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Books in the Scullery

Jem Bloomfield

Books in the Scullery is a substack about books, their intricacies, and the connections between them. From Agatha Christie to medieval mystery plays, via Renaissance poetry, Jane Austen, Narnia and more.

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In my reread of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe I’ve reached the end of the second chapter, “What Lucy Found There”. As Lucy is taken to tea by Tumnus, we get our first scene of Narnian life. It has a lot in common with Badger’s cave i...

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