THE LION, THE WITCH & THE WARDROBE
- [book one of the Chronicles of Narnia]
- by C.S. Lewis
- [rated by pbs readers as #9!]
- 189 pages
Back at the beginning of this project, I remember being in the Barnes & Noble bookstore, perusing the titles I would be reading. I saw a stack of books facing out. The one in front was the Chronicles of Narnia.
Imagine my surprise, upon picking it up, that it wasn’t a
stack. It was one book! With a gablillion pages! I was sufficiently freaked out by the girth and heft of the book that I put it quickly down and bolted.
It was at that point that my hairdresser, Veronica, who is my only door into life younger than mine, assured me that it was a series of books and that the first one wasn’t that big.
Indeed it wasn’t. A delightful little tale.
I was shocked that it was written in 1950. Kim, my friend, grew up with it and almost swooned at the thought that I was entering this world for the first time.
Don’t know how I missed it, but I’m glad to have had a read.
No idea whether or not I will ever read the rest of them. As kid’s stories go, I’m less inclined to go for it than most of the other series this project has started for me.
But a lovely, magical kingdom, a bad witch, a wonderful heroic lion and four reasonably interesting kids? I enjoyed it.
Loved this book madly as a child. I was left with some odd cousins for a week or so, not my favorite ones, and one of them had this book and let me read it and it made the week not just bearable but magical. Exactly what a children’s book is meant to do. ❤️
I read it as a kid, so do not vividly remember it. I know it is a cult classic with many people from their childhood. Funny how many childhood books stuck with me, but this one I only vaguely remember. I think I really did like it, I loved those magical ones like A Wrinkle In Time and this one. Like you, I only ever read the one. Same with the Hobbit.