The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Author: 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)
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (BBC)
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)

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

• Aslan
• Betty
• Digory Kirke, The Professor
• Edmund Pevensie
• Father Christmas
• Fox
• Ginarrbrik
• Ivy
• Lucy Pevensie
• Margaret
• Maugrim
• Mr. Beaver
• Mr. Tumnus
• Mrs. Beaver
• Mrs. Macready
• Peter Pevensie
• Rumblebuffin
• Susan Pevensie
• The White Stag
• The White Witch

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

• Waiting for the World to Fall – Jars of Clay
• Remembering You – Steven Curtis Chapman
• Wunderkind – Alanis Morissette
• Can’t Take It In – Imogen Heap, Harry Gregson-Williams
• Hero – Bethany Dillon
• Stronger – Delirious?
• Lion – Rebecca St. James
• Turkish Delight – David Crowder Band
• More Than It Seems – Kutless
• You’re the One – Chris Tomlin
• Winter Light – Tim Finn
• Where – Lisbeth Scott
• Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh! – The Andrews Sisters
• Church Not Made with Hands – The Waterboys
• Little Boy Heart Alive – Andrew Peterson
• Good Enough – Evanescence
• Untame Lion – Michelle Tumes
• Something to Believe In – Newsboys
• Mark My Words – P.O.D. (Payable on Death)
• In Like a Lion (Always Winter) – Relient K
• Lazy Sunday – Saturday Night Live (SNL)
• Narnia – Steve Hackett
• Always Winter but Never Christmas – XTC
• Aslan is On the Move – Jeff Kepple
• Are You Going To Narnia? – 2nd Chapter of Acts
• The Roar of Love – 2nd Chapter of Acts
• Not a Tame Lion – Carolyn Arends
• Show All the World – Narnia (Band)
• Together Again – Evanescence
• Lacrymosa – Evanescence