Pauline Baynes added color to each of the line drawings in 1998. Pauline Baynes created approximately 350 line drawings for the Chronicles of Narnia. “The Last Battle” was awarded the Carnegie Award, the highest award for children’s literature. The image of a faun carrying parcels and an umbrella in a snowy wood came to Lewis when he was sixteen.
The books were recently renumbered chronologically: MN, LWW, HHB, PC, VDT, SC, LB. The books were originally published in this order: LWW, PC, VDT, SC, HHB, MN, LB. Lewis completed writing the books in this order: LWW, PC, VDT, HHB, SC, LB, MN. Lewis began writing the books in this order: LWW, PC, VDT, HHB, SC, MN, LB.Ĭ.S. “The Last Battle” was finished before “The Magician’s Nephew,” though it was published after.Ĭ.S.
Lewis died on the same day as American President John Fitzgerald Kennedy.ĭuring World War II, four children stayed at Lewis’ home, the Kilns. “The Horse and his Boy” was completed before “The Silver Chair,” though it was published after.Ĭ.S. “Cair Paravel” means “a lesser court” (Old English: “caer” means “court” and “paravail” means “lesser” or “under”.) In other words, the kings of Narnia are under Aslan. The word “jadis” means “witch” in Persian. The first draft of “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” contained no mention of Aslan. The first draft of “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” was completed in 1949. The original names of the children were Ann, Martin, Rose, and Peter.
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