The Magician's Nephew not as powerful a sorcerer as she is (or was). This recalls the style of Edith Nesbit's children's books. Lewis was fond of these books, which he read in childhood, a number were set in the same period and "The Magician's Nephew" has some apparent references or homages to them. "The Magician's Nephew" was originally published as the sixth book in the Narnia Chronicles. Most reprintings of the novels until the 1980s also reflected the order of original publication. In 1980 HarperCollins published the series ordered by the chronology of the events in the novels. This meant "The Magician's Nephew"
The Magician (Maugham novel) critique, named "How to Write a Novel! (After W. S. Maugham)", Crowley accuses Maugham of having plagiarised the following books in writing "The Magician": Most critics consider the above works as sources for an original story, and Crowley's accusations to be motivated by malice. The large body of original work turned out by Maugham thereafter would tend to support this. In "A Fragment of Autobiography", Maugham said he had not read Crowley's review, adding, "I daresay it was a pretty piece of vituperation, but probably, like his poems, intolerably verbose." The Magician (Maugham novel) The Magician is a novel by