TheChroniclesOfNarnia写作年代

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The seven books that make up The Chronicles of Narnia are
presented here in order of original publication date:

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
(1950)

Main article:
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The
Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, completed by the end of March
1949[17]
and published by Geoffrey Bles in the United Kingdom on 16 October
1950, tells the story of four ordinary children: Peter, Susan, Edmund, and
Lucy Pevensie, who
have been evacuated to the English countryside from London in
1940 following the outbreak of World War II. They
discover a wardrobe in Professor Digory Kirke's
house that leads to the magical land of Narnia. The Pevensie
children help Aslan, a talking lion, save Narnia from the evil
White Witch, who has
reigned over the land of Narnia for a century of perpetual winter.
The children become kings and queens of this new-found land and
establish the Golden Age of Narnia, leaving a legacy to be
rediscovered in later books.

Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia
(1951)

Main article: Prince
Caspian
Completed
after Christmas 1949[18]
and published on 15 October 1951, Prince Caspian: The Return to
Narnia tells the story of the Pevensie children's second trip
to Narnia. They are drawn back by the power of Susan's horn, blown
by Prince Caspian to
summon help in his hour of need. Narnia, as they knew it, is no
more, as more than 1,000 years have passed and their castle is in
ruins, while all Narnians have retreated so far within themselves
that only Aslan's magic can wake them. Caspian has fled into the
woods to escape his uncle, Miraz, who has usurped the
throne. The children set out once again to save Narnia.

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
(1952)

Main article: The
Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Written
between January and February 1950[19]
and published on 15 September 1952, The Voyage of the ‘Dawn
Treader’ sees Edmund and Lucy Pevensie, along with their
priggish cousin, Eustace Scrubb,
return to Narnia. Once there, they join Caspian's voyage on the
ship Dawn Treader to find the seven lords who were banished
when Miraz took over the throne. This perilous journey brings them
face to face with many wonders and dangers as they sail toward
Aslan's country at the edge of the world.

The Silver
Chair (1953)

Main article: The Silver
Chair
Completed
at the beginning of March 1951[19]
and published 7 September 1953, The Silver Chair is the
first Narnia book without any of the Pevensie children. Instead,
Aslan calls Eustace back to Narnia together with his classmate
Jill Pole. There they
are given four signs to aid in the search for Prince Rilian,
Caspian's son, who disappeared after setting out ten years earlier
to avenge his mother's death. 50 years have passed in Narnia and
Caspian, who was barely an adult in the Voyage of the Dawn Treader,
is now an old man, while Eustace is still a child.

Eustace
and Jill, with the help of Puddleglum the
Marsh-wiggle,
face danger and betrayal on their quest to find Rilian.

The Horse
and His Boy (1954)

Main article: The Horse and
His Boy
Begun in
March and completed at the end of July 1950,[19]The Horse and His Boy was published on 6 September 1954. The
story takes place during the reign of the Pevensies in Narnia, an
era which begins and ends in the last chapter of The Lion, the
Witch and the Wardrobe. A talking horse called Bree and a young
boy named Shasta, both of
whom are in bondage in the country of Calormen, are the
protagonists. By "chance", they meet and plan their return to
Narnia and freedom. Along the way they meet Aravis and her talking
horse Hwin who are also fleeing
to Narnia.

The
Magician's Nephew (1955)

Main article: The Magician's
Nephew
Completed
in February 1954[20]
and published by Bodley Head in London on 2 May 1955, the prequel
The Magician's Nephew brings the reader back to the origins
of Narnia where we learn how Aslan created the world and how evil
first entered it. Digory Kirke and
his friend Polly Plummer
stumble into different worlds by experimenting with magic rings
made by Digory's uncle. They encounter Jadis (The White
Witch) in the dying world of Charn, and witness the creation of
Narnia. Many long-standing questions about the world are answered
as a result. The story was set in 1900, when Digory was a
12-year-old boy. He is a middle-aged professor and host to the
Pevensie children by the time of The Lion, the Witch and the
Wardrobe 40 years later.

The Last
Battle (1956)

Main article: The Last
Battle
Completed
in March 1953[21]
and published 4 September 1956, The Last Battle chronicles
the end of the world of Narnia. Jill and Eustace return to save
Narnia from Shift, an ape,
who tricks Puzzle, a
donkey, into impersonating the lion Aslan, precipitating a showdown
between the Calormenes and King Tirian.