The Chronicles of Narnia - The Magician's Nephew

Source: Wikia. Pages: 38. Chapters: Andrew Ketterley, Atlantis, Bear, Bird, Boar, Bull, Charn, Charn, Deplorable Word, Dumb beast, Dust, Dwarf, Eagle, Elephant, England, Faun, Fox, Frank I, Goat, God, Hall of Images, Hamadryad, Hedgehog, Helen, Horse, Jadis, Jadis' Sister, Jinn, Lamp-post, Lefay, Letitia Ketterley, Mabel Kirke, Naiad, Narnia, Narnian, Pegasus, Phoenix, Polly Plummer, River God, Satyr, Strawberry, The Magician's Nephew, Tree of Youth, Uncle Andrew's Study, Water Rat, Weasel, Wood Between the Worlds. Excerpt: Andrew Ketterley was a magician living in London around 1900. He was the uncle of Digory Kirke, and one of the first humans to set foot in Narnia. Andrew was born around 1840 in England to the Ketterly family, a 'very old Dorsetshire family'. He had two sisters; Letitia and Mabel Ketterley. Andrew's godmother was a woman known as Mrs. Lefay, and although he was very fond of her, he was not encouraged to see her, as she was viewed to be insane. Mrs. Lefay openly claimed to be a fairy and told her son that she knew of the existence of other worlds. In time, the two were separated when she was sent to prison. Also, Andrew was was asked to come to see Mrs. Lefay in her last days. Before dying, she gave to him a box of magical origin, which she made him swear to burn with certain (probably magical) ceremonies. Though Andrew swore, he did not keep his promise.Instead, he embarked on a long career in magic. Knowing the box and it's contents to be of magical origin, Andrew set out to discover the use to contents of the box. This search took him most of his adult life. During this time, Andrew apparently had no career, and instead preferred to live off the charity of his sister Letitia. He also searched and researched forms of magic, and eventually became quite an adept 'magician'. After years he discovered the box to be from the island of Atlantis. Inside it was dust from another world. Upon discovering this, Andrew began to work at using the dust to...