Lewis, published by Geoffrey Bles in 1950. This is a stand-alone read, but if you would like to explore more of the Narnian realm, pick up The Horse and His Boy, the third book in The Chronicles of Narnia. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a fantasy novel for children, by C. Lewis's classic fantasy series, which has been drawing readers of all ages into a magical land with unforgettable characters for over sixty years. Lucy steps inside and finds herself in a strange, snowy wood. The children explore the house on a rainy day and Lucy, the youngest, finds an enormous wardrobe. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is the second book in C. Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie are four siblings sent to live in the country with the eccentric Professor Kirke during World War II. But when almost all hope is lost, the return of the Great Lion, Aslan, signals a great change. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe was one of the first fantasy novels to explore overtly themes of religion and warfareparticularly Christianitybut it was certainly not the last. This edition features cover art by Cliff Nielsen and interior black-and-white illustrations by the series' original illustrator, Pauline Baynes.įour adventurous siblings-Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie-step through a wardrobe door and into the land of Narnia, a land frozen in eternal winter and enslaved by the power of the White Witch. Don’t miss one of America’s top 100 most-loved novels, selected by PBS’s The Great American Read.Ī mass-market paperback edition of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, book two in the classic fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia.
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