Into the Wardrobe

I found The Light Princess at my local library today, and I'm half-way through it.
It was in the children's section, and I think it might be a bit germy as I seem to have a cold coming on.

Oh, sorry, I think it was The Broken Sword - singular. My collection doesnt have nanny's dream or diamond's dream. And I'm trying to remember what cross purposes was... help?

The main reason I didn't care for the castle was that it was a much more direct alegory than the rest. Which I found made it sorta flat.

I am currently reading Macdonald's Phantastes at the moment, and you can see some of the influence he provided for Lewis in sentence structure and turns of phrases...

absolutely. the same is true of many, if not most of macdonald's fantasy novels. in particular, i remember 'the wise woman' and 'lilith' having aspects that would be borrowed or adapted by lewis.

having now finished 'lilith' i can confidently add it to the list of macdonald's best books. it's a harder read than phantastes, but a worthy companion to it and comparable in terms of spiritual symbolism and 'fantastic imagination' (to borrow a term from the man himself.)

For those searching for Macdonald's books, try google book search - quickest way is advanced search for FULL VIEW and author GEORGE MACDONALD - there's quite a few available - downloadable and printable - for free!