![]() ![]() It weaves throughout the book, deep concepts of good and evil, forgiveness and redemption. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe contains more than just a children’s adventure. All must choose a side either that of the White Witch or the magical Lion Aslan who is trying to return the land to Spring. Lewis describes talking beavers, evil dwarfs and giants. Lucy’s story is not believed until all four children find themselves drawn into the magical land together and their real adventures begin. ![]() He tells her how Narnia is oppressed by the White Witch who has made it ‘always winter and never Christmas’. There Lucy stumbles through a discovered wardrobe into the secret land of Narnia and meets Mr. It is the magical story of four children, Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy, who are evacuated from London during World War Two to the house of an eccentric Professor. Lewis, a Belfast born writer and Oxford scholar. ![]() ![]() The Lion, the witch and the wardrobe is the second book in the Chronicles of Narnia series, but was written first in 1950 by C. I was apprehensive to read it again, but it was assigned to our reading group as part of the BBC ‘100 Novels that Shaped our World’, and I was so glad I did. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a superb book and one cherished by many, including myself, from childhood. ![]()
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