The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- Published
- 16 October 1950
- Pages
- 186
- ISBN-13
- 9780007635665
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is the book that opens C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia series, first published in 1950. It's followed in the reading order by Prince Caspian. It runs 186 pages. The series ran to completion in 1956 across 7 books.
Key facts about The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
C. S. Lewis wrote The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, a novel on our list. It has been out since 16 October 1950. The book has 186 pages.
We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780007635665 to find the main one.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is book 1 of 7 in The Chronicles of Narnia series. The series has 7 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. The Magician's Nephew is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 2 May 1955.
Additionally, C. S. Lewis writes The Space Trilogy as a separate series. Those series sit on our science fiction and fantasy shelves.
About C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis was a British academic, Christian apologist, and novelist whose most widely read fiction is The Chronicles of Narnia, a seven-book children's fantasy series beginning with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, in which children from our world pass through a magical wardrobe into the land of Narnia, ruled over by the lion Aslan and threatened by the White Witch. See every C. S. Lewis book in order.
Its place in The Chronicles of Narnia
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is book 1 in the The Chronicles of Narnia series. It is followed by Prince Caspian. See the full The Chronicles of Narnia reading order.
Four English siblings step through the back of an old wardrobe into Narnia, a land frozen in eternal winter under the White Witch's rule -- and find themselves swept into a war for the country's soul alongside Aslan, the great lion who is Narnia's true king. That's just the opening novel; across seven books, C.S. Lewis sends different children (and, once, two unlucky adults) into Narnia across its history, from the world's magical creation to its final ending, encountering talking animals, ancient prophecies…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780007635665
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780060764890
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780007202287