Narnia, Chronicle of Narnia

Wednesday, July 26, 2006

RE: [thelionscall] Joy in Narnia

i always feel like that. with most books i read.

>From: "Dan Stanley" <dstanley@zbc.edu>
>Reply-To: thelionscall@yahoogroups.com
>To: thelionscall@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [thelionscall] Joy in Narnia
>Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 17:19:05 -0000
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>Lewis fell in love with faerie tales at a very early age. His best
>friends were people who he found also loved the myths and faerie tales
>of long ago. What Lewis loved about them most of all was a sense of
>longing that they triggered in him. There is a longing in every human
>that no earthly pleasure can satisfy. The enchantment of those faerie
>tales intensified that longing in Lewis. His word for that longing
>was "joy". Lewis wanted to reproduce that feeling of joy for others in
>the Narnia books. And I'd say he succeeded.
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>Have you ever felt that joy while reading the Narnia stories? The
>longing to be in Narnia is just a part of it. The stories never
>completely satisfy. We are left longing for more of Narnia, more
>adventure, and more of Aslan.
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