"Harry's neglectful guardians, and Eustace Scrubb, the spoiled brat who torments the main characters until he is redeemed by Aslan. As with any popular long-lived work, contemporary culture abounds with references to the lion Aslan, travelling via wardrobe and direct mentions of ""The Chronicles"". Examples include: Charlotte Staples Lewis, a character first seen early in the fourth season of the TV series ""Lost"", is named in reference to C. S. Lewis. ""Lost"" producer Damon Lindelof said that this was a clue to the direction the show would take during the season. The book ""Ultimate Lost and Philosophy"", edited by William"
"Adaptations of The Chronicles of Narnia The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven fantasy novels for children written by C. S. Lewis. It is considered a classic of children's literature and is the author's best-known work, having sold over 100 million copies in 47 languages. Written by Lewis between 1949 and 1954, illustrated by Pauline Baynes and published in London between October 1950 and March 1956, ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" has been adapted several times, complete or in part, for television, radio, the stage, film, in audio books, and as video games. ""The Lion, the Witch and the"
"The Chronicles of Narnia The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven fantasy novels by C. S. Lewis. It is considered a classic of children's literature and is the author's best-known work, having sold over 100 million copies in 47 languages. Written by Lewis, illustrated by Pauline Baynes, and originally published in London between 1950 and 1956, ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" has been adapted several times, complete or in part, for radio, television, the stage, and film. Set in the fictional realm of Narnia, a fantasy world of magic, mythical beasts, and talking animals, the series narrates the adventures"
"only to write the one Narnia novel, ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"". However, when Roger Lancelyn Green asked him how a lamp post came to be standing in the midst of Narnian woodland, Lewis was intrigued enough by the question to attempt to find an answer by writing ""The Magician's Nephew"", which features a younger version of Professor Kirke from the first novel. ""The Magician's Nephew"" seems to have been the most challenging Narnia novel for Lewis to write. The other six Chronicles of Narnia were written between 1948 and 1953, ""The Magician's Nephew"" was written over a"
"The manuscript was eventually published in 1977, though Lewis scholar Kathryn Lindskoog doubts its authenticity. ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" is a series of seven fantasy novels for children and is considered a classic of children's literature. Written between 1949 and 1954 and illustrated by Pauline Baynes, the series is Lewis's most popular work, having sold over 100 million copies in 41 languages . Lewis wrote several works on Heaven and Hell. One of these, ""The Great Divorce"", is a short novella in which a few residents of Hell take a bus ride to Heaven, where they are met by people"
"Religion in The Chronicles of Narnia ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" is a series of seven fantasy novels for children written by C. S. Lewis. It is considered a classic of children's literature and is the author's best-known work, having sold over 100 million copies in 47 languages. In addition to numerous traditional Christian themes, the series borrows characters and ideas from Greek and Roman mythology, and from and . C.S. Lewis was an adult convert to Christianity and had previously authored some works on Christian apologetics and fiction with Christian themes. However, he did not originally set out to incorporate"
"and ideas from Greek and Roman mythology as well as from traditional British and Irish fairy tales. The books have profoundly influenced adult and children's fantasy literature since World War II. Lewis's exploration of themes not usually present in children's literature, such as religion, as well as the books' perceived treatment of issues including race and gender, has caused some controversy. Although Lewis originally conceived what would become ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" in 1939 (the picture of a Faun with parcels in a snowy wood has a history dating to 1914), he did not finish writing the first book ""The"
"Beatrix Potter; ""The Wind in the Willows"" by Kenneth Grahame (1908); ""Winnie-the-Pooh"" (1926) and ""The House at Pooh Corner"" (1928) by A. A. Milne; and ""The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe"" (1950) and the subsequent books in ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" series by C. S. Lewis. In many of these stories the animals can be seen as representing facets of human personality and character. As John Rowe Townsend remarks, discussing ""The Jungle Book"" in which the boy Mowgli must rely on his new friends the bear Baloo and the black panther Bagheera, ""The world of the jungle is in"
"pares"", or first-among-equals with the other leaders of the church. Similarly, Peter Pevensie is given the title of High King. Lastly the biblical St. Peter, according to Catholic tradition, was given the ""keys to the kingdom of heaven"" and Peter Pevensie shut the door, locking it with a golden key, sealing the destroyed Narnia after the judgment in ""The Last Battle"". Peter Pevensie Peter Pevensie is a fictional character in C. S. Lewis's ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" book series. Peter appears in three of the seven books; as a child and a principal character in ""The Lion, the Witch and"
