Has anyone here read all the books?

[~JadisTheWhiteWitch~]

why i'm asking cause I wanted to know if Jadis came back in a different form? just wondering

[1Peter_Aslan_Fan1]

Yes I did about 1000000000000000000 times each one and no she doesn't.

[1Peter_Aslan_Fan1]

Oh and welcome to the site!

[~JadisTheWhiteWitch~]

ok thank you and thanks for welcoming me

[she-elfwarrior19]

Ive read them, some more than others because i found HHb and MN to boring to read another time the rest ive read many times though, i might read HHb again soon though.

[~JadisTheWhiteWitch~]

i'm not fond of the others either but my favorite is LWW

[CSLewisFan]

why i'm asking cause I wanted to know if Jadis came back in a different form? just wondering


Most people have on here and no she does not :)

The "Green Witch" (or whatever you prefer to call her) is supposedly related to Jadis in some way. (She is in The Silver Chair.)

-Austin

[furcoats]

Well, Jadis is in the Pre-quel, The Magician's Nephew. And in The Silver Chair they say that The lady of the Green Kirtle came from the same race of northen peoples.

[~JadisTheWhiteWitch~]

oh ok I understand now

[♣Teh Deviant♣]

I am reading the collection (all 7). I am now on Voyage of the Dawn Treader.

Sofia

[lions mane]

i've read the whole series about 5 times (and i don't understand how some of u can read some of the books but not all of them, that's weird) and she does come back as the lady in the green kirttle (serpant).
but she's also in T.M.N.

[EveningStar]

I've read all seven. And since now I have one of those expensive all-in-one bound volumes I'm in a quandary. In a single bound volume is it "Chronicles of Narnia" or does it become "Chronicle of Narnia"? :rolleyes:

[Tarkheena_Finduilas22]

I've read them ALL! haha! :D

[the Large Voice]

I've read all seven. And since now I have one of those expensive all-in-one bound volumes I'm in a quandary. In a single bound volume is it "Chronicles of Narnia" or does it become "Chronicle of Narnia"? :rolleyes:
My cousin got the all-in-one volume for Christmas. :cool:
And I would personally still call it "Chronicles of Narnia"... :)

I've read all 7 books numerous times, but I tend to re-read MN, HaHB and LB most often...I don't see how some of you think those books are boring..? :eek:

[cathyrh]

i read them all when i was eight. i got all 7 for christmas, so now i'm on them again. reading LWW forth and back... :D

[kittyjane]

i've read all 7 (my lingua franca teacher lent an omnibus to me) and i'm so proud of myself! :D

peter rules!

[sevgi]

I have read all seven books at least once. I thought the Green Lady in the Silver chair was Jadis and if it is not how did she get there? She can't be a relative because jadis destroyed everyone from her world, which is seen in the MN

[misslucypevensie]

i've read the books more than 100 time and the white wich doesn't come back

[QA48]

Ive read them, some more than others because i found HHb and MN to boring to read another time the rest ive read many times though, i might read HHb again soon though.

C'mon the magician's nephew is way up there with the LWW. is just that good. but hey its your opinion. IMHO i think the silver chair is just plain boring. i kept wanting to rush through the chapters but the fact that something interesting might happen kept me from doing that.

[misslucypevensie]

i think the lady in green kirtle was just an evil witch from the northern mountains

[~JadisTheWhiteWitch~]

i've read the whole series about 5 times (and i don't understand how some of u can read some of the books but not all of them, that's weird) and she does come back as the lady in the green kirttle (serpant).
but she's also in T.M.N.

Oh Ok thanks for telling me and helping me out everyone :)

[truelovewaits]

i read them all in 4th grade! i am now in 6th!! i am reading them again!!!!

