The Lion, the Witch and the WardrobeAuthor: C.S. Lewis
Publication Date: 1950

THEY OPEN A DOOR AND ENTER A WORLD

Dedication:

To Lucy Barfield

My Dear Lucy,

I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As a result you are already too old for fairy tales, and by the time it is printed and bound you will be older still. But some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again. You can then take it down from some upper shelf, dust it, and tell me what you think of it. I shall probably be too deaf to hear, and too old to understand, a word you say, but I shall still be
your affectionate Godfather,
C.S. Lewis

Summary: Narnia …. a land frozen in eternal winter … a country waiting to be set free.

Four adventurers step through a wardrobe door and into the land of Narnia — a land enslaved by the power of the White Witch. But when almost all hope is lost, the return of the Great Lion, Aslan, signals a great change … and a great sacrifice.

Film Adaptations

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Animated Movie BBC The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Stage Adaptations

Narnia the Musical

Chapter Summaries

  1. Lucy Looks into a Wardrobe
  2. What Lucy Found There
  3. Edmund and the Wardrobe
  4. Turkish Delight
  5. Back on This Side of the Door
  6. Into the Forest
  7. A Day with the Beavers
  8. What happened after Dinner
  9. In the Witch’s House
  10. The Spell begins to Break
  11. Aslan is Nearer
  12. Peter’s First Battle
  13. Deep Magic from the Dawn of Time
  14. The Triumph of the Witch
  15. Deeper Magic from Before the Dawn of Time
  16. What Happened about the Statues
  17. The Hunting of the White Stag

Characters of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Locations

  • London Countryside
  • The Professor’s Mansion
  • Narnia
  • Mr. Tumnus’ Home
  • Cair Paravel
  • Mr. and Mrs. Beaver’s Dam
  • Fords of Beruna
  • The White Witch’s House
  • Western Wilds

Related Music

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