Two Versions of The Dawn Treader?!

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cuzsis

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I had a question for you all...

I've been reading Narnia since third grade (about 14 yrs) and finally picked up the big collection that came out this last year with the movie. In this collection I noticed that the ending of "The Dark Island" was different than the one I've been reading.

In the old one, Rhoop asks Caspain not to ask or have anyone ask what he saw on the island, then they sail off with it dwindling behind them.

In the one I have now, Rhoop ask Caspian not to take him back to the island, but that doesn't matter because the island has completely disapeared. Rhoop exclaims that they have destroyed it, but Lucy implies that it was Aslan that did.

The old one was printed in 1970, the new one this last year or so. The old one is from a publishing company related to the original publishers, the new one is a different company.

So which one is the original? Or is there a third one out there? Do any of the other books have the same thing?

-Cuzsis :confused:
 
I just read about this in Paul Ford's Comanion to Narnia. Apparently Lewis released Dawn Treader for publication in England, and then released it in America a few months later. Because of differences in copyright laws, he had to have a separate publisher in each country, and go through the whole cycle of editing, galley proofs, etc. Between the release of the British and American versions, he made those slight but critical changes to the ending of the that chapter. So the part where the island vanishes is the British version, and the other ending is the American version

However, a later publisher consolidated decided in 1993 to settle on the British version as the "sole" version, and all books published since then have had the original British version.
 
Hey guys, I'm gonna iMove this to the book section (Voyage of the Dawn Treader Section)
 
Ah, thank you very much! I do think I like the idea of the Island disapearing instead of sitting around waiting for someone else to blunder into it.

Also glad it got moved to the proper area, still learning this BBS.

-Cuz :D
 
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