Part of the Narnia series, ‘The Magician’s Nephew’ is the story of the beginning of Narnia by C. S. Lewis, how it came to be created, and how the door between this world and that came into being. We meet the creator, Aslan the great Lion, and learn how the wicked White Witch enters the world of Narnia, to emerge centuries later to enslave the land in perpetual winter. ‘The Magician’s Nephew’ is best read at any point in the series before ‘The Last Battle’, and after ‘The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe’.

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Alex Jose

The book uses etymology to teach new words easily. Etymology is the science of words. I never knew there is a science behind words. (literature students please excuse, I am from a tech background and I really hated literature in my school days. ). Its like mathematics, most English words are combinations of words from Greek and Latin. Learn the root words and you can make out most of the words that are derived from it.

Check these words

• Astronomer
• Astrologer
• Astronaut
• Cosmonaut
• Disaster
• Autonomy

These are words derived from the combination of the following words.

• Astron – star
• Nomos – Arrangement, law or order
• Logos – Science
• Nautes – Sailor
• Auto – Self
• Dis – Against

See the relationship between the words. Many words can be created out of various combinations. This is just a preview. There are many other techniques. Go buy the book. Its costs only Rs 95.