The Chronicles of Narnia (7) - The Last Battle
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A false Aslan is roaming the land of Narnia, forcing the terrified Narnians to work for the evil Calormenes. Jill Pole and Eustace Scrubb find themselves called back to Narnia just one more time to help them in their biggest and most frightening battle against injustice yet alongside King Tirian, who helps to lead them in the almighty struggle between good and evil.
The final book in the Chronicles of Narnia, The Last Battle, is a roller-coaster fantasy adventure through the strange and mystical land of Narnia, a place that has captured the hearts and minds of so many young readers since the Chronicles were first published in the 1950s. Pauline Baynes, with her hand-coloured illustrations, again highlights the magic of the original stories by dramatically conjuring up imaginative visions of the Narnians as they fight for their lives in this stunning, special edition, published to celebrate the centenary of CS Lewis. --Susan Harrison --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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“The magic of C. S. Lewis’s parallel universe never fades.” The Times
--This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is my favourite of all the Narnia books. It has a fantastic, chilling ending. It can be read by anybody and indeed should be. It is the only book to have all the main human characters in and most of the famous characters from the series. Their are many versions of the Narnia books available to purchase but In my opinion this is the finest one. The words and lines are evenly spaced, there are fantastic colour drawings, the words are of a perfect size to read and it is printed on laminate paper. It is also worth noting that Pauline Baynes, who's colour drawings are in the book, drew the original drawings for the 1950's version of this book. All in all, this book is excellent!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This final book in the Chronicles of Narnia series thankfully returns to the early splendour of "The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe". After "The Silver Chair", which seemed a little flat compared to other books in the series, "The Final Battle" restores some of the magic that made the first few novels so enjoyable and successful.
Lewis does well in beginning the novel from the point of view of the Narnians, specifically the last King of Narnia, instead of the from the childrens' perspective. We begin to see a particularly brave story develop from who is essentially a Christian author: A false Aslan has begun corrupting Narnia from within, who eventually comes under the thrall of the vicious realm adjacent to Narnia. Considering the powerful although admittedly insipid themes that Lewis is fond of, it seems a brave move to take his allegory so far. As a child the danger must read very real, and as an adult it is interesting to see the mythology of Lewis' realm with his potentially fully drawn.
Cracking characters and a smooth, compelling storyline make this one of the best of the series, as good as "The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe" and a fantastic, thrilling and emotional end to the book series.
8.5/10
Lewis does well in beginning the novel from the point of view of the Narnians, specifically the last King of Narnia, instead of the from the childrens' perspective. We begin to see a particularly brave story develop from who is essentially a Christian author: A false Aslan has begun corrupting Narnia from within, who eventually comes under the thrall of the vicious realm adjacent to Narnia. Considering the powerful although admittedly insipid themes that Lewis is fond of, it seems a brave move to take his allegory so far. As a child the danger must read very real, and as an adult it is interesting to see the mythology of Lewis' realm with his potentially fully drawn.
Cracking characters and a smooth, compelling storyline make this one of the best of the series, as good as "The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe" and a fantastic, thrilling and emotional end to the book series.
8.5/10
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The final in the series of "Narnia" stories, The Last Battle works on the same two levels as the other stories. On the one hand, we have a an adventure story about children in a strange and magical world, and on the other we have a treatise on ethics and religion.
Lewis' world of adventure and magic is charming, vividly described and exhilarating. As with the other books in the series, this is fundamentally a human story of drama and pathos, where children are finding adventure and heroism. As a child, I was as enthalled with this story as with any of his others - real favourites. Even so, I found this to be the darkest and in many ways the most challenging of his works. Now, as an adult, I see this very much as a work to be a passionate statement of religious belief, which is skillfully articulated though uncompromising in the position it takes.
The work is really in two parts. The longer, first part, has an interesting opening in which a rather selfish and thoughtless creature sets in motion a chain of events that culminates in the destruction of a sacred forest and ultimately in a breakdown of social order. There follows revolt and warfare wrapped up with fragmentation and subversion of the previously unassailable cult of Aslan. The second part involves the transportation of the children and their friends to the land of Aslan and much discussion of their love of Aslan and much discussion of the wonder and beauty of Aslan's kingdom.
Clearly, Aslan represents God. The narrative part of the story has much to do with the nature of good and evil, and the difference between doing wrong innocently and doing wrong maliciously. Interestingly, it follows a strong thread through the nature of propaganda, the subversion of a worthy cause, and the uncontrollable chaos of politics. Slightly worrying are the casting of an apparently Middle-Eastern kingdom as devil-worshippers, the general feeling that the British class system is alive and well in Narnia, and the slightly mysogenistic criticism of Susan who as a young woman "has reached the silliest time of her life and wants to stay there for as long as possible". I think we can forgive this slight transgressions of political correctness in view of the time in which the novel were written; the "green" views concerning the cutting down of woodland and (horrors!) the march of civilisation would find, though, some resonance today.
The Christian element of the book is very firmly stated, especially in the second part, which is more or less a description of the Second Coming and the End of the World! Heavy stuff for a children's book! However, it works surprisingly well and a child will enjoy the story and probably find the sub-text at least posing some questions for them.
Technically the production is excellent, as might be expected from the BBC. It is the right length, seems to be unabridged (though I have not checked) and the voices and sound effects fit together nicely without being overdone.
I would recommend this, but not before you have read (or listened to) The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe plus a couple of the other works in the series.
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Well produced reading of the book.
SAFE READING - NO SPOILERS
Little needs to be said about the book except that, in this audiobook, it is unabridged. Read more
Little needs to be said about the book except that, in this audiobook, it is unabridged. Read more
Published 9 months ago by RR Waller
Christians be aware! This book seriously contradicts with the Bible
First time I'd read the book almost to the end, I was thrilled. The stories were surprising and imaginative. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Jonathan G. Smith
Ending a saga is always difficult
C.S. Lewis wants to terminate the series, like all good sagas, The Lord of the Rings for instance. To close that story he has to bring Narnia to an end and at the same time to a... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Jacques COULARDEAU
A fitting end
The final book in the narnia series, The Last Battle deals with a scheming chimp who finds a lion skin and convinces his donkey friend to pretend to be Aslan, sending Narnians to... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Mizuumi_Kifujin
Preachy drivel
It was with some relief that I reached the last book in the Narnia series. Books five and six (chronologically) were very disappointing. Read more
Published on 31 Dec 2008 by D. R. Cantrell
Just gets better and better
One of my all-time favourites. I can't think of any other book that has so totally captured all my imagination and emotions like this one; Lewis' writing just sweeps me to higher... Read more
Published on 8 Dec 2008 by Jon Mason
How could he?
Let me suppose that you have read no Narnia books at all and are thinking whether to read them yourself or give them to a child - then I'll say that I cannot recommend them more... Read more
Published on 20 Aug 2008 by Frazz
A fitting end
I thought that this book was a very fitting end to the chronicles. I wouldn't exactly say it was as much of a kids book as the others. Read more
Published on 20 July 2008 by Smokey
What a shame
Having read all of the books except this one, i had very high expectations for it after falling in love with each book in it's own way. Read more
Published on 5 Jan 2008 by Mrs. A. Gask
I don't know anyone who likes this.
C.S.Lewis is generally a well-respected and loved wrtier, but The Last Battle is... awful. Admittedly, it has a beautiul, stifrring ending, but before the last 10 pages, you have... Read more
Published on 8 April 2007 by Adam Cuerden
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