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The Insatiable Appetite for Turkish Delight
A Reference To The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe
“The Queen let another drop fall from her bottle on to the snow, and instantly there appeared a round box, tied with green silk ribbon, which when opened, turned out to contain several pounds of the best Turkish Delight. Each piece was sweet and light to the very centre and Edmund had never tasted anything more delicious. He was quite warm now, and very comfortable.
While he was eating, the Queen kept asking him questions. At first Edmund tried to remember that it is rude to speak with one’s mouth full, but soon he forgot about this and thought only of tying to shovel down as much Turkish Delight as he could, and the more he ate the more he wanted to eat, and he never asked himself why the Queen should be so inquisitive.” (C.S. Lewis, The lion, the witch and the wardrobe)
Introduction
Due to some unfortunate circumstances, I was given ample bed rest for the past week. Most of the time I slept dutiful; The remaining time, I read.
I picked up C.S. Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and found it delightfully entertaining. As with most book to movie conversions, the book was far richer than the movie. I guess that is attributable to the freedom of imagination.