[~JadisTheWhiteWitch~]

What's wrong with you people?!
If you read the books you would KNOW... Jadis died, but she was good to the dwarves (she didn't kill them as much cause many were loyal to her.) Later, when there was trouble brewing in narnia, the dwarves suggested that they RESSURECT HER.All of the good guys got mad at them.... But if you read you can tell the Emerald Witch is her, because the Dwarves brought her back with "black magic"!!!! Besides, how can you not see the similarities between "White Witch", and "Emerald Witch"?!


oh ok thanks for telling me I'm glad to hear that :)

[*moseley*princess*]

I am only on chapter 4 of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

[Narnia_Fan]

I've read all the books and i plan to read them many more times i'm in the LWW.My junior high pastor who is 25 has read all the books 10 times at least,and i plan to pass him by,by reading them more times than he :)

[~JadisTheWhiteWitch~]

thats cool :)

[Aslan Fan]

I've read them all. And no she doesn't come back. :)

[Narnia_Fan]

What's your guys 2 fav books?Me personaly have three favs LWW,HHB,and LB,but that would be cheating.I don't think i can eliminate anymore so how about making it ur 3 favs.I like all the books so it's hard to elimunate any of them.Well i'm going to wake up at 5:30am and it's 10:10pm acualy i think i'll wake up at six so i can get 8 hours of sleep.Anywhokeep posting everyone!!

[Impreza]

Nope, not all of them. Dont want to spoil the fun watching the film later on. :D

[Malacandra]

What's wrong with you people?!
If you read the books you would KNOW... Jadis died, but she was good to the dwarves (she didn't kill them as much cause many were loyal to her.) Later, when there was trouble brewing in narnia, the dwarves suggested that they RESSURECT HER.All of the good guys got mad at them.... But if you read you can tell the Emerald Witch is her, because the Dwarves brought her back with "black magic"!!!! Besides, how can you not see the similarities between "White Witch", and "Emerald Witch"?!

Exclamation marks and ellipses (singular: ellipsis; that's... one of those) do not an argument make. True, some of the dwarfs (don't use the Tolkien plural, the guys that Aule made are not the same as Narnian dwarfs) were for bringing Jadis's ghost back to help out against Miraz and the Telmarines, but that's not to say they intended to - or could - bring her back in bodily form. The Emerald Witch and the White Witch have some similarities, but that's not evidence enough to say they were one and the same.

I don't know that Lewis had clearly thought through the origins of Jadis or the Emerald Witch at the point when he wrote about them. "The Magician's Nephew" doesn't quite ring 100% consistent with the other books. And how Jadis came to have the right to the blood of traitors, enshrined in the Deep Magic from the Dawn of Time, when she was an outsider to Narnia in the first place, takes a bit of explaining. (We can get busy imagining, of course: God, whether in the person of Aslan or the Emperor-Over-Sea had foreknowledge that Jadis would enter the world, and would be "rewarded" for attacking Aslan by being given the post of traitor's bane.) But why worry? Enjoy the story and don't pick nits. Lewis didn't spend as long on his fantasy world as Tolkien did on his, and it shows, but there's plenty to enjoy anyway.

[Narnia_Fan]

Nobody else might think so but i do.I think that the ending to the whole series is not a bad place to end ,but i wish they made one more book about their life in the new narnia.I think the end is too happy.But i still liked it.Well I have to do my dishes,blah.

[♣Teh Deviant♣]

I haven't read all the books yet; I am on the Last Battle, chapter 9.

Sofia

[PrinceOfTheWest]

What's wrong with you people?!
If you read the books you would KNOW... Jadis died, but she was good to the dwarves (she didn't kill them as much cause many were loyal to her.) Later, when there was trouble brewing in narnia, the dwarves suggested that they RESSURECT HER.All of the good guys got mad at them.... But if you read you can tell the Emerald Witch is her, because the Dwarves brought her back with "black magic"!!!! Besides, how can you not see the similarities between "White Witch", and "Emerald Witch"?!christapheo, I've been reading the books for 40 years, plenty long enough to know that 1) it wasn't "the dwarfs" who suggested getting the witch back, but only one: Nikabrik, 2) what was proposed wasn't a resurrection, but a necromantic ceremony to communicate with her, and 3) it never happened because those proposing to perform the ceremony were killed.

