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The BBC Radio production of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is a delightful two-hour sail on the most fabulous ship in Narnia. Lucy and Edmund, with their dreadful cousin Eustace, get magically pulled into a painting of a ship at sea. That ship is the Dawn Treader, and on board is Caspian, King of Narnia. He and his companions, including Reepicheep, the valiant warrior mouse, are searching for seven lost lords of Narnia, and their voyage will take them to the edge of the world. Their adventures include being captured by slave traders, a much-too-close encounter with a dragon, and visits to many enchanted islands, including the place where dreams come true. The adaptation is faithful to its source, C.S. Lewis's series of Narnia books, which have provided exciting and uplifting tales for generations of children. BBC Radio does wonders with sound effects--the ship creaks in the wind, the sorrowful dragon roars lugubriously--and musical cues and interludes that keep the pacing dynamic. There's also a splendid cast of plummy British voices, making this far more than a book read onto cassette--it's an audio drama, as enjoyable as a trip to the theater. Grownups who buy this tape for their children will want to borrow it for themselves. (Running time: two hours, two cassettes) --Blaise Selby
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The Dawn Treader will take you places you never dreamed existed.
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Not Free SF Reader.......2007-09-03
The two older children from the other books have been given the arse from Narnia as they are now too old and boring to be allowed back. Different rules for lions, it seems.
Anyway, the two younger are staying with an annoying cousin, and end up on a ship with Caspain, now a king, and a talking rodent.
Ship quest time.
Journey to the utter East.......2007-07-26
'Voyage of the Dawn Treader' is the third novel (in publishing order) of the Narnian Chronicles. It follows on the events of 'Prince Caspian' as Lucy and Edmund are visiting their obnoxious cousin Eustache. A picture of a sailing ship on the wall of Eustache's guest room grows and grows until the children fall into to it, entering Narnia once more. They find themselves on the ship The Dawn Treader, with (King) Caspian and Reepicheep the mouse. Caspian is voyaging east in search of seven lost lords who were driven from Narnia by his evil Uncle Miraz. Reepicheep is looking for no less than Aslan's land- which is reputed to be at the end of the great eastern ocean.
This much better than both 'Prince Caspian' and 'The Lion, the witch and the wardrobe'. Lewis really hit his stride with this one. After this, the rest of the series is uniformally excellent. The children have many adventures such as being captured by slavetraders, encountering a dragon, and even meeting a fallen star. The introduction of Eustache allows Lewis once again to show the redemption of a character, as well as make pointed comments on modern ideas of parenting. Again the Christian themes are very lightly hinted at- they will never again be as overt as in the 'The Lion, the witch and the wardrobe'.
Impossible to rank.......2007-05-13
Which is the best Narnian chronicle? Couldn't begin to choose just one, even if my life depended on it. Each has such a high level of craftsmanship; each has such a broad scope of imagination.
However, one unforgettable scene in THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER must arguably rank as the best of the entire series - when Reepicheep the mouse continues the journey into Aslan's country alone, not with fear but with great longing and tremendous courage.
Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the.......2007-04-09
In the 5th book of the Narnia series, "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" our adventure begins, when Lucy, Edmund and our new friend, Eustace are brought to Narnia and are taken aboard the Dawn Treader. Some familiar faces on the boat include Caspian, Reepicheep and Drinian.
On there quest to the end of the world, or the "Far East" they are looking for the lost friends and lords of Caspian's Dad. But they are slowed down by magicans, darkness, stars, dreams, lilies, dragons and Duffelpods. With, of coarse the help of Aslan, the Lion along the journey.
But will they reach the end of the world? Can they find the lost lords? And what surprise is waiting for Lucy and Edmund at the end of the story? ~It's all coming, but only on the mistical voyage of The Dawn Treader!!!
The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader.......2007-01-27
The book I am reviewing is the Voyage of the Dawn Treader Written by C. S. Lewis.
