Which C.S. Lewis book introduced readers to the land of Narnia?

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe introduced readers to the land of Narnia.

C.S. Lewis’s fantasy novel was published in 1950 and follows four siblings—Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie—who enter Narnia through a wardrobe. Lucy is the first sibling to discover the snowy wood beyond the wardrobe door. There she meets the faun Mr. Tumnus, while the country is controlled by the White Witch.

The book became the first-published volume of the Chronicles of Narnia, even though Lewis later wrote The Magician’s Nephew as a prequel in the story’s internal chronology. That difference explains why reading-order discussions sometimes produce two answers.

The title’s lion is Aslan, Narnia’s great ruler and a central figure across the series. The novel’s combination of talking animals, mythology, adventure, and Christian symbolism helped make it Lewis’s most widely recognized work of fiction.