October
16, 1950
The
Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
C. S. Lewis's novel The
Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the first of The Chronicles of Narnia series,
was first published, released by British publisher Geoffrey Bles, Ltd.,
followed by Macmillan Publishers in the United States on November 7. Lewis had
completed the book at the end of March, 1949.
Clive Staples (C.S.) Lewis
(29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British novelist, poet, academic,
medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian, broadcaster, lecturer,
and Christian apologist. He held academic positions at both Oxford University, and
Cambridge University. Lewis and fellow novelist
J. R. R. Tolkien (Lord of the Rings) were close friends. They both served on
the English faculty at Oxford University, and were active in the informal
Oxford literary group known as the Inklings.
The Lion, the Witch and the
Wardrobe is a high fantasy novel for children. Most of the novel is set in
Narnia, a land of talking animals and mythical creatures that the White Witch
has ruled for 100 years of deep winter. In the frame story, four English
children live in a big, old country house during their World War II evacuation
from London. The youngest visits Narnia three times via the wardrobe in a spare
room. All four children are together on her third visit, which validates her
stories. In Narnia the siblings seem to
fulfill an old prophecy. Lewis wrote the book for, and dedicated it to, his
goddaughter Lucy Barfield.
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