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Grande figure de Narnia

Lucy Pevensie

The youngest who discovers Narnia first, sees Aslan when others doubt, and becomes Lucy the Valiant.

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Espèce
Human
Nom original
Lucy Pevensie
Autre traduction
Lucy
Autres noms
Lucy the Valiant
Titres
Queen of Narnia · Lucy the Valiant
Origine
Earth (England)
Nationalité
Home; Queen of Narnia
Allégeance
Narnia, Aslan
Famille
Peter, Susan and Edmund (elders) · Eustace Scrubb (cousin)
Première apparition
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, ch. 1
Âge
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: 8 years old (about 23 at the end of her reign); The Horse and His Boy: about 22; Prince Caspian: 9; The Voyage of the Dawn Treader: 10; The Last Battle: 17
Lucy, 8 years old, freckled face, filled with wonder
Lucy Pevensie

En bref

Lucy is the youngest of the Pevensie children and the first to enter the wardrobe. Through her eyes, the reader discovers Narnia : the lamp-post in the snow, the faun Mr. Tumnus, tea and sardines on toast. Frank, affectionate, and very direct, she also possesses a quiet courage that earns her the title of Queen Lucy the Valiant. More than any other character, she is Aslan’s friend.

Lewis dedicated The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe to his goddaughter Lucy Barfield, daughter of his friend Owen Barfield.

« Each year, as you grow, you’ll find me bigger. »

Every year you grow, you will find me bigger.

— Aslan to Lucy, *Prince Caspian*, ch. 10

Relations

  • Aslan  : her strongest bond. She is often the only one who can see him (Prince Caspian).
  • Mr. Tumnus  : her first friend in Narnia, whom she in turn saves.
  • Edmund  : the brother who mocks her, then becomes her most loyal ally.
  • Reepicheep and Caspian  : her companions in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.

Name and translations

Lucy comes from the Latin lux, meaning light. Lewis dedicated The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe to his goddaughter Lucy Barfield, daughter of his friend Owen Barfield. In English, her title as queen is “Queen Lucy the Valiant”.

Notable quotes (paraphrased)

  • In Prince Caspian, Lucy remarks that Aslan seems bigger. He replies that it’s because she has grown : each year, she will find him bigger.
  • In The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, after reading in the magician’s book a spell to know what her friends think of her, she must learn that one cannot know what might have been.

Symbolism

Lucy embodies spontaneous faith and wonder, the one who believes before she understands. She also has her temptations, such as the desire for beauty in the magician’s book, which prevents her from being a stained-glass saint.

Trivia

  • She is the first of the Pevensies to enter Narnia, through the wardrobe.
  • Georgie Henley portrayed her in the three films of 2005, 2008, and 2010.

Dans les livres

Son histoire dans les livres (révèle l’intrigue)

The story

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

No one believes Lucy when she returns, and Edmund lies to contradict her. The Professor Digory Kirke, however, remarks that she doesn’t usually lie. She receives from Father Christmas a healing cordial and a small dagger. Along with Susan, she keeps watch over Aslan the night of his sacrifice and witnesses his return. After the battle, she tends to the wounded, including Edmund.

The Horse and His Boy

As an adult, she takes part in the defense of Anvard alongside the archers.

Prince Caspian

Lucy sees Aslan first while the others refuse to follow her. She must choose between being right alone and staying with the group. Aslan tells her to go to him even if the others don’t come. This is one of the key scenes in the series.

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

On the island of the magician Coriakin, she reads a spellbook. She is tempted by a spell of beauty that would make her more beautiful than Susan, and overhears a conversation not meant for her ears. She emerges humbled and a little wounded. At the end, Aslan tells her she will not return. He says she must learn to know him in her own world, under another name.

The Silver Chair

Lucy enters Aslan’s country with the others. She notices that the stable is bigger on the inside than the outside, and recalls that another stable, in her own world, once held something greater than the whole world.

The Last Battle

Lucy goes into Aslan’s country with the others. She notices that the stable is bigger on the inside than the outside, and recalls that another stable, in her own world, once held something greater than the whole world.

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Galerie

  • Lucy adulte, reine, cape rouge et dague
    Lucy adulte, reine, cape rouge et dague
  • Lucy entre dans l'armoire entre les manteaux de fourrure
    Lucy entre dans l'armoire entre les manteaux de fourrure
  • Lucy rencontre un faune bipède sous le réverbère
    Lucy rencontre un faune bipède sous le réverbère
  • Lucy prend le thé dans la grotte du faune
    Lucy prend le thé dans la grotte du faune
  • Lucy soigne les blessés après la bataille
    Lucy soigne les blessés après la bataille
  • Lucy seule voit Aslan au bord d'une gorge
    Lucy seule voit Aslan au bord d'une gorge
  • Lucy s'éveille la nuit au milieu d'arbres vivants
    Lucy s'éveille la nuit au milieu d'arbres vivants
  • Lucy à la proue d'un navire en forme de dragon, cheveux au vent
    Lucy à la proue d'un navire en forme de dragon, cheveux au vent
  • Lucy feuillette un grimoire dans une maison silencieuse
    Lucy feuillette un grimoire dans une maison silencieuse
  • Lucy dans une barque au milieu de nénuphars blancs
    Lucy dans une barque au milieu de nénuphars blancs
  • Lucy enlace le cou d'Aslan, joue contre sa crinière
    Lucy enlace le cou d'Aslan, joue contre sa crinière
  • Lucy adulte tire à l'arc pendant la défense d'Anvard
    Lucy adulte tire à l'arc pendant la défense d'Anvard
  • Lucy contemple un jardin plus grand à l'intérieur qu'à l'extérieur
    Lucy contemple un jardin plus grand à l'intérieur qu'à l'extérieur
  • Lucy enfant cueille des pommes dans un verger en ruine
    Lucy enfant cueille des pommes dans un verger en ruine

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Lucy Pevensie

Lucy is the youngest of the four Pevensie children, born in 1932, and evacuated from their London home during the Blitz to live at Professor Kirke’s house. Though young, she has a strong sense of right and wrong and never tells a lie. Like Susan, she is gentle, and she truly feels sorry for poor Mr Tumnus when he tells her that the White Witch could turn him into stone. But she has great faith in Aslan and owes much to him. She was known as Queen Lucy the Valiant. She died in a railway accident and thus reached the True Narnia.

Presentation in the book

*« But Lucy was a very truthful little girl, and she knew that she was really right and she couldn’t bring herself to say it. » (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, p.32)*

Appearance in the books

*The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe* *The Horse and His Boy* *Prince Caspian* *The Voyage of the Dawn Treader* *The Last Battle*

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