There are entire threads on this topic, and the conclusion is always the same: there is no textual support for Jadis and the Emerald Witch being the same person. An editorial comment in some editions of one of the books makes that error, which partly accounts for the widespread confusion, but nothing in the books themselves supports this idea.

[echoscot]

christapheo, I've been reading the books for 40 years, plenty long enough to know that 1) it wasn't "the dwarfs" who suggested getting the witch back, but only one: Nikabrik, 2) what was proposed wasn't a resurrection, but a necromantic ceremony to communicate with her, and 3) it never happened because those proposing to perform the ceremony were killed.

There are entire threads on this topic, and the conclusion is always the same: there is no textual support for Jadis and the Emerald Witch being the same person. An editorial comment in some editions of one of the books makes that error, which partly accounts for the widespread confusion, but nothing in the books themselves supports this idea.


Wow, well laid out argument. I have been reading them for about 30 years now and have found frustration with that misleading connotation. I have Paul Ford's Companion to Narnia, which has thorough research on all things Narnian, and he draws similarities, but concurs that it is a different witch in SILVER CHAIR.

BTW: For those of you having difficulties with the books, ie boring, I struggled with Prince Caspian the first time I read them, but as I got older, I found each one better than the one before it. Much like the new Narnia.

[mr_tummnus]

Ok, I think, that we were all confused with BBC show The chronicles...coz same actrees played Jadis and Green Lady...they do say in The silver chair, at the end:

"...how a wicked witch (doubtless the same kind as that White witch who had brought the Great Winter on narnia long ago) had contrived a whole thing, first killing Rillians' mother, ..."

and after

"...And the lesson of it all is, your Highness", said the oldest Dwarf, "that those Northen Witches always mean the same thing, but in every age they have different plan for getting it."

That was from the The Silver chair, chapter 15, last page...

But now I wonder, what some1 mentioned...if Jadis destroyed every1 in the MN (by saying forbiden word) from where did the other witches come? Jadis hd a family, housband, lover...adopted...

;)

[pevensie_lover]

I read it all. and I love the last battle :)

[Danny Darnia]

Of course I've read all the Narnia books...eventhough I read after saw the movie :p My favourite are horse n his boy, voyage of dawn treader n last battle the scenes that I'm waiting for if Voyage be a movie is the metamorph of Eustace to be a dragon.....!N last battle too.....who will play as the donkey (i forgot his name) n the unicorn??My guess is.......THE COMPUTER GRAPHICS..... :D

[~Grateful * Surrender~]

why i'm asking cause I wanted to know if Jadis came back in a different form? just wondering
The books are fibulas, fantastic, wonderful, glorious, and unspeakable...I think you get my point. No Jadas does not retune. Aslan killed her.

[~JadisTheWhiteWitch~]

The books are fibulas, fantastic, wonderful, glorious, and unspeakable...I think you get my point. No Jadas does not retune. Aslan killed her.
oh ok thanks

[~Grateful * Surrender~]

You absolutly MUST read them ALL!

[glamel]

i am currently re-reading everything again:D
but i have read them all:D

[~Grateful * Surrender~]

After I saw the movie I read them all in one week. I am also goign to re-read them very soon.

[Gondorgirl]

It wasn't until last year before the movie came out that I read them all for myself,but My dad read them all to me more than once except the last battle. Actually I still haven't read the last battle but I will some time. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to. I took this test to see which character I'm like and I came out as Susan, Jill, and Bree. (I took it more than once.) I see a trend here.

[Queen Swanwhite]

I've read MN, about 7 times

LWW, about 12 times

HHB, about 3 times

PC about 8 times

VDT about 5 times

SC about 7 times

LB about 2 times :o

[NarnianPrincess]

I have read them all many time! Some protions I have memorized!

[cor fan14]

i have read them all :D

[LOST_and_Narnia_Fan!]

I read up to horse and his Boy

why i'm asking cause I wanted to know if Jadis came back in a different form? just wondering

[~JadisTheWhiteWitch~]

I have read them all up to TVODT and still on that book:D

[ElectricJello]

I've read them, and I love them!!!

