The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe is the first[1] of C. S. Lewis’s seven-part series, The Chronicles of Narnia. It is a fantasy story about four siblings, Lucy, Susan, Edmund and Peter Pevensie who are sent to the countryside to an estate of an eccentric professor to escape the bombings in London during the Second World War. Upon arrival, they meet Mrs. Macready, the housekeeper who obviously dislikes children. After an uncomfortable introduction, the children are warned not to bother the professor. They set out to explore their new surroundings by playing a game of hide and seek. Lucy, the youngest hides in a wardrobe among hanging fur coats. As she backs up, deeper into the wardrobe, the coats slowly become snow-covered pine trees. She ultimately finds herself standing in snow next to a lamppost in another world, which she soon learns is called Narnia. She meets Mr. Tumnus, a faun, who addresses her as “daughter of Eve.” He takes her to his home in a cave where, over tea and a light snack, he explains that Narnia is under the spell of the White Witch and it is always winter but never Christmas. He warns her that he is under orders from the White Witch to report sightings of any children (sons of Adam or daughters of Eve). Lucy returns to the lamppost, escorted by Mr. Tumnus. She finds the portal from Narnia back into the wardrobe, emerging through the doors mere seconds after leaving, virtually no time having elapsed in her world.