The Chronicles of Narnia

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis. Written in 1950 and set in approximately 1940, it is the first book of The Chronicles of Narnia and is the best known book of the series. (Although it was written and published first, it is second in the series’ internal chronological order, after The Magician’s Nephew.) Time magazine included the novel in its TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005.

The book is dedicated to Lewis’s goddaughter, Lucy Barfield.

World War II has just begun and four children, Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy Pevensie, are evacuated from London in 1940 to escape the Blitz. They are sent to live with Professor Digory Kirke, who lives in a country house in the English countryside with his housekeeper, Mrs MacReady, as well as three servants called Ivy, Margaret, and Betty.

One rainy day shortly after the children arrive, they decide to play hide-and-seek. Lucy, the youngest of the children, hides in a wardrobe, but discovers that the door to it is a portal to a snow-covered forest with a gaslight post in the centre. There she meets a faun, who introduces himself as Tumnus and invites her home for tea. He tells her that the land is called Narnia and it is ruled by the ruthless White Witch, who ensures that it is always Winter but never Christmas.

Lucy returns through the wardrobe, having spent hours in Narnia, only to find that just a few seconds have passed in England. She is unable to convince the other children about her adventure, as the wardrobe is now just a wardrobe. Edmund, the next youngest of the four siblings, is particularly spiteful towards Lucy.

Several weeks later, she re-enters Narnia, and Edmund follows. He fails to catch up with Lucy, and is approached by an extremely pale lady on a sledge pullled by a white reindeer, who introduces herself as the Queen of Narnia, and provides him with some magical Turkish delight. She promises to make him a Prince and eventually King of Narnia, and persuades him to bring the other children to her house.

Lucy and Edmund meet in the woods and return together through the wardrobe. During their conversation, Lucy mentions the White Witch and Edmund realises that she is none other than the lady who has befriended him. When they arrive back in England, Edmund lies to Peter and Susan, claiming that he and Lucy were just playing and that the wardrobe is no more than an ordinary one, leaving Lucy very upset.

Shortly thereafter, all four children hide in the wardrobe to avoid a tour group and find themselves in Narnia. Lucy guides them to Tumnus’s cave, only to discover that Tumnus has been captured just as the White Witch had threatened and his cave ransacked by Maugrim, chief of the White Witch’s secret police. The children are sheltered by a pair of talking beavers named Mr. Beaver and Mrs. Beaver, who recount an ancient prophecy that when two Sons of Adam and two Daughters of Eve fill the four thrones at Cair Paravel, the witch’s power will fail. The beavers tell of the true king of Narnia — a great lion called Aslan — who has been absent for many years, but is now “On the move again.”

Edmund, still in the thrall of the witch, runs off to the White Witch’s castle and the others do not notice his departure until it is too late to recall him. Realising that they have been betrayed, the others set off to find Aslan. When Edmund reaches the White Witch, she treats him harshly and, taking him with her, sets off to catch the other children.

However, her power is failing and a thaw strands her sleigh. The other children reach Aslan, and a penitent Edmund is rescued just as the witch is about to kill him.

Calling for a truce, the witch demands that Edmund be returned to her, as an ancient law gives her possession of all traitors. Aslan, acknowledging the law, offers himself in Edmund’s place and the witch accepts.

Aslan is sacrificed by the witch, but comes back to life due to the “Deeper magic”. During a final battle, the witch is defeated and killed by Aslan.

The children become kings and queens, and spend many years in Narnia, growing to maturity, before returning to our world, where they find themselves children again.

CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN (PS3) BRAND NEW US $11.22 End Date: Thursday Nov-20-2008 13:10:04 PST Buy it now | Add to watch list

PS2 lot of 11 games US $25.00 (1 Bid) End Date: Thursday Nov-20-2008 13:12:59 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

CHRONICLES OF NARNIA LION NINTENDO DS GAME * SEALED NEW US $15.88 (0 Bid) End Date: Thursday Nov-20-2008 13:20:00 PST Bid now | Buy it now | Add to watch list

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and Th... US $5.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Thursday Nov-20-2008 13:37:30 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

CS LEWIS: BEYOND NARNIA DVD -NEW US $11.90 End Date: Thursday Nov-20-2008 13:38:46 PST Buy it now | Add to watch list

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and Th... US $11.99 (1 Bid) End Date: Thursday Nov-20-2008 14:05:53 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

Chronicles of Narnia New boxed Set in shrinkwrap #1-7 US $17.50 (6 Bids) End Date: Thursday Nov-20-2008 14:06:53 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

Chronicles of Narnia set US $16.00 (8 Bids) End Date: Thursday Nov-20-2008 14:13:53 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

Nintendo Wii- Xbox 360- Xbox-Gamecube Consoles+54 games US $685.00 (45 Bids) End Date: Thursday Nov-20-2008 14:24:13 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

GAMECUBE VIDEO GAME CHRONICLES OF NARNIA LION WITCH NEW US $9.78 (0 Bid) End Date: Thursday Nov-20-2008 15:00:52 PST Bid now | Buy it now | Add to watch list

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The.. US $11.99 End Date: Thursday Nov-20-2008 15:05:30 PST Buy it now | Add to watch list

15 DVD FOR ONE PRICE US $15.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Thursday Nov-20-2008 15:21:18 PST Bid now | Buy it now | Add to watch list

Chronicles of Narnia ~all 7~ Book & Audio CD set US $98.00 End Date: Thursday Nov-20-2008 15:35:14 PST Buy it now | Add to watch list

GAMECUBE VIDEO GAME CHRONICLES OF NARNIA LION WITCH NEW US $9.78 (0 Bid) End Date: Thursday Nov-20-2008 15:36:59 PST Bid now | Buy it now | Add to watch list

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian - Ships Now US $20.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Thursday Nov-20-2008 15:37:28 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

Crafting of Narnia: The Art Creatures and Weapons HB US $33.00 End Date: Thursday Nov-20-2008 15:38:58 PST Buy it now | Add to watch list

Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Blu Ray Ships Now US $20.00 (1 Bid) End Date: Thursday Nov-20-2008 15:40:44 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA GCU GAME FOR GAMECUBE US $13.97 (0 Bid) End Date: Thursday Nov-20-2008 16:00:00 PST Bid now | Buy it now | Add to watch list

C.S. LEWIS The Lion The Witch & The Wardrobe 1968 HB US $9.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Thursday Nov-20-2008 16:13:09 PST Bid now | Add to watch list

NEW Narnia The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe Blu Ray US $9.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Thursday Nov-20-2008 16:19:22 PST Bid now | Buy it now | Add to watch list