[Tweetsie]

I have.. first time in like fourth grade... :rolleyes: Before that it was just in peices..

[pink-cheetah]

i know i will definitely re-read them all when LB comes out!!

[♥AslansForgivenDaughter♥]

I have read them all up to TVODT and still on that book:D

heh, I've heard that was one of the best of the books ^.^ I havn't read all the books yet...but I have read up until Prince Caspain which I just started reading just resently after I finished 'the horse and his boy' (my fav so far would most deffinitly be LWW but I have to read them all before I know for sure which ones my real fav lol :))

[~JadisTheWhiteWitch~]

heh, I've heard that was one of the best of the books ^.^ I havn't read all the books yet...but I have read up until Prince Caspain which I just started reading just resently after I finished 'the horse and his boy' (my fav so far would most deffinitly be LWW but I have to read them all before I know for sure which ones my real fav lol :))
lol oh it is good so far

[mr fox]

so have I ! hey did you get the meaning at the end of book 5 of who is aslan?

[~JadisTheWhiteWitch~]

so have I ! hey did you get the meaning at the end of book 5 of who is aslan?
were you asking me?

[writinghorses]

I read them in first grade (i'm now 20 and reading them all again), Jadis does not come back in the form of another character, however, she is one of few characters in The Magician's Nephew, which is the prequel to the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and explains how Narnia and the Wardrobe itself came to be and came to rest in the 100-year winter LWW begins.

[~JadisTheWhiteWitch~]

I read them in first grade (i'm now 20 and reading them all again), Jadis does not come back in the form of another character, however, she is one of few characters in The Magician's Nephew, which is the prequel to the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and explains how Narnia and the Wardrobe itself came to be and came to rest in the 100-year winter LWW begins.
oh ok and I know that I have all 7 books here:D sorry I can't help it I'm a Jadis fan I get picked on by others cause of it

[glamel]

I am reading the last battle again!!!!:D
just fyi, you know:D

[Starbuck]

I've read all of them, though I rarely read 'The Last Battle' if at all, as it's depressing and I hate it when things that I enjoy END. I just read up to The Silver Chair and rewind back to The Magicians Nephew.

[jubilee]

I am reading the collection (all 7). I am now on Voyage of the Dawn Treader.

Sofia
thats my favorite one!!!! what part are you at??

[straitjackit]

My collection is falling apart, and I've had them for about 8 years. Add the fact that I can read the latest Harry Potter book completely in about 6 hours, and that is how many times I've read the things. :D Gotta love em!

[QueenSusanofNarnia]

Actually, I have read all the books and Jadis does come back: Remeber in The Silver Chair? The Queen of the Underland is Jadis in another form.

_QueenSusanofNarnia

[QueenSusanofNarnia]

I have read all 7 books and I am sooo upset at the last page in the whole series. I cried![QUOTE]

[Giselle the Ethereal]

I have read all 7 and Voyage of the Dawn Treader is my favorite!

The Last Battle..got me depressed for days. I'm weird!

But still, LWW is the cutest! :D

[straitjackit]

Actually, I have read all the books and Jadis does come back: Remeber in The Silver Chair? The Queen of the Underland is Jadis in another form.

_QueenSusanofNarnia
You think so? I think that maybe she is kindred, but not actually Jadis. Maybe just that all witches are descendants of Lilith. Sorta sounds like Neon Genesis Eva...

[Crimson]

cool, ive read the books alot

[DifferentFree]

I've read them all about 4 times, and she doesn't come back. Jadis is only in The Magician's Nephew and Then Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe.

As mentioned above, it is said that the Queen of the Underworld is Jadis in another form. But it really isn't. I just researched it a bit and it totally isn't her. Hope this helps!

[Aslans_Armor_Gorl]

I've read all 7 books and have enjoyed them all. I personally think that the White Whitch (Jadis) has some sort of relationship with all of the other evil doers. You understand where I'm taking it?

