The Chronicles of Narnia
When the four Pevensie children are sent from London to the countryside during the Blitz, the youngest, Lucy, slips through the back of a wardrobe and into Narnia, a snow-locked land where it is always winter and never Christmas under the rule of the White Witch. Across seven books C.S. Lewis would return again and again to that world, following different children into its history, the creation of Narnia by the great lion Aslan, the voyage of the Dawn Treader to the edge of the sea, the fall and restoration of its kingdoms, and finally its last battle. Published between 1950 and 1956, the Chronicles combine medieval pageantry, Christian allegory, and old-fashioned fairy tale in stories that have shaped children's fantasy for more than seventy years.
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C. S. Lewis's seven-book Narnia series, from the Pevensie children stepping through a wardrobe into a frozen kingdom in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe to the final closing of Narnia itself.
C.S. Lewis wrote seven Chronicles of Narnia novels: The Magician's Nephew, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Horse and His Boy, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, and The Last Battle. The series is complete.
Two reading orders exist. Publication order starts with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; chronological order starts with The Magician's Nephew. C.S. Lewis approved both. Many readers prefer publication order for first reads.
The Chronicles of Narnia was written by C.S. Lewis, published in 1970 by Rayo.
The Chronicles of Narnia is 768 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, The Chronicles of Narnia takes most readers 12 to 17 hours to finish.
The Chronicles of Narnia is a standalone novel by C.S. Lewis, not part of a series.
The Chronicles of Narnia is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.