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Postby jo » May 26th, 2007, 10:05 am

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Postby Larry W. » May 26th, 2007, 12:31 pm

Something else I've though about-- does the word "chronicles" imply "chronological"? As I remember reading somewhere, Lewis got the series title Chronicles of Narnia from the suggestion of someone else, but I don't think he meant that the title should be strictly applied to the order in which people read the books. But the word "chronicles" is very close to "chronological", and it suggests a deep consideration for the Narnian history, although I think that is secondary to the development of Christian concepts of sin, redemption, and forgiveness, which are best introduced in LWW.

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Postby jo » May 26th, 2007, 12:50 pm

I had always thought that Chronicles meant simply 'records' but I could be wrong there :)
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Postby Stanley Anderson » May 26th, 2007, 1:52 pm

…on a night of rain Frodo smelled a sweet fragrance on the air and heard the sound of singing that came over the water. And then it seemed to him that as in his dream in the house of Bombadil, the grey rain-curtain turned all to silver glass and was rolled back, and he beheld white shores and beyond them a fair green country under a swift sunrise.
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Postby jo » May 26th, 2007, 2:15 pm

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Postby Stanley Anderson » May 26th, 2007, 2:38 pm

…on a night of rain Frodo smelled a sweet fragrance on the air and heard the sound of singing that came over the water. And then it seemed to him that as in his dream in the house of Bombadil, the grey rain-curtain turned all to silver glass and was rolled back, and he beheld white shores and beyond them a fair green country under a swift sunrise.
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Postby carol » May 29th, 2007, 6:44 am

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Postby Larry W. » May 29th, 2007, 11:12 am

Series books are not always numbered. James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales have no numbers on them and neither do the Little House books of Laura Ingalls Wilder. The numbers of the Narnia books were added by the publisher and aren't part of the author's original manuscript. Probably they should be removed from the books, but I don't think that will ever happen.

By the way, who suggested the series title Chronicles of Narnia? I remember reading that someone recommended that title to Lewis, but I don't remember who it was. Was there any connection with the two books of Chronicles in the Bible?

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Postby Tharkun » May 29th, 2007, 3:24 pm

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Postby Leslie » May 29th, 2007, 4:32 pm

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Postby Larry W. » May 29th, 2007, 5:02 pm

I remember we had to read The Holinshed Chronicles for a Shakespeare course in college thirty years ago. I think that type of literature usually is an historic record of important events and deeds done by kings, queens, and other dignitaries. Chronicles in the Bible is similar to that. It gives some importance to the chronological order since in those books the history is emphasized. But I still think the best way to read them the first time is the publication order, which shows Lewis' exploration of Christian ideology introduced in LWW.

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Postby Stanley Anderson » May 29th, 2007, 5:09 pm

…on a night of rain Frodo smelled a sweet fragrance on the air and heard the sound of singing that came over the water. And then it seemed to him that as in his dream in the house of Bombadil, the grey rain-curtain turned all to silver glass and was rolled back, and he beheld white shores and beyond them a fair green country under a swift sunrise.
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