[jewelluver]

ive read all of them since i was 3 so i guess you can say ive read them 10000000000000000000000000 times . i personly think the lady of the green kirtle is the white witch come back : :eek:

[~EdmundsQueen~]

i finished the last battle this morning so yes ive read them all" they were all awesome!

[SakuraJapan66]

Is it true Lucy,peter and edmund die but susen at the very end.

[~EdmundsQueen~]

They die in england but after that they live in the real Narnia.

[Sora99]

they died in a train crash,didnt they.

[Mrs.Tumnus7]

Yes, they did.(I cried for a week!):( And I read all the books for the first time. My Youth Pastor Gave me the "All seven in one edition. I love it! And I am already starting to re-read them all over again. I think I'm going to be reading them like seven times a year, because I love them so much.:)

[~JadisTheWhiteWitch~]

well I finshed The Silver Chair and Just started on The Last Battle

[Crimson]

ive read the whole series 4 times..im on my 5th time right now

[Lucy the Marshwiggle]

ive read all the books several times..and now im starting all over reading them AGAIN..haha sooo much fun

[Crimson]

i wanna read the whole series like..20 times!! has anyone read the series more than 10 times that u know of?

[KingPeterTheMagnificent]

I have read the Chronicles of Narnia 30 times at the least!
I've been reading them since I was three!

[~JadisTheWhiteWitch~]

oh ok but this will be my first time reading the whole serious

[Bramblefox]

Ohhhh yeah! As a matter of fact, I had read all of them about ten times each before there was even talk of the movies being made.

[adrianzuko]

I'm on the 6th one! Silver Chair.. ;)

[AslansSoldier]

Jadis is supposedly related to the Green Witch (also known as the Lady of the Green Kirtle) and - here's a spoiler - the Greenie turns into a serpent.
Jadis is also in the Magician's Nephew. :rolleyes:

[LifeMaiden]

I've only read 2 ( Magician's Nephew and LWW) but this weekend am going to read at least two more. They are soo much easier reading than the LOTR trilogy which took me FOREVER to finish.

Jadis is related to the Green Witch? Interesting. I'm working on a historical fanfic about Jadis' background and childhood, and how she came to be such a strong willful woman. Am also working on what the forbidden word really was.

Next I have to find out a little more, if possible, about the race of the Jinns. I wonder if there will be anything more related to Jadis in any of the other five books I haven't read.

[Something Wicked!!~.^]

Nooooooooo...she doesn't.....but she is in MN if ya can't figgur what that title is u prolly shouldnot read the books cause its the easyest one to remember....but wasn't she awsome..in the movie very good evil witch type...person....loved her in Constantine as well....

[Kayliyana]

I've read all of them. The last one's a bit of a shock. I won't spoil it for you though!

[jesuschick]

I've read all of them. The last one's a bit of a shock. I won't spoil it for you though!

i agree, my dad read the books out loud to us kids. since the movie i have read them all agian exept TMN.

[Moseleyfreak]

I have. When I was in 3rd grade.

[milo_goldwater>knight]

i have read all of them too; personally i think that the lion, the whitch, and the wardrobe and the last battle are the best books in the series and i can't wait for th movie series is completed to watch them in marathon(of cousrse this will take more than a decade to complete unless they film back to back). by the way hello, this is my first post here, and i think(or want to) i'll be making many friends among the narnians of this site.

[Lucy_QueenofNarnia]

My friend had vaguely told me about them, and then when there was talk of movies, my aunt who teaches 3rd grade and reads them to her class told me I absolutely MUST read them, especially before the movie came out. So I did! And then the trailer came out in theatres and I was like OMGsh, this looks so cool! And my dad was like, "we are going to see that! It looks good!" (I know, interesting for my dad to say that... he didnt even know they were books, I dont think)

But my favs are in this order:
Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe
Prince Caspian
Last Battle (Which I am reading again right now)
Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Horse and HIs Boy
Magician's Nephew
Silver Chair

[Princess_Iliana]

