This large, deluxe hardcover edition of the first title in theclassic Chronicles of Narnia series, The Magician's Nephew, is agorgeous introduction to the magical land of Narnia. The manyreaders who discovered C.S. Lewis's Chronicles through The Lion,the Witch, and the Wardrobe will be delighted to find that the nextvolume in the series is actually the first in the sequence--and astep back in time. In this unforgettable story, Britishschoolchildren Polly and Digory inadvertently tumble into the WoodBetween the Worlds, where they meet the evil Queen Jadis and,ultimately, the great, mysterious King Aslan. We witness the birthof Narnia and discover the legendary source of all the adventuresthat are to follow in the seven books that comprise theseries.
Rich, heavy pages, a gold-embossed cover, and Pauline Baynes'soriginal illustrations (hand-colored by the illustrator herself 40years later) make this special edition of a classic a bona fidetreasure.
《纳尼亚传奇》(The Chronicles ofNarnia)是英国作家C·S·路易斯于1951年至1956年间创作的一套七册的奇幻儿童文学,为英美儿童文学经典之一。故事的开始讲述一个小男孩和一个女孩偶然进入了一个异世界,称为纳尼亚,并在那里经历过一连串的冒险,及看到那个世界的创造。故事中的“纳尼亚王国”是一个神秘奇幻的世界,在这些故事中,小主人公们或凭借一枚魔法戒指,或通过一扇衣柜大门等各种奇妙方法进入奇幻世界纳尼亚王国。书里有会说人话的动物:巨人、马人、巨龙、树精、地精和人鱼等等,有善良的羊怪和小矮人,还有伟大的狮王阿斯兰。在它们的帮助下,小主人公们通过英勇的冒险和战斗,一次次战胜邪恶,保卫了这个神奇而充满欢乐的国度。《纳尼亚传奇》融神话、童话和传奇为一体,以正义与邪恶的斗争为线索展开,寓意深刻,并富于戏剧性,情节紧张,曲折动人,想象奇特、引人入胜。这部作品在英美几乎是家喻户晓的儿童读物,也被一致公认为20世纪最佳儿童图书之一。在半个世纪里,这部书的销售达到65005册,至今已被翻译成30多种外国文字。