The book starts off with Edmund, Lucy, and Eustace sitting in a spare room when all of a sudden they are swimming for their lives toward the Dawn Treader. Another surprising twist is that Caspian, Lucy, Edmund, Eustace, and Reepicheep are all capture and taken away as slaves. Thankfully Caspian comes up with a way to save them. Now my favorite part is when the Invisible People capture Lucy and force her to make them visible. Once she saved them the magician revealed himself and aided the weary travelers. Another favorite is when Eustace turns into a dragon. Where they find the Third Lord is on a Dark Island where dreams come true. After they come to Ramandu's Island where the next three lords are found asleep. After stopping for food the Dawn Treader sails on East to the edge of the world. Once they get there Reepicheep, Edmund, Lucy, and Eustace sailed off to the edge of the earth on their own.
This was a wonderful book and I would recommend the entire set of the Chronicles of Narnia. This book is my favorite book of the Chronicles of Narnia, but I recommend for you to read them in order!
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Narnia . . . where a dragon awakens . . . where stars walk the earth . . . where anything can happen. A king and some unexpected companions embark on a voyage that will take them beyond all known lands. As they sail farther and farther from charted waters, they discover that their quest is more than they imagined and that the world’s end is only the beginning.
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World's End.......2007-05-26
Yes, I would recommend this book to other people. It is a great example
Of a fantasy book, and if a person likes fantasy, I think that they will find this a really great book. Also, some chapters ended with a cliffhanger, so it was a page turner because you keep wanting to know what happens. One last reason is that it is part of a series, so if you like "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader", you can read the others by the same author.
An Odyssey in Narnia.......2007-04-16
The fifth book in the series finds Lucy, Edmund, and Eustace joining Prince caspian on a ship called The Dawn Treader, which is setting sail to little known Narnian territories where Caspians uncles have been exiled. Each island explores a different sin by which an uncle fell, and a different magical encounter for the voyagers to face and resolve.
The developement of the mighty mouse Reepicheep is an especially welcome treat for children, and the scene in which Eustace becomes a dragon and embodies his own foul heart, so gaining a sort of enlightenment and a definite change of character, is a particularly skillful use of symbolism.
The reaching of Aslan's kingdom is also a symbol of enlightenment, with the Kingdom of Aslan invoking the Kingdom of Heaven in the reader's mind. The islands can be seen as steps in the path to heaven, and the character developement along the way can be seen as an outline to the steps towards righteousness and spirituality. As a fantasy or as a religious writing, this is a hugely important book!
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Best of the Narnia Books.......2006-03-06
Though all of the books in the Chronicles of Narnia are great in their own right, this one is by far the best. Full of imagination, it filled me with a sense of awe, as a child and an adult.
A Triumph.......2006-02-10
This book is quite a departure from the other Narnia adventures Edmund and Lucy experience. For one thing, their older siblings aren't along for the ride (And believe me, they are sorely missed!) and instead they've brought along their cousin Eustace for a voyage to the Eastern Seas with Caspian, formerly a Prince and now a King thanks to the Pevensie children.
To start things off, Lewis has to explain why only three years have passed in Narnia when at least one or two have gone by since Prince Caspian in "our" world. Prior to this, I figured there was some linear way of measuring the time, such as one hour here equals one year there or something to that effect. But according to Lewis, it's rather arbitrary.
That settled, we are re-introduced to Caspian and also to the indomitable Reepicheep, a talking mouse whose valiant nature is by turns touching and rather taxing. All are along on an adventure that is episodic in nature. Each chapter takes us to a new location and gives a new adventure, from slave-trading to invisible people to an island where dreams come true. Each adventure is woven together by a passing comment Caspian made in the book Prince Caspian about his father's supporters being sent across the seas so that his evil uncle could take the throne without challenge. The goal of this voyage is to find these men, and to hopefully find Aslan's country.
This is the most overtly religious of all the Narnia books I've read so far. Aslan's country is basically Heaven, and in the end, the children are given what basically amounts to a sermon with Aslan telling them that their new mission is to know him better in their own world. In other words, the Pevensie children are going to be spending a lot of time in church! Hey, nothing wrong with that. But on top of that, he appears throughout the story in various guises (including that of a lamb -- as in the Lamb of God), usually at times of moral peril when the heroes need his help desperately or are about to make the wrong choice. I did not find that this took away from the story, but I have to admit that I was hoping a few wrong choices could be made, just to spice things up a bit!