"Mr. Tumnus Tumnus is a fictional character in the ""Narnia"" books, written by C.S. Lewis. He is featured prominently in ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"" and also appears, with a lesser role, in ""The Horse and His Boy"" and ""The Last Battle"". He is close friends with Lucy Pevensie and is the first creature she meets in Narnia, as well as the first Narnian to be introduced in the series. Lewis said that the first Narnia story, ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"", all came to him from a single picture he had in his head of"
"opinion on Susan's place in the Narnia books. Since the publication of Gaiman's story, ""the problem of Susan"" has become used more widely as a catchphrase for the literary and feminist investigation into Susan's treatment. Authors J. K. Rowling and Philip Pullman, both of whom were influenced by Lewis, have also commented on the issue: Susan Pevensie Susan Pevensie is a fictional character in C. S. Lewis's ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" series. Susan is the elder sister and the second eldest Pevensie child. She appears in three of the seven books—as a child in ""The Lion, the Witch and the"
"influence on Lewis, who dedicated his 1936 book ""Allegory of Love"" to Barfield. Lewis wrote his 1949 book ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"", the first Narnia chronicle, for his friend's adopted daughter Lucy Barfield and dedicated it to her. He also dedicated ""The Voyage of the Dawn Treader"" to Barfield's son Geoffrey in 1952. Barfield also influenced his scholarship and world view. He dedicated his first scholarly book, The Allegory of Love (1936) to his 'wisest and best of my unofficial teachers,' stating in its preface that he asked no more than to disseminate Barfield's literary theory and"
"adult she found deep delight in the books, and decided that these works transcend their Christian elements. Ironically, a section in ""His Dark Materials"" by Philip Pullman, one of Narnia's severest critics, about how children acquire grace from innocence but adults from experience, had a profound influence on Miller's later appreciation of the Narnia books. Religion in The Chronicles of Narnia ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" is a series of seven fantasy novels for children written by C. S. Lewis. It is considered a classic of children's literature and is the author's best-known work, having sold over 100 million copies in"
"Chronicles of Narnia"" over and over again. Lucy Barfield died at the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability in west London on 3 May 2003, having battled multiple sclerosis for almost 40 years. Lucy Barfield Lucy Barfield (2 November 1935 – 3 May 2003) was the godchild of C.S. Lewis. ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"" is dedicated to Lucy, who also lent her name to the book's heroine, Lucy Pevensie. Lewis's letter and the dedication to ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"" reads: My Dear Lucy, I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had"
"in 1942. In the 1950s, the book market in Europe began recovering from the effects of two world wars. An informal literary discussion group associated with the English faculty at the University of Oxford, were the ""Inklings"". Its leading members were the major fantasy novelists; C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien. C. S. Lewis published the first installment of ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" series in 1950 while Tolkien is best known in addition to ""The Hobbit"" as the author of ""The Lord of the Rings"". (1954) Another significant writer of fantasy stories is Alan Garner author of ""Elidor"""
"1950s, the reserved, middle-aged bachelor C. S. Lewis is an Oxford University academic at Magdalen College and author of ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" series of children's books. He meets the married American poet Joy Davidman Gresham and her young son Douglas on their visit to England, not yet knowing the circumstances of Gresham's troubled marriage. What begins as a formal meeting of two very different minds slowly develops into a feeling of connection and love. Lewis finds his quiet life with his brother Warnie disrupted by the outspoken Gresham, whose uninhibited behaviour sharply contrasts with the rigid sensibilities of the"
"The Chronicles of Narnia (film series) The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of films based on ""The Chronicles of Narnia"", a series of novels by C. S. Lewis. From the seven books, there have been three film adaptations so far—"""" (2005), """" (2008) and """" (2010)—which have grossed over $1.5 billion worldwide among them. The series revolves around the adventures of children in the world of Narnia, guided by Aslan, a wise and powerful lion that can speak and is the true king of Narnia. The children heavily featured in the films are the Pevensie siblings, and a prominent"
"that UK adults had read as children, after ""Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"". (Adults, perhaps limited to parents, ranked ""Alice"" and ""The Lion"" fifth and sixth as books the next generation should read, or their children should read during their lifetimes.) ""TIME"" magazine included the novel in its ""All-TIME 100 Novels"" (best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005). In 2003, the novel was listed at number 9 on the BBC's survey The Big Read. It has also been published in 47 foreign languages. Lewis wrote that ""The Narnian books are not as much allegory as supposal. Suppose there were a Narnian"
