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“Faith and Culture Examiner” Bob Beltz has begun a 12-week reading marathon of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader in anticipation of the December 10 movie premiere. And he invites Narnia fans to join him! Each week Bob will summarize a few chapters. This week he begins with a book overview and chapter 1: “The Picture in the Bedroom.” Next week, Bob will discuss chapter 2.
The book opens with one of the classic lines of the entire book series:
There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it.
Eustace is a piece of work. Lewis describes him as a boy who:
Liked animals, especially beetles, if they were dead and pinned on a card. He liked books if they were books of information and had pictures of grain elevators or of fat foreign children doing exercises in model schools.
Eustace is a little twit, but is about to embark on a life-changing adventure that lies at the heart of Lewis’ magical book.
Click here to read the full summary. Start your movie countdown by reading Dawn Treader (again) with Bob Beltz!
Image: HarperCollins Catalogs