the chronicles of narnia the magician's nephew

Despite their attempts to shake her, she follows them into the Wood Between the Worlds and hitches a ride on Polly's hair, hanging on until they arrive at their world. Upon learning that Jadis was the one who brought death to her world with a single word, Digory and Polly attempt to escape her.

Although Polly is vehemently opposed to it, Digory rings the bell, thus breaking the enchantment that holds Queen Jadis, the last living resident of Charn, from her self-imposed enchanted sleep. In a great hall, they find a hall full of wax figures, and a golden bell with a little hammer and an inscription. They find themselves in a lifeless world called Charn, over which a dying red sun hangs. It is successful, transporting them into another world. Polly argues that they should go to their pool to see if it works first. Upon meeting Polly, the two agree to go back into the pool that will lead them home, but Digory persuades Polly to first try one of the many other pools. When she disappears, he then blackmails his nephew into following her with another ring in order to bring her back. Uncle Andrew first tricks Digory's friend Polly Plummer into trying one of the yellow rings. Andrew, an eccentric, alcoholic and manipulative old man, has made magic rings that allow whoever wears them to travel to other worlds by passing through the Wood between the Worlds, although he knows nothing of this place. In the summer of 1900, he lives in London with his Uncle Andrew and Andrew's sister Aunt Letty, because his father is in India and his mother is deathly ill. In The Magician's Nephew, the sixth book to be published but the first in the chronology of Narnia, Digory is a young boy, who was born in Britain in 1888. In the 2005 film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, he is portrayed (as an adult) by Jim Broadbent.īiography The Magician's Nephew He appears in three of the seven books: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Magician's Nephew, and The Last Battle. Lewis' fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia. Professor Digory Kirke is a fictional character from C. Digory Kirke on his way to Narnia ( Ross Wilson, 1998), CS Lewis Square, Belfast.

The chronicles of narnia the magician's nephew