The World of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia)

The connection sheet for the Lewis section: the seven Chronicles have their own dedicated section on this site, book by book.

Seven novels, from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950) to The Last Battle (1956), tell the entire story of a world, from its creation to its end, through the adventures of children from England. Each book has its own complete sheet in the section « In the books ».

• Original title — The Chronicles of Narnia
• First publication — 1950-1956
• Genre — Children's novels, fantasy
• First English edition — Geoffrey Bles (volumes 1 to 5), then The Bodley Head (volumes 6 and 7), London, 1950-1956
• Availability in bookstores — Available (Gallimard Jeunesse, Folio Junior and complete edition).
• Reading level — Easy — from 8 years
• For whom — See « In what order to read the Chronicles ».
• Year — 1950

Other French titles

• Les Chroniques de Narnia

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• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe — Gallimard Jeunesse — 2001-2002 (complete edition 2005) — translations by Anne-Marie Dalmais, Philippe Morgaut and Cécile Dutheil de la Rochère

themes

• See the connection sheets of the seven books and the articles in the section « Comprendre ».

Family

Narnia

Other names

• The Chronicles of Narnia
• Les Chroniques de Narnia
• Children's novels, fantasy
• Fiction

The connection sheet for the Lewis section: the seven Chronicles have their own dedicated section on this site, book by book.

Quick reference sheet

How to approach it

Level: Easy — from 8 years. See « In what order to read the Chronicles ».

The book in a few words

Seven novels, from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950) to The Last Battle (1956), tell the entire story of a world, from its creation to its end, through the adventures of children from England. Each book has its own connection sheet in the section « In the books ».

In Lewis's workshop

See the article « How Lewis created Narnia ».

What announces Narnia

It's Narnia itself: see the connection sheets of the seven books and the section « Comprendre ».

What a modern reader retains

Read alongside other books by Lewis, Narnia appears less as an exception than as a point of convergence: you can find the medieval scholar, the former soldier, the apologist, the man who sought Joy. Greta Gerwig's film, expected in 2027, will introduce the work to a new generation; this section will help trace it back to its author.

Its legacy

Over 100 million copies sold, translated into more than forty languages; Carnegie Medal 1956 for The Last Battle.

Going further

See the connection sheets of the seven books and the articles in the section « Comprendre ».

Read it in French

• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Gallimard Jeunesse, 2001-2002 (complete edition 2005) — translations by Anne-Marie Dalmais, Philippe Morgaut and Cécile Dutheil de la Rochère

On stage and on screen

See « On screen » and Greta Gerwig's film (2027).

See also

• The seven Chronicles of Narnia
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
• In what order to read the Chronicles of Narnia?
• How Lewis created Narnia
• Narnia on screen, on the radio and on stage

Trivia

• https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._S._Lewis