Which C.S. Lewis novel features a wardrobe as the entrance to the land of Narnia?

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The C.S. Lewis novel featuring a wardrobe as the entrance to Narnia is The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

Lucy Pevensie discovers the passage while exploring a large wardrobe in a spare room. At first, her siblings Peter, Susan, and Edmund do not believe her account, but all four eventually enter the snowy woodland beyond the coats and emerge in Narnia.

The wardrobe’s wood comes from a magical tree connected with Narnia’s origin, a detail explained in The Magician’s Nephew. This creates a link between the book that begins the published series and the later origin story.

The novel combines wartime Britain, fairy-tale motifs, talking animals, and Christian symbolism. Its setting begins during the evacuation of children from London during World War II, but the main adventure takes place in the fictional land ruled by the White Witch.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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