Revisiting Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
And so we come to the classic. If there's any one book that most people have read from the series, it's this one: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe . [By the way, there seems to be no Oxford comma in this title, which does make sense to me in this case.] As a title, it's a classic too, and it is the most distinguishable title as a Narnia book in the series. After all, when I see or hear the word closet (or walk-in-closet ), I think of clothes, but when I hear the word wardrobe , I think of hide-and-seek and coats and trees and snow and Mr. Tumnus and Turkish Delight ! To a certain extent, I'm almost overly familiar with this book when I re-read it, but I'd like to share some reflections and general observations about it, especially with where my mind has been in reading it this time. First of all, I think I've come to the conclusion that it's a coin-flip whether or not it is best to read this one or The Magician's Nephew first if you are an...