The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

　　【納尼亞傳奇：獅子‧女巫‧魔衣櫥】（The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe） 是迪士尼２００５年底的電影，改編自英國文學家 C. S. Lewis 作品，他總共創造出七部以「納尼亞魔法王國」為故事背景的奇幻小說，本片的原著小說《獅子‧女巫‧魔衣櫥》是整個系列 C. S. Lewis 當年第一部推出的作品，不過在故事的順序上卻是第二部。本片自開拍以來就受到大家的矚目。

　　本故事的主角是四位倫敦的小孩－ Peter 、Susan 、Edmund 以及 Lucy ，由於第二次世界大戰倫敦飽受空襲威脅，孩童都被疏散到鄉間的宅邸，這四位 Pevensie 家的孩童被安排送到一位老教授 Digory Kirke 的大宅，在這古宅當中他們發現了一個神奇的衣櫥，居然可以藉由它通往一個神奇的魔法王國－納尼亞。那是一個動物會說話的神奇世界，但是邪惡的白衣女巫 Jadis 卻將魔手染指一切，孩子們必須加入正義精神領袖雄獅 Aslan 的一方，結合所有反對女巫的勢力，讓納尼亞重返和平。

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A mass-market paperback edition of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, book two in the classic fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia. This edition features cover art by Cliff Nielsen and interior black-and-white illustrations by the series’ original illustrator, Pauline Baynes.

Four adventurous siblings--Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie--step through a wardrobe door and into the land of Narnia, a land frozen in eternal winter and enslaved by the power of the White Witch. But when almost all hope is lost, the return of the Great Lion, Aslan, signals a great change . . . and a great sacrifice.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is the second book in C. S. Lewis’s classic fantasy series, which has been drawing readers of all ages into a magical land with unforgettable characters for over sixty years. This is a stand-alone read, but if you would like to explore more of the Narnian realm, pick up The Horse and His Boy, the third book in The Chronicles of Narnia.

作者簡介

C.S. 路易斯 Clive Staples Lewis

　　朋友都叫他Jack，出生於1898年。路易斯和他的好朋友托爾金，《魔戒》的作者，都是『墨林』的會員，那是一個非正式的作家俱樂部，通常都是在當地的酒吧碰面，討論創作的想法。路易斯之所以會迷戀童話、神話和古老傳說，以及他創作的靈感來源，都跟他的童年密不可分，使他完成了最受歡迎的經典故事《獅子、女巫、魔衣櫥》，加上後續的六本書，『納尼亞傳奇系列』受到廣大讀者的歡迎。《最後的戰役》甚至還得到了重要的卡尼基文學獎。

　　Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably the most influential Christian writer of his day. He was a Fellow and Tutor in English literature at Oxford University until 1954 when he was unanimously elected to the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance English at Cambridge University, a position he held until his retirement. His major contributions in literary criticism, children's literature, fantasy literature, and popular theology brought him international renown and acclaim. He wrote more than thirty books, allowing him to reach a vast audience, and his works continue to attract thousands of new readers every year. His most distinguished and popular accomplishments include The Chronicles of Narnia, Out of the Silent Planet, The Four Loves, The Screwtape Letters, and Mere Christianity.