However, there's adventure enough in this novel without adding a lot of moral quagmires to the proceedings. My only real complaint is that we don't see enough of Edmund or Caspian; the focus is primarily on Lucy, Eustace and Reep. But that's a minor thing and doesn't detract from the story, which is so beautifully written and descriptive that I had no trouble whatsoever seeing every image clear as day in my head, and couldn't stop part of myself from longing to be right there in the thick of it with the children. Truthfully I'm glad I read this as an adult first because the idea of being able to simply sail into Heaven and experience sea water that tastes fresh and sweet, and waters lined with lillies -- to see the land of the Lord right behind a waterfall and a sunrise -- I would love that, and if I could I would get on a boat and go right now. As an adult with my own spirituality fully formed, I got more out of this than I would have as a child.
I can't wait for the movie version of this book, and I just hope the filmmakers don't cut out any of the islands, because every single one is so fascinating that I would love to see all of them realized visually. Overall, this is my second-favorite book in the series now, with Prince Caspian coming in a close third!
a sunny, scintillating adventure.......2006-01-10
With 'The Magician's Nephew', this is my favourite Narnia novel, a long sequence of bizarre adventures, surreal locations and images, notably Lucy's walk through an enchanted mansion. CS Lewis really let his imagination run wild for this story but maintains a sunny, summery atmosphere; this might be the most holiday-like of the novels.
In his portrait of Eustace and his parents, Lewis has also paraded his personal prejudices: he can't stand progressive, leftie, vegetarian intellectuals. He REALLY has it in for people like the Scrubbs!
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This audio presentation of book five of The Chronicles of Narnia continues the saga of C.S. Lewis's beloved land of fantastic creatures and unlikely heroes. Listeners of any age will be entranced as the crew of the Dawn Treader approaches the "Worlds End."
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Odyssey of Narnia.......2007-04-16
The fifth book in the series finds Lucy, Edmund, and Eustace joining Prince caspian on a ship called The Dawn Treader, which is setting sail to little known Narnian territories where Caspians uncles have been exiled. Each island explores a different sin by which an uncle fell, and a different magical encounter for the voyagers to face and resolve.
The developement of the mighty mouse Reepicheep is an especially welcome treat for children, and the scene in which Eustace becomes a dragon and embodies his own foul heart, so gaining a sort of enlightenment and a definite change of character, is a particularly skillful use of symbolism.
The reaching of Aslan's kingdom is also a symbol of enlightenment, with the Kingdom of Aslan invoking the Kingdom of Heaven in the reader's mind. The islands can be seen as steps in the path to heaven, and the character developement along the way can be seen as an outline to the steps towards righteousness and spirituality. As a fantasy or as a religious writing, this is a hugely important book!
J. Lyon Layden
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The Voyage of the Dawn Trader.......2006-02-22
All the books in the series were great fun.
"There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it.".......2006-01-12
So begins this story, in which Edmund and Lucy - the two youngest of the Pevensies, the only two still young enough to be allowed to enter Narnia - have had the bad luck to be sent for the summer to stay with Eustace's parents, and put up with Eustace's teasing about their "imaginary" country. Eustace's position at the beginning of this book is something like Edmund's at the beginning of THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE - he's bad company and untrustworthy, though his specific flaws are different from Edmund's.
Naturally, he is the fly in the ointment when Edmund and Lucy are drawn back into the Narnian world - he comes along too. As he's been raised reading all the wrong books and has a sad lack of imagination, he makes quite a fool of himself at first. Fortunately for us, he doesn't take center stage much until he comes into his first great adventure about a third of the way through the book, which more than makes up for things. The book is otherwise largely told from Lucy's point of view.