"The Silver Chair The Silver Chair is a children's fantasy novel by C. S. Lewis, published by Geoffrey Bles in 1953. It was the fourth published of seven novels in ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" (1950–1956); it is volume six in recent editions, which are sequenced according to Narnian history. Like the others, it was illustrated by Pauline Baynes and her work has been retained in many later editions. The novel is set primarily in the world of Narnia, decades after ""The Voyage of the Dawn Treader"" there but less than a year later in England. King Caspian X is now"
"The Horse and His Boy The Horse and His Boy is a novel for children by C. S. Lewis, published by Geoffrey Bles in 1954. Of the seven novels that comprise ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" (1950–1956), ""The Horse and His Boy"" was the fifth to be published; it is also one of four of the novels that Lewis finished writing before the first book in the series had been published. In recent editions of ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" that are sequenced according to the history of the fictional land of Narnia, ""The Horse and His Boy"" is the third book"
"study found that ""The Lion"" was a common read-aloud book for seventh-graders in schools in San Diego County, California. In 2005 it was included on ""TIME""'s unranked list of the 100 best English-language novels published since 1923. Based on a 2007 online poll, the U.S. National Education Association named it one of ""Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children"". In 2012 it was ranked number five among all-time children's novels in a survey published by ""School Library Journal"", a monthly with primarily U.S. audience. A 2012 survey by the University of Worcester determined that it was the second most common book"
"the snow and Lewis turned to his friends and said ""that would make a very nice opening line to a book"". The novel ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"" by Lewis later used that image as the characters enter the realm of Narnia. J.R.R. Tolkien found inspiration in the Malvern landscape which he had viewed from his childhood home in Birmingham and his brother Hilary's home near Evesham. He was introduced to the area by C. S. Lewis, who had brought him here to meet George Sayer, the Head of English at Malvern College. Sayer had been a student"
"been introduced to Narnia in ""The Magician's Nephew"" and already knows the origins of Narnia, the wardrobe, and the lamp post. Indeed, the narrative of ""The Magician's Nephew"" appears to assume that the reader has already read ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"" and is now being shown its beginnings. Paul Ford cites several scholars who have weighed in against the decision of HarperCollins to present the books in the order of their internal chronology, and continues, ""most scholars disagree with this decision and find it the least faithful to Lewis's deepest intentions"". Lewis suggested that he did not"
"in Lewis's books quite literally becomes. The surname ""Pevensie"" does not actually appear in the Chronicles until the third published book, ""The Voyage of the ""Dawn Treader. Peter was born in 1927 and is 13 years old when he appears in ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"". As a monarch of Narnia's Golden Age, he rules with his brother and sisters for 15 years, reaching the approximate age of 28 before returning to the age of 13 in England at the end of ""Wardrobe"". By ""The Last Battle"" he is a 22-year-old university student with his heart still in"
"The opening story is the most explicit in its message against cruelty to animals. The Magic World The Magic World is an influential collection of twelve short stories by E. Nesbit. It was first published in book form in 1912 by Macmillan and Co. Ltd., with illustrations by H. R. Millar and Gerald Spencer Pryse. The stories, previously printed in magazines such as ""Blackie's Children's Annual"", are typical of Nesbit's arch, ironic, clever fantasies for children. The twelve stories: ""The Aunt and Amabel"" has received attention as a precursor of C. S. Lewis's first Narnia novel, ""The Lion, the Witch,"
"of the novel features creation of the Narnia world by Aslan the lion, centred on a section of a lamp-post brought by accidental observers from London in 1900. The visitors then participate in the beginning of Narnia history, 1000 years before ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"" (which inaugurated the series in 1950). The frame story is set in England and features two children ensnared in experimental travel via ""the wood between the worlds"". Thus, the novel shows Narnia and our middle-age world to be only two of many in a multiverse, which changes as some worlds begin and"
"popular during the Middle Ages. An Old English poem called ""The Harrowing of Hell"" describes Christ breaking into Hell and rescuing the Old Testament patriarchs. (The Harrowing is not the only explanation that Christians have put forth for the fate of the righteous who died before Christ accomplished the atonement) In modern literature, atonement continues to be theme. In the first of C. S. Lewis's ""Narnia"" novels, ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"", a boy named Edmund is condemned to death by a White Witch, and the magical lion-king Aslan offers to die in Edmund's place, thereby saving him."
