A stunning new edition of this timeless classic. This is the best loved of all the Chronicles of Narnia - the first one ever written, and the one everybody remembers reading as a child.The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe introduced readers to the wonders and enchantment of Narnia when it was first published almost fifty years ago. Since then, the hearts and imaginations of millions of readers have been captured by the story of Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy, who step through a magic wardrobe into Narnia, once the peaceful land of Talking Beasts, dwarfs, giants and fauns, but now frozen into eternal winter by the evil White Witch.Christian Birmingham’s beautiful illustrations , accompanied by a sensitively abridged text, introduce this wonderful story to a younger audience.
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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。