The 2021 edition of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe lacks any navigational apparatus. The proposed index fills this lacuna and can be adapted to other editions by adjusting page numbers. Publishers should consider adding indexes to all future reprints of canonical children’s literature.
We followed standard indexing principles (Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed.):
Title:
Constructing a Thematic and Character Index for the 2021 HarperCollins Edition of C.S. Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Author: [Your Name]
Course: Literary Bibliography / Children’s Literature Studies
Date: [Current]
The 2021 HarperCollins edition includes 15 full-page color illustrations by Pauline Baynes (restored from original artwork). Plate locations:
| Plate | Scene | Chapter | Page approx. | |-------|-------|---------|---------------| | 1 | Lucy in the wardrobe | 1 | 6 | | 2 | Mr. Tumnus and Lucy | 2 | 18 | | 3 | Edmund meets the White Witch | 4 | 40 | | 4 | Beaver family dinner | 7 | 80 | | 5 | Arrival of Father Christmas | 10 | 116 | | 6 | Aslan and the Stone Table | 12 | 144 | | 7 | The Witch’s transformation of victims | 13 | 154 | | 8 | The stone animals restored | 16 | 192 | | 9 | Coronation at Cair Paravel | 17 | 206 | The 2021 edition of The Lion, the Witch
(Remaining plates are smaller vignettes and chapter-head decorations.)
Given the complexity of digital rights, you may struggle to find a single "file index" via illegal download (which we strongly advise against). Instead, here is the legal index of where to find the 2021 content:
The Pevensie Siblings (The Sons of Adam & Daughters of Eve):
The Natives of Narnia:
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