The Narnia Chronicles, first published in 1950, have been and
remain some of the most enduringly popular ever published. The best
known, the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, has been translated
into 29 languages! The illustrations in this book have been
coloured by the original artist, Pauline Baynes."How ever did you
learn to talk?" asked Shasta in amazement."Where I come from,
nearly all the animals talk," replied the Horse. "The happy land of
Narnia." His whinny sounded very like a sigh.Bree the horse has
been kidnapped from Narnia and longs to return there. Shasta, on
the verge of being sold into slavery, decides to run away with him
in search of the home he''s always dreamed of. But the journey is
full of surprises and fraught with dangers, and when the companions
uncover a treasonous plot, it also becomes a race against time…
關於作者:
C. S. Lewis Clive Staples Lewis, 1898-1963 was one of the
intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably one of
the most influential writers of his day. He was a Fellow and Tutor
in English Literature at Oxford University until 1954, when he was
unanimously elected to the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance
Literature at Cambridge University, a position he held until his
retirement. He wrote more than thirty books, allowing him to reach
a vast audience, and his works continue to attract thousands of new
readers every year. His most distinguished and popular
accomplishments include Mere Christianity, Out of the Silent
Planet, The Great Divorce, The Screwtape Letters, and the
universally acknowledged classics The Chronicles of Narnia. To
date, the Narnia books have sold over 100 million copies and been
transformed into three major motion pictures.
C.S.刘易斯,英国作家。曾执教于牛津大学1925~1954。1954~1963年任剑桥大学中世纪和文艺复兴英国文学教授。所著儿童故事集《纳尼亚传奇》情节动人,妙趣横生。其他作品有《爱情的寓言:对中世纪传统的研究》1936以及科幻小说三部曲《沉寂的星球》1938、《皮尔兰德拉星》1943和《黑暗之劫》1945等。