![]() ![]() ![]() The book, which has religious themes that some find heavy-handed, has been criticized for its portrayal of women and the way the children’s lives end (among other things). Lucy has stumbled upon a marvellous land of fauns and centaurs, nymphs and talking animals. There’s a wood inside it, and it’s snowing Come and see, begged Lucy. But he’s good.” In Aslan, Lewis created a Christ-like figure who pays the penalty for one of the children’s infractions and thus breaks the White Witch’s wintry grip on Narnia. The best known, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, has been translated into 29 languages It’s a magic wardrobe. “Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. While the fauns, witches and talking beavers who populate Narnia are utterly charming, it’s the mysterious lion Aslan that gives the book its real thrill. The Oxbridge English professor’s most famous book, part of the seven-volume Chronicles of Narnia, served as the literary spark that ignited dozens of contemporary fantasies, from The Magicians to Harry Potter, with a child who suddenly discovers that magic exists. Lewis’ 1950 children’s classic, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Stuck in a lonely house at a bleak time, cut off from family and friends, a band of children stumble upon a door into a secret world behind that most prosaic of furniture items, a wardrobe. ![]()
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