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A review by dennisfischman
The Story of the Amulet by E. Nesbit
3.0
Well, now I think [a:C.S. Lewis|1069006|C.S. Lewis|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1564671804p2/1069006.jpg] stole shamelessly from Edith Nesbit. There are the four children, two boys and two girls (including the youngest) like Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy in [b:The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe|100915|The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)|C.S. Lewis|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1353029077l/100915._SY75_.jpg|4790821] and subsequent Narnia books. There is travel through an archway that's reminiscent of travel through the wardrobe. The amulet itself is a bit like the rings in [b:The Magician's Nephew|65605|The Magician's Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia, #6)|C.S. Lewis|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1308814770l/65605._SY75_.jpg|1031537], and the Queen of Babylonia is more than a little like the Queen of Charn--only she brings a biting social perspective on wage slavery to the story! The professor in this book does not have the same personality as either Digory's uncle or Digory himself, but structurally, he plays a similar role.
The other unfortunate similarity is the casual antisemitism and xenophobia you find in British writers of this era. That's why, even though I enjoyed this book and especially the ending, I had to dock one star from my rating.
The other unfortunate similarity is the casual antisemitism and xenophobia you find in British writers of this era. That's why, even though I enjoyed this book and especially the ending, I had to dock one star from my rating.