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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Narnia is a different story. The first book in chronological order was supposed to be the first book. But because it wasn't good enough, it was moved to another spot in the series.
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No, it wasn't. It wasn't written till much later and it has retcons. It's meant to be read as the penultimate. It even has references to The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, which was the first, before he even decided to do a series. There are surviving comments by the "Inklings". Also clarifies some things so that "The Last Battle" has some consistency with the series.
See also Prince Caspian and the Silver Chair which predate it and where the White Witch is "still" a local witch from the North. The idea of the White witch being Queen Jadis from Charn is late.