Rank 10 of 100
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Also known as Narnia
Synopsis
Four children evacuated from London step through a wardrobe into a country where it is always winter and never Christmas. A witch holds the land, a lion is rumored, and the youngest brother’s appetite for Turkish delight becomes a matter of treason.
Synopses are original catalog copy written for Every Book Ever, not publisher blurbs.
Catalogue card
- Year
- 1950
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Form
- Children's novel
- Genre
- Fantasy, Children's
- Audience
- Children
- Era
- 1946–1999
- Movement
- Modern fantasy
- Series
- The Chronicles of Narnia
- Length
- About 208 pages
- Reported copies
- About 85 million copies
- Kind
- Fiction