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The Magician's Nephew

novel by C. S. Lewis set in Narnia
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The Magician's Nephew

Summary

The Magician's Nephew is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 0.098% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,829 views/month, #28 of 28,446).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Magician's Nephew authored C. S. Lewis[3].
  • The Magician's Nephew's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • The Magician's Nephew's illustrator is recorded as Pauline Baynes[5].
  • The Magician's Nephew's genre is fantasy[6].
  • The Magician's Nephew followed The Horse and His Boy[7].
  • The Magician's Nephew was followed by The Last Battle[8].
  • The Magician's Nephew was followed by The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe[9].
  • The Magician's Nephew's part of the series is recorded as The Chronicles of Narnia[10].
  • The Magician's Nephew's Commons category is recorded as The Chronicles of Narnia[11].
  • The Magician's Nephew's language of work or name is recorded as British English[12].
  • The Magician's Nephew's language of work or name is recorded as English[13].
  • The Magician's Nephew's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[14].
  • The Magician's Nephew was released on May 2, 1955[15].
  • The Magician's Nephew's characters is recorded as Digory Kirke[16].
  • The Magician's Nephew's characters is recorded as Polly Plummer[17].
  • The Magician's Nephew's characters is recorded as Andrew Ketterley[18].
  • The Magician's Nephew's characters is recorded as Letitia Ketterley[19].
  • The Magician's Nephew's characters is recorded as White Witch[20].
  • The Magician's Nephew's characters is recorded as Aslan[21].
  • The Magician's Nephew's characters is recorded as Frank and Helen[22].
  • The Magician's Nephew's characters is recorded as Strawberry[23].
  • The Magician's Nephew's narrative location is recorded as London[24].
  • The Magician's Nephew's narrative location is recorded as Narnia universe[25].
  • The Magician's Nephew's main subject is Narnia[26].
  • The Magician's Nephew's takes place in fictional universe is recorded as Narnia universe[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Prose[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 7fa1bdd5-5a5a-42cf-b7e3-d84a98bdca1c[29]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Magician's Nephew authored C. S. Lewis[3].

Publication

The Magician's Nephew was released on May 2, 1955[15]. Languages include British English[12] and English[13]. Its genre is fantasy[6]. Its part of the series is recorded as The Chronicles of Narnia[10].

Subject and Themes

The Magician's Nephew's main subject is Narnia[26]. Its part of the series is recorded as The Chronicles of Narnia[10].

Adaptations and Inspiration

The Magician's Nephew followed The Horse and His Boy[7]. Successors include The Last Battle[8] and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe[9].

Why It Matters

The Magician's Nephew ranks in the top 0.098% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,829 views/month, #28 of 28,446).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Related Entities

C. S. Lewis literary work London The Horse and His Boy The Last Battle The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Country of origin → United Kingdom
    Takes place in fictional universe → Narnia universe
    Part of the series → The Chronicles of Narnia
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