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''Synopsis:'' {{Infobox_Contents |topic_name = The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a fantasy novel for children by [[C. S. Lewis. It was the first of The Chronicles of Narnia to be written, in 1950, and is the best known. The Magician's Nephew is thus a "prequel". ----__TOC__{{topics}}]] |* subtopics = [[The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (plot summary)]]
===Plot Summary===
For a summary of the plot see [[The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (plot summary)]]
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* [[Chronicles of Narnia]]
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a fantasy novel for children by [[C.S. Lewis]]. It was the first of The [[Chronicles of Narnia]] to be written, in 1950, and is the best known. [[The Magician's Nephew]] is thus a "prequel".
The story takes inspiration from the [[Gospel]] themes of betrayal, death, [[resurrection]] and [[redemption]]. There is a nod in the direction of the [[Trinity]] concept, with Aslan in the [[Christ]]-role and a passing reference to the "Emperor over Sea" as [[God the Father]]. The children form a disciple-group around Aslan, with Edmund as Judas and Peter the High King as the [[apostle Peter]]. The two girls also follow Biblical precedent through being first to see the resurrected Aslan. The book is not intended to be a re-telling of Biblical stories in another form; it simply borrows ideas from them so as to illustrate basic conceptions of Christianity.
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==Links==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lion%2C_the_Witch_and_the_Wardrobe Wikipedia - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]
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