Aslan does not always choose the most obvious people to enter
Narnia, and C.S. Lewis begins The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by
telling us, "There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he
almost deserved it." Not surprisingly, Eustace does not like
內容簡介:
The Narnia Chronicles, first published in 1950, have been and
remain some of the most enduringly popular ever published. The best
known, the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, has been translated
into 29 languages! The illustrations in this book have been
coloured by the original artist, Pauline Baynes."Stop it!" cried
Eustace. "It''s some silly trick you are playing! Ow!"A great cold
salt splash had broken right out of the frame and they were
breathless from the smack of it, as well as being wet through.Lucy
and Edmund, stuck with their awful cousin Eustace, suddenly find
themselves on board the Dawn Treader – and realise they have fallen
into the magical land of Narnia. Reunited with old friends, the
young King Caspian and Reepicheep the mouse, they gladly join the
voyage to the World''s End. Eustace, however, is not so happy…
關於作者:
C. S. Lewis Clive Staples Lewis, 1898-1963 was one of the
intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably one of
the most influential writers of his day. He was a Fellow and Tutor
in English Literature at Oxford University until 1954, when he was
unanimously elected to the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance
Literature at Cambridge University, a position he held until his
retirement. He wrote more than thirty books, allowing him to reach
a vast audience, and his works continue to attract thousands of new
readers every year. His most distinguished and popular
accomplishments include Mere Christianity, Out of the Silent
Planet, The Great Divorce, The Screwtape Letters, and the
universally acknowledged classics The Chronicles of Narnia. To
date, the Narnia books have sold over 100 million copies and been
transformed into three major motion pictures.
C.S.刘易斯,英国作家。曾执教于牛津大学1925~1954。1954~1963年任剑桥大学中世纪和文艺复兴英国文学教授。所著儿童故事集《纳尼亚传奇》情节动人,妙趣横生。其他作品有《爱情的寓言:对中世纪传统的研究》1936以及科幻小说三部曲《沉寂的星球》1938、《皮尔兰德拉星》1943和《黑暗之劫》1945等。
目錄:
The Picture in the Bedroom On Board the Dawn Treader The Lone
Islands What Caspian Did There The Storm and What Came of It The
Adventures of Eustace How the Adventure Ended Two Narrow Escapes
The Island of the Voices The Magician''s Book The Dufflepuds Mad