My friend had vaguely told me about them, and then when there was talk of movies, my aunt who teaches 3rd grade and reads them to her class told me I absolutely MUST read them, especially before the movie came out. So I did! And then the trailer came out in theatres and I was like OMGsh, this looks so cool! And my dad was like, "we are going to see that! It looks good!" (I know, interesting for my dad to say that... he didnt even know they were books, I dont think)

But my favs are in this order:
Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe
Prince Caspian
Last Battle (Which I am reading again right now)
Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Horse and HIs Boy
Magician's Nephew
Silver Chair

A friend.. I feel special. Yes, I have read all the books. When I was in the third grade my teacher read The Lion, The Witch, and The wardrobe to our class.

My favs are in this order:
The Lion,The Witch and The Wardrobe
Prince Caspian
Last Battle
The Dawn Treader
The Magician's Nephew
The Horse and his boy
The Silver Chair

But I love all the books.

[KathrynJanewayChakotay]

I have read all of these books over and over
Jadis is only in The Magician's nephew and LWW The EMerled wirch somewehre along the line is a take off of Jadis

[Yahtzee]

this was the time jadis came back i a diffrent form

[Yahtzee]

jadis was the witch from the first book the one who was there wen narnia was created that was jadis

[the freak sisters]

Im on my last book TSC and No she hasnt come back

[narnia+north]

I'v read all the books and the White Witch does not come back. although, some people like the hag and the black dwarf want her to come back in Prince Caspian.

[Princey]

I'm reading the Last Battle again now too ^.^

[narnia+north]

i read the series twice! i loved it that much!

[jumping joker]

i have only read the first four im working on all the books

[QueenSusanofNarnia]

i've read The Magician's Nephew 2 times, LWW 3 times, and the other five once.

[~JadisTheWhiteWitch~]

i've read The Magician's Nephew 2 times, LWW 3 times, and the other five once.

I have read them all:D

[The White Stag]

Yes I have but I did think that Prince Caspian and The voyage of the dawn Treader were slightly boring. But I love the Magician's Nephew of how Narnia came to life and how the wardrobe was made. But I also think that the Lion, the witch and the wardrobe is good to but I didn'tread that one first as it isn't the first book but it's the most famous that's why they have done the film first. I think they have done he right film first but I would ahve liked it if they did the Magician's Nephew first as it makes sense and follows on from the film they have just done. But I really enjoyed the film, but questionning if this film was actually better than the orignal BBC films. :confused:

[sirpeterWBfan]

I've read all the books numerus times. I've read The M. Nephew 2 times,LWW 2 times, Prince caspian 3 times, The V. of the D. Treader 2, the silver chair once & The Last Battle 2. :D

[*Mrs.Beaver Fan*]

Ive read them all.

[-Princess of the Bow-]

i've read them all many times. especially the the lion the witch and the wardrobe and the silver chair and the last battle. :) those are my favorites.

[Atién]

I've also read them all many times.

[Princey]

I've read them all twice, though I found The Last Battle slightly confusing and boring. But I loved The Horse and His Boy, LWW, Prince Caspian and The Silver Chair the most out of all, though I liked the others too.

[Skandargrl4ever]

i only read LWW, magician's nephew, and Prince Caspian

[arwenelizabeth]

I've read all of them several times. I began by listening to them - when I was a child my dad read us the whole set at least twice - and then when I was older, I read them for myself. I'd really recommend reading all of them! LWW is great, but you get a much better sense of Narnia as a world (and learn a lot more!) if you read all of them.

And yes, Jadis does show up again in The Magician's Nephew. (Perhaps I should say she shows up "before"!) I know MN is now considered the "prequel" to LWW, but I'm old-school and like to read them in the order Lewis wrote them.

[LifeMaiden]

I read the books when I was about 10 or so, but I didn't really get into them....just the LWW.

Now, I've just reread the LWW, Prince Caspian, the Magician's Nephew, and am part ways through the VDT. And loving every moment of each book!!!!!!!! Also I've been reading a CS Lewis bio called THE NARNIAN, and planning to read Mere Christianity, Surprised by Joy, and Screwtape Letters. So much reading, so little time!!