From the Pevensies' point of view, it's been a year since they were last in Narnia - and in fact, even once they are in the Narnian world, they aren't in Narnia itself this time. Caspian (for whom three years have passed) is fulfilling an oath he took at his coronation to sail for a year and a day eastward to find and if need be rescue the seven lords who were disposed of by his usurping uncle Miraz years ago by being sent to explore the unknown eastern seas beyond the Lone Islands - a Narnian possession that we've previously heard of but never seen. When the Pevensies and Eustace join the ship, the Dawn Treader is nearing the Lone Islands, where the ship's company meets one of a series of adventures, this being their last landfall before striking out into uncharted seas eastward. And one of the ship's company - Reepicheep the Talking Mouse, most valiant of the knights of Narnia - has an even greater ambition than to rescue the seven lords; he hopes to find Aslan's own country, that mysterious place to the east from which Aslan has always come into Narnia.
THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER, in fact, is a long ocean voyage in a world where "here be dragons" on a map may not be an idle warning, and even the Pevensies encounter magics and strange truths about the Narnian world that they had never guessed at. As well as more mundane dangers - great storms, supplies running short between islands - the ship's company encounters many of the legendary dangers attributed to the unknown in our world in the days of chivalry, both in and on the sea itself and on the various islands they discover. Their dragon, when he comes along, turns out to be an unexpected kind of problem. In the tradition of one of Lewis' own favourite fantasy writers, George MacDonald, the dragon is Eustace himself, who finally stumbles into a bit of magic that transforms him into a shape that more accurately reflects the state of his heart than does his human shape, giving him the much-needed shock of his life. The problem, of course, is how to transform him - and how to bring him along with the ship if they can't. For me, "The Adventures of Eustace" are where the book moves into high gear.
This book is where I particularly notice the difference between Lewis' original UK editions of the series - which are now those in print in the US and used for the audio editions - and his later text, which was used for the US editions that I first read, for which Lewis rewrote (and improved) the ending of the episode of "The Dark Island". Apart from that detail, the unabridged recording by Derek Jacobi is very well done. Of the narrators of the three books in which Reepicheep appears, Jacobi is the best at interpreting his character, giving him a strong, high-pitched voice that doesn't in the least sound fragile. Jacobi can also give a good reading of Aslan's deep growl.
Great Summer read for kids.......2004-07-23
As a child who grew up listening to the Chronicles of Narnia, it has been a pleasure all over again to introduce them to my children. We bought the CD to listen to in the car. My kids loved this one especially since it was set on a ship. We vacationed at the ocean this year so it was very timely. They ask to hear it over and over again. In a video age it is nice to offer my children an alternative, a real oppportunity to excerise their imaginations! Planning on collecting all 7 books on CD.
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The Chronicles of Narnia, 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.
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Collection includes all seven novels in the series.
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Timeless Set, Great Presentation.......2007-10-05
This set is a great gift whether you were a kid 40 years ago or you're a kid now. For years this set of books has taken millions of readers an adventure after adventure. If you enjoyed them as a child or even as an adult, get this set and share the adventure with your loved ones.
Wonderful book , very absorbing.......2007-09-28
I am almost thru with the Chronicles of Narnia and have thoroughly enjoyed it. Great read and so absorbing.
Meets expectations.......2007-09-26
Boxed book set was in like-new condition; on line description was precise. Shipment was prompt. Would not hesitate to order from here again.
Narnia boxed set.......2007-09-17
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The Real Fantasy.......2007-08-25
Well, usually I despise the kind of fantasy with talking animals and little kids hopping around, as the talking animals are a consequence of the author's inability to paint realistic humans, and the little kids a clear admission that the story is too simple to be appreciated by anyone with more critical sense of a kid.I also hate book "with a moral", they are stiff and feel "constructed" and artificial. This book is an exception in all senses. It's masterfully written, with a class and style the only the greatest writers possess. Characters are alive and breathing, both the humans and the animals, and merge beautifully, and the Christian inspiration flows silently, discreetly and subterraneanly almost all the time, with a class and reserve that reminds of the only Master. A precious , captivating , charming book that would be a real shame to miss if you have not already read it! And don't be discouraged by the horrible movie they made out of it. It had its usefulness for me, as I didn't even know this book existed until I heard about the movie, but luckily I expected the book to outclass that wretched excuse for a movie they did, and, man was I right!
