Lewis's early plans for the Professor (Digory Kirke)

[Curious]

[Sven]

Welcome, Curious!

Lewis did begin a early version of Magician's Nephew (The Lefay Fragment) just about the same time he was finishing up LWW. The final version of the book was quite different from the fragment, but Digory and Polly were both in it. It's quite possible he had planned on making Digory a king in Narnia in the first try at MN. Of course, that does also assume that he planned on having The Professor of LWW be Digory, something that's not stated in LWW.

Selah,
Sven

[Curious]

[Sven]

Oh, you're quite right about Digory being the Professor. My point was that, we don't know for sure if, at the time of writing LWW and abandoning 'The Lefay Fragment' if Lewis intended to make them the same person.

Right now, the only place (I think) you can read the fragment is in Walter Hooper's book Past Watchful Dragons, long out of print and used copies costing a small fortune.

[Stanley Anderson]

[Karen]

[Curious]

Thanks for all the info.! I just checked the holdings at my local Library and they also have it on their shelves. Although a true fan would probably opt for buying it. ;)