the lion the witch and the wardrobe graphic novel

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.

The lion the witch and the wardrobe graphic novel