So if you are up for a book that will bring you in a wonderful, colorful, exciting and enriching adventure hurry and get this book, and , as others have said, take care to read it in the original order on which it was written, not the "chronological Narnian order". Some publishers have been stupid enough to publish the various tales in this latter order which spoils most of the surprise and suspense.
The order in which you should read it is:
1) The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, 2) Prince Caspian, 3)The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, 4) The Silver Chair, 5) The Horse and His Boy, 6) The Magician's Nephew, and 7) The Last Battle
The only shadow on this masterpiece is the superficial and ill-chosen choice of the Narnians villains and enemies as people who are way too reminiscent (you could say copied) from our world stereotypical muslim people. besides being superficial and offensive, it also spoils the beauty of the tale with his gross oversimplification and stink of prejudice, ignorance and lack of fantasy. It's sad to see how the dark sides of religion , prejudice, closure, and lack of tolerance pollute not only our everyday life but even a literature masterpiece. Also, I would consider this book as made by the first 6 tales, the last one "The Last Battle" is hugely inferior to the other six, just a quick closure that lacks structure, coherence and , well, "magic".
Especially painful since it attempts to deal with the core of religion.. want to know what I mean by this? Go read the book!
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These classic stories have enchanted millions around the world. Radio Theatre brings them to life in this dramatized audio production. Recorded in London with an all-star cast of England's brightest talent from the stage and screen, an original orchestral score, and cinema-quality digital sound design, this innovative recording provides hours of entertainment for the entire family. All seven stories are available in a single, redesigned slipcase or available individually, and both formats are marked at their lowest prices ever!
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Odyssey of Narnia.......2007-04-16
The fifth book in the series finds Lucy, Edmund, and Eustace joining Prince caspian on a ship called The Dawn Treader, which is setting sail to little known Narnian territories where Caspians uncles have been exiled. Each island explores a different sin by which an uncle fell, and a different magical encounter for the voyagers to face and resolve.
The developement of the mighty mouse Reepicheep is an especially welcome treat for children, and the scene in which Eustace becomes a dragon and embodies his own foul heart, so gaining a sort of enlightenment and a definite change of character, is a particularly skillful use of symbolism.
The reaching of Aslan's kingdom is also a symbol of enlightenment, with the Kingdom of Aslan invoking the Kingdom of Heaven in the reader's mind. The islands can be seen as steps in the path to heaven, and the character developement along the way can be seen as an outline to the steps towards righteousness and spirituality. As a fantasy or as a religious writing, this is a hugely important book!
J. Lyon Layden
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A very good adaption of C.S. Lewis' book!.......2006-03-10
A full cast of voices from many popular british actors, notably Paul Scofield as the narrator, this is a must own for any Chronicles of Narnia fan.
This a adaption of THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER is particularly one of the best of the Radio Theatre series first of all because I like the story, and secondly because the voice of Reepicheep is really well acted. The sound effects are first rate, and the closeness to the book is astounding.
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Increase your student's reading comprehension with our reading comprehension guide for C.S. Lewis' "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader!" This guide will deepen your child's enjoyment and understanding of this delightful classic.
Part of our acclaimed reading comprehension series, this reading comprehension guide provides a comprehension sheet for each chapter, answer keys, a vocabulary list, various worksheets reviewing parts of speech, a creative writing assignment, crossword and juggle puzzles, and a final test.
Our guides integrate reading, comprehension and writing; they are REPRODUCIBLE; and they are used in Logos School Classrooms as part of our Classical education curriculum. Published by Logos School Materials.
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The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is now repackaged in an unjacketed paper-over-board edition with black-and-white Pauline Baynes’ artwork in the interior and the iconic Chris Van Allsburg art on the cover.
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Odyssey of Narnia.......2007-04-16
The fifth book in the series finds Lucy, Edmund, and Eustace joining Prince caspian on a ship called The Dawn Treader, which is setting sail to little known Narnian territories where Caspians uncles have been exiled. Each island explores a different sin by which an uncle fell, and a different magical encounter for the voyagers to face and resolve.
