Wardrobe, Chapter 9: In the Witch's House

07/11/18 • 35 min

The Lamp-post Listener: Chronicling Narnia, Middle-earth, and Other Worlds

Edmund sneaks off to visit the White Witch's castle.

"As he got into the middle of it he saw that there were dozens of statues all about—standing here and there rather as the pieces stand on a chessboard when it is halfway through the game."

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Between Heaven and Hell: A Dialog Somewhere Beyond Death with John F. Kennedy, C. S. Lewis & Aldous Huxley, by Peter Kreeft

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Edmund sneaks off to visit the White Witch's castle.

"As he got into the middle of it he saw that there were dozens of statues all about—standing here and there rather as the pieces stand on a chessboard when it is halfway through the game."

Your Lamp-post Links:

Between Heaven and Hell: A Dialog Somewhere Beyond Death with John F. Kennedy, C. S. Lewis & Aldous Huxley, by Peter Kreeft

C.S Lewis's Surviving BBC Radio Address

Support us on Patreon and follow us into Narnia on our Twitter or Facebook pages. Do you have any feedback? Email us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (406) 646-6733.

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Wardrobe, Chapter 8: What Happened After Dinner

The Pevensies learn more about Narnia from the Beavers...

"'Safe?' said Mr. Beaver; 'don’t you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s the King, I tell you.'"

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Wardrobe, Chapter 10: The Spell Begins to Break

An unexpected guest arrives in Narnia.

"'It’s all right,' he was shouting. 'Come out, Mrs. Beaver. Come out, Sons and Daughters of Adam. It’s all right! It isn’t Her!' This was bad grammar of course, but that is how beavers talk when they are excited; I mean, in Narnia—in our world they usually don’t talk at all."

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Companion to Narnia, Revised Edition: A Complete Guide to the Magical World of C.S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia, by Paul F. Ford

Here are some articles that dive deeper into the intersection of gender and Narnia. They're interesting reads, but we don't necessarily agree with everything written in them:

Are The Chronicles of Narnia Sexist and Racist? by Dr. Devin Brown at NarniaWeb.com
C. S. Lewis Was No Sexist by Gina Dalfonzo at Christianity Today
I’m re-reading the Chronicles of Narnia – it’s OK for something you love to be ‘problematic’ by Stephen Bush at "i"

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