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The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader (film)
''The Voyage of the Dawn Treader'' is a portal fantasy novel for children written by C. S. Lewis, published by Geoffrey Bles in 1952. It was the third published of seven novels in ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' (1950–1956). Macmillan US published an American edition within the calendar year, with substantial revisions which were retained in the United States until 1994. It is volume five in recent editions, which are sequenced according to the novels' internal chronology. Like the other ''Chronicles of Narnia'', ''The Voyage of the Dawn Treader'' was illustrated by Pauline Baynes, and her work has been retained in many later editions. In the novel, Edmund and Lucy Pevensie (along with their cousin Eustace Scrubb) are taken out of this world into the enchanted land of Narnia. They are reunited with the Pevensies' friend, King Caspian X of Narnia, aboard Caspian's ship, the ''Dawn Treader''. Caspian has vowed to sail east across the Great Eastern Ocean for a year and a day to fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pauline Baynes
Pauline Diana Baynes (9 September 1922 – 1 August 2008) was an English illustrator, author and commercial artist. She contributed drawings and paintings to more than 200 books, mostly in the children's genre. She was the first illustrator of some of J. R. R. Tolkien's minor works and of C. S. Lewis's ''Chronicles of Narnia''. Early life Baynes was born on 9 September 1922 at 67 Brunswick Place, Hove, East Sussex, England.Eccleshare, Julia: Pauline Baynes; ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2005 - 2008''; Oxford University Press, 2008 Her father was Frederick William Wilberforce Baynes (1887 – 1967) and her mother was Jessie Harriet Maude Baynes, née Cunningham (''circa'' 1888 – 1958).Hooper, Walter: ''C. S. Lewis: a Complete Guide to his Life and Works''; Harper Collins, 1996; pp. 624 - 626 Her only sibling was her elder sister, Angela Mary Baynes. While she was still a baby, her family emigrated to India, where her father had been appointed a Commissi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
