251 pages
Korean language
Published April 4, 2003 by Sigong Juniŏ.
When Digory and Polly try to return the wicked witch Jadis to her own world, the magic ets mixed up and they all land in Narnia where they witness Aslan blessing the animals with human speech.
I think that this is a really fun read. It's amazing to see the origins of a world we all know and love!
I think that this is a really fun read. It's amazing to see the origins of a world we all know and love!
I know others might disagree, but I always found this to be a fine entry point to the series. I can see the draw of reading it at the end as a prequel, but seeing Narnia being born as the first book to the series lends the whole of the Chronicles a gravitas and history that it would never have had otherwise. It makes the series feel like a cohesive narrative of beginning, middle, and end, and I don't think of it as much as an afterthought as most do.
The characters here are memorable, though maybe not as memorable as the Pevensie children or Eustace Scrubb. Digory and Polly seem to be much younger than the other children who go to Narnia (except maybe Lucy). And though some points seem slightly meandering, the end of Charn and the escape of the White Witch, and the beginning of the world …
I know others might disagree, but I always found this to be a fine entry point to the series. I can see the draw of reading it at the end as a prequel, but seeing Narnia being born as the first book to the series lends the whole of the Chronicles a gravitas and history that it would never have had otherwise. It makes the series feel like a cohesive narrative of beginning, middle, and end, and I don't think of it as much as an afterthought as most do.
The characters here are memorable, though maybe not as memorable as the Pevensie children or Eustace Scrubb. Digory and Polly seem to be much younger than the other children who go to Narnia (except maybe Lucy). And though some points seem slightly meandering, the end of Charn and the escape of the White Witch, and the beginning of the world that contains Narnia is brilliant and thrilling to read.
An excellent part of my favorite fantasy series.
