To be fair, I did enjoy this chapter a lot – there’s a growing sense of excitement and anticipation as both the characters and the reader begin to realize that the Witch’s spell is breaking. But then we get to the last page. Read more
Chapter 8: What Happened After Dinner
Now that the children’s respective characters have been established and the White Witch and what she stands for is fairly plain (that is, the destructive allure of wealth and power), it’s time for us to learn more about the other side as the plot kicks into motion. Read more
Chapter 7: A Day with the Beavers
This chapter begins with all four of the children realizing that they’re stuck in Narnia for the long haul. The Robin leads them to Mr. Beaver, who provides a token from Mr. Tumnus (the handkerchief Lucy gave him upon her first visit) and then brings them to his home for dinner. Read more
Chapter 6: Into the Forest
Into the woods to find the Faun! Read more
Chapter 3: Edmund and the Wardrobe
Lucy receives a shock when she runs out to find her siblings, because not only are they not worried sick about her being gone for so long, but they didn’t even notice she had left. Read more
Chapter 2: What Lucy Found There
Man, I forgot how brilliant this book is. Read more
Chapter 1: Lucy Looks into a Wardrobe
First of all, I must mention the sheer Britishness of the writing. I’ve read this book aloud several times, and it’s impossible not to adopt a British accent when reading it. Read more
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