The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
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First published in 1950, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is C. S. Lewis’s enchanting tale of four children who discover an extraordinary world hidden beyond the doors of an ordinary wardrobe. When Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy are sent to stay in an old country house during the Second World War, Lucy stumbles into Narnia, a land held in the grip of the White Witch, where winter has endured without Christmas. As the children become drawn into the struggle to free Narnia, they encounter talking animals, ancient magic and the noble lion Aslan, whose arrival brings the promise of renewal. At the heart of the story lies Edmund’s betrayal, the Witch’s terrible power and the courage required to confront fear, temptation and sacrifice.
The first published volume of The Chronicles of Narnia, the novel combines the timeless pleasures of fairy tale and adventure with a rich imaginative world shaped by Christian symbolism, classical mythology and northern European folklore. Lewis creates a landscape in which ordinary childhood experiences open onto questions of loyalty, forgiveness and moral responsibility, while the contrast between the Witch’s frozen kingdom and Narnia’s spring gives the story its enduring atmosphere of hope. Aslan’s presence lends the narrative a profound spiritual dimension without diminishing its sense of wonder or excitement. More than seven decades after its appearance, the book remains a defining work of twentieth-century children’s fantasy, cherished for its imaginative clarity and its belief that courage and compassion can restore a broken world.
From the book
“Wrong will be right, when Aslan comes in sight.”
— C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
On The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
“A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.”
— C. S. Lewis