"Lucy Pevensie Lucy Pevensie is a fictional character in C. S. Lewis's ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" series. She is the youngest of the four Pevensie children, and the first to find the Wardrobe entrance to Narnia in ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"". Of all the Pevensie children, Lucy is the closest to Aslan. Also, of all the humans who have visited Narnia, Lucy is perhaps the one that believes in Narnia the most. She is ultimately crowned Queen Lucy the Valiant, co-ruler of Narnia along with her two brothers and her sister. Lucy is the central character of"
"that, prior to the events of the book, Digory, Polly, the Pevensie siblings (with the exception of Susan, who comes to believe that Narnia was a youthful fantasy), Eustace, and Jill Pole had been gathering on occasion as ""friends of Narnia"", to reminisce about their various adventures. Michael Aldridge played Digory in the 1988 BBC miniseries adaptation. Jim Broadbent played the character in the 2005 . Digory Kirke Professor Digory Kirke (1888-1949) is a fictional character from C. S. Lewis' fantasy series ""The Chronicles of Narnia."" He appears in three of the seven books: ""The Lion, the Witch and the"
"lion, save Narnia from the evil White Witch, who has reigned over the land of Narnia for a century of perpetual winter with no Christmas. The children become kings and queens of this new-found land and establish the Golden Age of Narnia, leaving a legacy to be rediscovered in later books. Completed after Christmas 1949 and published on 15 October 1951, ""Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia"" tells the story of the Pevensie children's second trip to Narnia. They are drawn back by the power of Susan's horn, blown by Prince Caspian to summon help in his hour of need."
"sold millions of copies. The books that make up ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" have sold the most and have been popularised on stage, TV, radio, and cinema. His philosophical writings are widely cited by Christian apologists from many denominations. In 1956, Lewis married American writer Joy Davidman; she died of cancer four years later at the age of 45. Lewis died on 22 November 1963 from renal failure, one week before his 65th birthday. In 2013, on the 50th anniversary of his death, Lewis was honoured with a memorial in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey. Clive Staples Lewis was born"
"The Voyage of the Dawn Treader The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is a high fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis, published by Geoffrey Bles in 1952. It was the third published of seven novels in ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" (1950–1956) and Lewis had finished writing it in 1950, before the first book was out. It is volume five in recent editions, which are sequenced according to Narnia history. Like the others it was illustrated by Pauline Baynes and her work has been retained in many later editions. It is the only Narnia book that does not have"
"Lewis as an author. Lewis's key religious work, ""The Problem of Pain"", was published jointly by Bles and Centenary Press in 1940, as were his ""Beyond Personality: The Christian Idea of God"" (1944) and ""The Great Divorce: A Dream"" (1945). Bles published on his own Lewis' ""The Screwtape Letters"" (1942), ""The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe"" (1950), and the next four in the Narnia series up to ""The Horse and his Boy"" (1954). For the last two books in the series Lewis moved to Bodley Head. William Collins publishers bought the firm of Geoffrey Bles in 1953, and Bles"