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London and England
Our world in the Chronicles : Victorian and modern London, the English countryside and the real places mentioned throughout the books.
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Le lieu
London is the starting point of almost all the adventures. Around 1900, Digory and Polly live there in a row of terraced houses, and Jadis wreaks havoc, perched on a cab. In 1940, the Pevensie children leave the bombed city for the countryside. In 1949, the railway accident that ends The Last Battle happens there.
Dans les livres
Ce qui s’y passe (révèle l’intrigue)
The old site listed many real places mentioned in the books. Trafalgar Square and Stonehenge are compared to Narnian locations in The Silver Chair. Cambridge is the town where some relatives stay, the Isle of Wight and Somerset are holiday destinations, and Bernstead is a place mentioned in The Horse and His Boy. These details anchor the heroes in a very concrete England.
Lewis often contrasts the drabness of the real world (pensions, schools, war) with the brilliance of Narnia. But the end of the Chronicles shows that a "true England" also exists in the land of Aslan : our world is not despised, it is called to be transfigured.
London and the English countryside form the starting point for almost all adventures. Digory’s house in 1900, the Underground and train stations, the Scrubb house, the mixed school, and the professor’s house all make our world a character in its own right, which Aslan calls at the end the Shadowlands.
Le Neveu du magicien — Jadis sème la panique dans les rues de Londres.
Le Lion, la Sorcière blanche et l'Armoire magique — Les enfants quittent Londres sous le Blitz.
L'Odyssée du Passeur d'Aurore — La maison des Scrubb, d’où les enfants partent par un tableau.
La Dernière Bataille — Accident de chemin de fer et entrée dans la vraie Narnia.
Personnages
Aussi présents :Alberta and Harold Scrubb · Digory's London entourage · Fledge · Frank · Mr. and Mrs. Pevensie · Mabel Kirke · Mrs. Lefay · Helen · Aunt Letty Ketterley
Lieux proches
Le saviez-vous ?
- The Pevensie children’s house in London appears in Aslan’s Country in the "true England".
- The garden where the magic rings are buried is located in London.
- In true Narnia, the heroes discover that there is also a "true England" and see the professor’s house there.
À l’écran
In brief
Archives de l’ancien site
London
It is the city from which almost all adventures of the characters passing through Narnia begin.
In peace or in war, it will be the city representing our blue planet.
Appears in the books
*The Magician’s Nephew*
*The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe*
*Prince Caspian*
*The Voyage of the Dawn Treader*
*The Silver Chair*
*The Last Battle*
Trafalgar Square
Trafalgar Square is a very famous place in London. It is mentioned in *The Silver Chair*.
Appearance in the books
*The Silver Chair*
Stonehenge
The large and solid stones of an old arched bridge resemble those of Cair Paravel. This old bridge spans a powerful green river of Ettinsmoor. Stonehenge is an archaeological site located 13 km from Salisbury (county of Wiltshire, England), dating back to its first state in the Neolithic period, and featuring a circular megalithic structure.
Appearance in the books
"The Silver Chair"
Cambridge
Cited in *The Voyage of the Dawn Treader*, it is a city in Great Britain. The Scrubbs live there.
Appearance in the books
*The Voyage of the Dawn Treader*
Island of the World
Cited in *The Voyage of the Dawn Treader*, it is an island located a few kilometers off the British coast.
Appearance in the books
*The Voyage of the Dawn Treader*
Somerset
A region in the south of England. The land of Narnia appears there.
Bernstead
She is the capital of Cair Paravel.
Appearance in the books
*The Voyage of the Dawn Treader*
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