Which C.S. Lewis novel begins with a wardrobe leading to Narnia?

The C.S. Lewis novel beginning with a wardrobe leading to Narnia is The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

Published in 1950, the book follows the four Pevensie children—Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy—after Lucy discovers a passage through a wardrobe into the snowy land of Narnia. The realm is under the power of the White Witch, whose rule has produced a long winter.

The novel introduces readers to major elements of Lewis’s fantasy world, including Aslan, the White Witch, talking animals, and the conflict between tyranny and restoration. It was the first Narnia book published, although some editions arrange the series according to Narnian chronology and place another novel first.

The wardrobe is not merely a decorative object. It serves as the portal through which ordinary domestic life opens into a world of danger and wonder. That image became one of the most recognizable gateways in children’s fantasy.