I just finished rereading the CoN except for Silver Chair and Last Battle, and I had a thought when i was looking at the character ages on narniaweb.
In Prince Caspian, Peter and Susan are told that they can't return to Narnia because they're too old. Narniaweb says that Peter is 14 and Susan 13. Then in VotDT Edmund and Lucy are told they are too old to return to Narnia when Edmund is 12 and Lucy 10. Why is Lucy too old at 10 when Susan at least was able to return at 13?
That wasn't the only thing that puzzled me. In Magician's Nephew, three adults (Uncle Andrew, Frank, and Helen) are brought to Narnia. Not only that, but the Telmarines most likely were adults when they wandered into Narnia.
And lastly, Eustace and Jill are said to be 16 during the Last Battle! That's much older than Peter when he was told he couldn't come back!
Does Lewis ever explain this anywhere? Not to question the master, but this has been bugging me for awhile and I would love to hear what others think.
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