[Calling the Old Man Out]]: An odd example since it's an uncle rather than a father: Digory to Uncle Andrew, throughout the entire book.
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* [[Curiosity Is a Crapshoot]]: The bell in Charn -- its associated inscription summarises this trope fairly well.
* [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique|Dangerous Forbidden Spell]]: The Deplorable Word.
* [[Depopulation Bomb]]: The magical incantation by the white witch Jadis is this. After ruling her home planet of [[Meaningful Name|Charn]] as a cruel and capricious tyrant with a [[
** Though the war was against her sister, implied to have been almost as evil, at least if the wax figures presenting the last members of the imperial house are anything to go by, as they all appear cruel and miserable.
* [[The Disease That Shall Not Be Named]]: We are never told what is killing Digory's mum, but cancer claimed both [[
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: The Deplorable Word. This book was written during the cold war.
* [[Don't Touch It, You Idiot!]]: Polly's reaction to Digory’s going after the [[Schmuck Bait]].
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* [[Einstein Hair]]: Uncle Andrew.
* [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good]]: How Jadis makes her mistake when tempting Digory in the climax.
* [[Evil Is Cool]]: Subverted with Jadis. Did you expect [[
* [[Fantastic Nuke]]: The "Deplorable Word": a magic word that, if spoken, instantly [[Kill'Em All|kills all life forms in the world]] except [[Omnicidal Maniac|the speaker]]. Lewis makes the nuclear allegory pretty transparent, especially in the description of the burned-out remains of Charn and the [[Aesop]] that Aslan [[Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped|delivers at the end]]:
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* [[Genre Savvy]]: Digory warns Uncle Andrew that, as he's obviously a villain, he better expect retribution for what he does. Uncle Andrew privately thinks, "[[Oh Crap]], he's right!" before trying to laugh it off as Digory [[You Watch Too Much X|reading too many fairy tales]].
* [[Gentleman Wizard]]: Andrew
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* [[Portal Network]]: The Wood Between the Worlds.
* [[Portal Pool]]: Many in "The Wood Between the Worlds".
* [[Prequel]]: To ''[[The Lion, the Witch
* [[Schmuck Bait]]: In verse, no less:
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Strike the bell and bide the danger
Or wonder 'till it drives you mad
What would have followed if you had.'' }}
* [[Sealed Evil in
* [[Statuesque Stunner]]: Jadis.
* [[Suicidal Cosmic Temper Tantrum]]: Jadis wiped out all the living things in Charn because her sister won the civil war.
* [[This Is Something He's Got to Do Himself]]: Digory had to retrieve the apple himself. Had a Narnian taken it, it would have been for themselves and eventually caused Narnia to turn bad. However, if an outsider like Digory took it, it would have been taken for the sake of others.
* [[Tsundere]]: Polly.
* [[Wake Up, Go to School, Save
* [[We Can Rule Together]]: Jadis tempts Digory to eat the Apple of Youth so the two of them can rule the world as king and queen forever.
* [[What You Are in
* [[Wish Fulfillment]]: Arguably, when {{spoiler|Aslan gives Digory the means to save his mother}}. Note that Lewis lost his own mother at a young age to a long illness, probably cancer.
* [[World Tree]]: Several of them, each a significant plot point.
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