C. S. Lewis, 1898-1963

A Comparison of Earth Time & Narnian Time

(along with main characters)

 

England                                                           Narnia

50 years / 1900-1949                                       2556 years / from creation to dissolution

 

 

                            

Digory Kirke (1888-1949)                               The Magician’s Nephew

   Poly Plummer (1889-1949)                           Narnia year 1
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Peter Pevensie (b.1927)                                   The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe

   Susan Pevensie (b.1928)                               Narnia’s Golden Age / ca. 1000

      Edmund Pevensie (b.1930)            

         Lucy Pevensie (1932-1949)

 

Pevensie children in Narnia                               The Horse & His Boy

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Pevensie children in Narnia                               Prince Caspian

Last visit of Susan                                             Narnian year 2303 / Caspian X    
                                                                                

Eustace Scrubb (1933-1949) [Pevensie cousin]     The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

with Edmund & Lucy Pevensie                          Narnian years 2306-7 / Caspian X

                                                                          

Eustace with Jill Pole (1933-1949)                    The Silver Chair

                                                                         Narnian year 2356 /

 Prince Rilian, son of Caspian X

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   1949: Eustace, Jill, Lucy, Digory & Polly killed in a train crash while on their way to

        meet Peter & Edmund. All seven appear in The Last Battle as kings & queens

                          (Susan has long since stopped believing in Narnia at all)

 

                                                                        The Last Battle

                                                                        Narnian year 2555 /

King Tirian, 7th in descent from Rilian
 

                                  PJS [rev. 5/06]
 

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