Soon afterwards, all four children enter Narnia together, but find that Tumnus has been arrested for treason. However, Edmund denies Narnia's existence to Peter and Susan after learning of the White Witch's identity from Lucy. Edmund reunites with Lucy and they both return home. The Witch plies Edmund with Turkish delight and persuades him to bring his siblings to her with the promise of being made a prince. Although Lucy's siblings initially disbelieve her story of Narnia, Edmund follows her into the wardrobe and winds up in a separate area of Narnia and meets the White Witch, who calls herself the Queen of Narnia. Tumnus invites her to his cave for tea and admits that he intended to report Lucy to the White Witch, the false ruler of Narnia who has kept the land in perpetual winter, but he repents and guides her back home. Here, she meets the faun named Tumnus, whom she addresses as ' Mr. While exploring the house, Lucy enters a wardrobe and discovers the magical world of Narnia. Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy Pevensie are evacuated from London in 1940, to escape the Blitz, and sent to live with Professor Digory Kirke at a large house in the English countryside. Time magazine included the novel in its list of the 100 Best Young-Adult Books of All Time, as well as its list of the 100 best English-language novels published since 1923. In 2003, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was ranked ninth on the BBC's The Big Read poll.

She was the daughter of Owen Barfield, Lewis's friend, teacher, adviser and trustee. Lewis wrote the book for (and dedicated it to) his goddaughter, Lucy Barfield. The lion Aslan gives his life to save one of the children he later rises from the dead, vanquishes the White Witch, and crowns the children Kings and Queens of Narnia. In Narnia, the siblings seem fit to fulfill an old prophecy and find themselves adventuring to save Narnia and their own lives.

Lucy's three siblings are with her on her third visit to Narnia. The youngest, Lucy, visits Narnia three times via the magic of a wardrobe in a spare room. In the frame story, four English children are relocated to a large, old country house following a wartime evacuation. Most of the novel is set in Narnia, a land of talking animals and mythical creatures that is ruled by the evil White Witch. Like the other Chronicles, it was illustrated by Pauline Baynes, and her work has been retained in many later editions. Although it was originally the first of The Chronicles of Narnia, it is volume two in recent editions that are sequenced by the stories' chronology. Among all the author's books, it is also the most widely held in libraries. It is the first published and best known of seven novels in The Chronicles of Narnia (1950–1956). Lewis, published by Geoffrey Bles in 1950. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a fantasy novel for children by C.

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