“NARNIA… where the woods are thick and cool, where Talking Beasts are called to life… a new world where the adventure begins.”
C.S Lewis
The Magician’s Nephew is the first chronological entry in The Chronicles of Narnia series, detailing the creation of the fictional world in which the rest of the series explores. Themes of creation, temptation, original sin, and redemption are all portrayed in this book, just as they are rendered in The Book of Genesis in the Bible. The Magician’s Nephew is the first novel in The Chronicles of Narnia just as; very similarly, z is the first book in the Bible. We believe there is notable importance in analyzing the connections C.S Lewis made between the worlds of Narnia and the garden of Eden as well as how, or perhaps why, they are dissimilar. In The Chronicles of Narnia, C. S Lewis illustrates key Christian teachings as one of his primary sources and scope. Lewis shapes the original narrative in ways that both support and undermine dominant Christian ideas.
Cover art by Chris Van Allsburg, 1994
Click the yellow buttons in the illustration below to explore our interactive display containing contrasts and correlations between C.S Lewis’ novel and the verses from the Bible… more specifically the Garden of Eden.
illustration below by Olivia Warren, 2o21
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