The developement of the mighty mouse Reepicheep is an especially welcome treat for children, and the scene in which Eustace becomes a dragon and embodies his own foul heart, so gaining a sort of enlightenment and a definite change of character, is a particularly skillful use of symbolism.
The reaching of Aslan's kingdom is also a symbol of enlightenment, with the Kingdom of Aslan invoking the Kingdom of Heaven in the reader's mind. The islands can be seen as steps in the path to heaven, and the character developement along the way can be seen as an outline to the steps towards righteousness and spirituality. As a fantasy or as a religious writing, this is a hugely important book!
J. Lyon Layden
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Voyaging.......2007-01-11
The second volume of the Narnia Chronicles closed with the possibility of Lucy and Edmund -- though not their older siblings -- returning to Narnia. "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" makes good on that story, with the intrepid pair (plus a whiny cousin) returning on a strange sea voyage.
After the events of "Prince Caspian," Lucy and Edmund are sent off to stay with their obnoxious cousin Eustace. But when they admire a picture of a strange ship, suddenly all three kids are sucked in -- and land in a Narnian sea. On board the ship is King Caspian, now fully grown, who is determined to find a bunch of knights exiled by his murderous uncle, even if he has to go to the edge of the world (literally).
Lucy and Edmund are thrilled to be back in Narnia again, but Eustance proceeds to make trouble any way he can, complaining and causing trouble among the crew. But there are problems more horrifying than any of them can guess, from dragons to sinister "gold water" to a region filled with their worst nightmares.
"The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" is one of Lewis's most original and tightly-written Narnian adventures. It's also a bit of a break from form. After two books of battles against evil tyrants, "Voyage" simply goes where no man/woman/mouse has gone before, and gives us a view of the Narnian world as more than one isolated little region.
And in some ways, it's also the darkest Chronicle. Lewis explores the theme of greed here -- greed for power, beauty, money and magic -- and has some scenes both chilling and majestic. But his archly humorous style peeks through in several places, whether it's pompous mouse Reepicheep or tea with a reclusive old wizard.
Edmund and Lucy are their usual plucky selves, albeit a bit more mature than before. But "Voyage" also introduces one of Lewis' most interesting characters in Eustace Clarence Scrubb. Like Edmund, Eustace is initially a peevish, lying boy who generally makes trouble, but slowly learns his errors. But unlike Edmund, Eustace doesn't have to ally himself to the baddie to learn that.
"Voyage of the Dawn Treader" was a turning point for the Narnia Chronicles, as well as the one that began venturing into darker territory. Engaging and tightly written.
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Release Date: 2005-06-14 |
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The popular unabridged recordings of The Chronicles of Narnia, previously released, are now repackaged and rejacketed with adult art in time for the first Narnia film coming from Disney at Christmastime 2005!
Customer Reviews:
Odyssey of Narnia.......2007-04-16
The fifth book in the series finds Lucy, Edmund, and Eustace joining Prince caspian on a ship called The Dawn Treader, which is setting sail to little known Narnian territories where Caspians uncles have been exiled. Each island explores a different sin by which an uncle fell, and a different magical encounter for the voyagers to face and resolve.
The developement of the mighty mouse Reepicheep is an especially welcome treat for children, and the scene in which Eustace becomes a dragon and embodies his own foul heart, so gaining a sort of enlightenment and a definite change of character, is a particularly skillful use of symbolism.
The reaching of Aslan's kingdom is also a symbol of enlightenment, with the Kingdom of Aslan invoking the Kingdom of Heaven in the reader's mind. The islands can be seen as steps in the path to heaven, and the character developement along the way can be seen as an outline to the steps towards righteousness and spirituality. As a fantasy or as a religious writing, this is a hugely important book!
J. Lyon Layden
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1997 Chronicles of Narnia Boxed Set of 7 Hardcovers: The Magician's Nephew, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, The Horse and His Boy, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, #1,#2,#3,#4,#5,#6,#7)
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Boxed Set of 7 Books in black cloth box with gilt lettering. Set includes Books 1-7 published by Collins, illustrated by Pauline Baynes.
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