The Chronicles of Narnia · Book 1
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.
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
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