![]() ![]() Moments of slapstick humor and charm make this story feel like something out of The Wind in the Willows.įurther Reading: 15 Classic Christian Fantasy Books for Kids and Adults He provides some real moments of humor-especially when he imitates Victorian stories about men trying to “become gentlemen of society” and applies that to talking animals. In 1985, Walter Hooper collected and published the Boxen stories with notes about when the stories were composed.įor obvious reasons, Lewis’ writing style isn’t as polished in the Boxen stories as in his later Narnia stories, but it’s not terrible. ![]() The stories range from political intrigue as the nation’s king and his advisors try to avoid a war to private feuds and amusing accidents. Boxen was an imaginary world Lewis created with his brother Warren, cataloging the stories about Animal-Land and its neighbor, Indiana (not the India of our world, one with talking animals). Like many storytellers, Lewis started writing fiction when he was young. ![]()
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