[Adanedhel]

I have read all of them. And then I read them all in a week just after I saw LWW in theater. They are all so amazing!

[caspian the 10th]

yes they are much better if you read them all.( for those who havnt ead the books and only seen the movie i strongly recomend you to go buy the books and read them all in orderto get the story properly)...(although LWW was the first to be wriiten it is second in the series)

i have read them 3 times and currently on my 4th time just started Prince caspian. i also have them on cd as dramatised mp3

[office]

iv read them all

[Saruman]

Now, I've just reread the LWW, Prince Caspian, the Magician's Nephew, and am part ways through the VDT. And loving every moment of each book!!!!!!!!

I find myself in agreement with you, IM. I've read the Chronicles through once, and I recently read through LWW, TMN and PC for the second time; and I have found that reading through them the second time has been a loving-every-moment-of-it experience for me, too. :)

[SlpNarniaQueen]

I've read the whole series three times, listened to the whole series on books on CD the Family Friendly one five times, I also read the whole Narnia dictionary and Movie companion.

[LifeMaiden]

I'm beginning THE SILVER CHAIR soon. I completed the Voyage of the Dawn Treader and absolutely loved that book even better than PC.

[PrinceOfTheWest]

They keep getting better. In my opinion, Silver Chair is the most complex and mature of the stories, though I love them all. Horse comes close.

[LifeMaiden]

They keep getting better. In my opinion, Silver Chair is the most complex and mature of the stories, though I love them all. Horse comes close.


POTW, I just finished that in record time. It seems like that book doesn't have as many young fans as LWW because as you said, it's more complex. But I enjoyed it, and I loved the Green Witch :D

[<Turkish Delight>]

I read them all after I saw the movie and am now reading them all over again since they were such wonderful books.

[LifeMaiden]

One more book to go, THE LAST BATTLE. And then I'm going to reread them all again.

[always winter]

ive read them all once, but after hearing how adamson treated the book when creating LWW, i want to read it again and instead of just reading the words, i want to start taking the paragraphs into more detail, skecthing out my thoughts on whats happning. turn c.s lewis's minimilist writing into a broader idea.

i know when i read the books, they seemed so sort, but looking back on em i feel like there was so much in there that i just didnt grasp right away since h wrote it so short.

so i plan to read them twice, once to create a larger idea for each story, a second time to read it through enjoyably as the thoughts and ideas are easily fabricated in my head. i dunno if that made sense to you guys, but i know what im getting at lol :D

[LifeMaiden]

Meg I totally agree. I've read my favorite books as much as a dozen times over the years, maybe more. And I plan to do the same with the Chronicles.

I just finished the LAST BATTLE so I am done with ALL OF THEM, at last. I had a lot of free time this week to read, so I read VOTDT, SC, and the LB in like, four days LOL.

Now that I'm done reading them all once, I will go back and read them a second time as well. I find that you can pick up a lot more of the meanings and symbolisms behind the book when you go back and read it again, and again. It's like watching a movie for the first time. There might be things in it you don't always understand, but if you go back and watch it again, if you feel it's worth reviewing, then you can get a better understanding of it.


The Last Battle made me cry at the end.

[GeNtLe SuSaN]

I've only read through Prince Caspian.......but I'm gonna read them all!!!!!

[aravis8866]

I've read every single one, and I love them all. I'm not really sure if she does come back, but I think that the Lady of the Green Kirtle (spelling?) is Jadis. Pretty much all of the evildoers in Narnia are ladies, so you'd think they were all Jadis.

[Countess Atarah Eladah]

I have read all the books, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and The Horse and His Boy, are my favorites. :)

[always winter]

Meg I totally agree. I've read my favorite books as much as a dozen times over the years, maybe more. And I plan to do the same with the Chronicles.

I just finished the LAST BATTLE so I am done with ALL OF THEM, at last. I had a lot of free time this week to read, so I read VOTDT, SC, and the LB in like, four days LOL.

