C. S. Lewis 1956
- What it is
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A myth or a classic told anew · it messes with your head
- Genre
- Classics Fantasy Spirituality
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Melancholic and unhurried, but in literary fiction
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Melancholic and unhurried · comforting, like coming home
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Sad, and in no hurry · it leaves you shaken
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Melancholic and unhurried · comforting, like coming home
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Melancholic and unhurried · a big story that sweeps you along
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Sad, and in no hurry · comforting, like coming home
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Melancholic and unhurried · tender and sad at once
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It changes how you see things, but in science fiction
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Sad, and in no hurry · comforting, like coming home
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Sad, and in no hurry, but in literary fiction
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Only retelling
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Like yours: retelling · one to read slowly
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A reader shelved it with yours in Greek myth retellings told by the side characters
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Readers put them together in Greek myth retellings told by the side characters
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Readers put them together in Greek myth retellings told by the side characters
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Like yours: retelling · it's hiding a secret
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In common with yours: retelling · love in the middle of danger
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Like yours: retelling · the truth comes out bit by bit
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In common with yours: retelling · it restores your faith in people
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