What is the title of C.S. Lewis’s 1950 Narnia novel about Edmund and Lucy’s first visit?
Answer
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
C.S. Lewis’s 1950 Narnia novel about Edmund and Lucy’s first visit is The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
The book introduces the four Pevensie children—Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy—who discover a passage into another world through a wardrobe. Lucy enters first, while Edmund later encounters the White Witch and accepts enchanted Turkish delight from her.
The story centers on a conflict between the White Witch’s frozen rule and Aslan’s return. Its Christian symbolism is widely discussed, but the novel also works as a self-contained fantasy adventure involving betrayal, sacrifice, resurrection, and restoration.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was published in 1950 as the first Narnia book released to readers. Modern editions sometimes arrange the series in chronological story order, beginning with The Magician’s Nephew, which was written and published later.