Now that I'm done reading them all once, I will go back and read them a second time as well. I find that you can pick up a lot more of the meanings and symbolisms behind the book when you go back and read it again, and again. It's like watching a movie for the first time. There might be things in it you don't always understand, but if you go back and watch it again, if you feel it's worth reviewing, then you can get a better understanding of it.


The Last Battle made me cry at the end.

yea the last battle was rather sad, even though the ending its supposed to be somewhat happy.

i tend to reread things to pick up new finds, like in harry potter, there's a whole lot of foreshdaowing or mention of names of people who you learn more about later. as for movies...it took me 4 times of watching LWW to realize that edmund draws on that statues face and in the end the animal still has the markings lol :p

[Something Wicked!!!~.^]

Totally! Like a thousand times. . First time it was my older brother who read it to all of us little kids he would do all these different voices and stuff. . .

[LifeMaiden]

The Silver Chair doesn't seem to figure among a lot of people's favorites. I wonder why? That book was eerie to me...but certainly enjoyable just to read about someone like Jadis...the Green Kirtle Lady rocked in there! When and if they make a movie of the SC they better stretch out the battle scene between Prince Rilian and the Green Witch when she turns into that huge serpent thing.

I'm working on the Magician's Nephew again and reading the NARNIAN, a bio about CS Lewis, which really gives a lot of interesting insight into the Chronicles.

[Aslan's Beloved Daughter]

i have read all the books except the last 2. But they're all awesome!

[Lucy_QueenofNarnia]

I've read them all twice. I still have to say LWW is my favorite, though each of them were great and had something completely unique about them. It's funny how every time I finished one, I almost felt sad, because there was something final and bittersweet about all of them. Especially the Last Battle.

[LifeMaiden]

LucyQueenofNarnia, that's a perfect word to describe many of the books...bittersweet. You were happy for the characters and yet sad that certain things also came to an end. Like when you know the Pevensies ( other than Susan of course) have made it into the New Narnia, you also are saddened by their deaths in the train wreck in the real world. That's what makes CS Lewis books so special though...that he's able to make his readers feel deeply and care about the characters he created.

[Wendygirljp]

Since there are so many fans of the Chronicles of Narnia Series, why do you suppose Disney started with the second book, chronologically? It is confusing to me as The Magician's Nephew (again, chronologically) comes before The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe.

Maybe it would conflict with the various theological creation stories?

[LifeMaiden]

Since there are so many fans of the Chronicles of Narnia Series, why do you suppose Disney started with the second book, chronologically? It is confusing to me as The Magician's Nephew (again, chronologically) comes before The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe.

Maybe it would conflict with the various theological creation stories?


Hi Wendy, I think that it's because the LWW was the most well-known of all the books rather than the Magician's Nephew. When I was a kid, for example, I had the Chronicles...and the number one book was the LWW, not the Magician's Nephew. I think they changed the order of it some time later. I am not sure that the MN would conflict with creation stories, because it only explains how Narnia came about ( by Aslan) and how the White Witch got there...it's sort of a preface to the LWW. But in some cases, I've also seen that book as the last book ( no 7 ) of the seven book series.

[Wendygirljp]

Yes, I heard it was not the first book written in the series by Mr. Lewis, but just thinking of the story line.

Maybe it is like Mr. Lucas with his Star Wars series – 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3 . . .

[Lucy_QueenofNarnia]

Well, they're making the movies in the order CS Lewis published them. So LWW came first, and MN will be one of the very last, right before LB (and possibly before or after HHB, not quite sure about that one).

[Tea~Fairy]

Well, they're making the movies in the order CS Lewis published them. So LWW came first, and MN will be one of the very last, right before LB (and possibly before or after HHB, not quite sure about that one).

HHB?
I'm having a major mind blank!!!!

[Elf Of The Grey Havens]

Horse and His Boy

[Crimson]

I wonder which one they'll make after SC? HAHB, MN, or, LB? I am guessing LB will be last.

and I heard that they might not make HAHB.