The second and most widely known in the series of the classic fantasy tales – The Chronicles of Narnia. Read by the unforgettable Sir Michael Hordern.The second and most widely known in the series of the classic fantasy tales – The Chronicles of Narnia. Read by the unforgettable Sir Michael Hordern.“This is the land of Narnia,” said the Faun, “where we are now. And you – you have come from the wild woods of the west?”“I – I got in through the wardrobe in the spare room,” said Lucy.Lucy steps into the Professor’s wardrobe – but steps out again into a snowy forest. She’s stumbled upon the magical world of Narnia, land of unicorns, centaurs, fauns… and the wicked White Witch, who terrorises all. Lucy soon realises that Narnia, and in particular Aslan, the great Lion, needs her help if the country’s creatures are ever going to be free again…"The magic of C. S. Lewis's parallel universe never fades." The TimesClive Staples Lewis, born in 1898, wrote many books for adults but the Narnia stories were his only works for children. The final title, The Last Battle, published in 1956, won the Carnegie Award, the highest mark of excellence in children’s literature.Requires internet connection for purchase, plus iPod or other Audible-compatible player or iTunes software on Mac OS X or Windows• Part of the Summer 2003 Narnia promotion.• Sir Michael Hordern’s warm narration of all seven Chronicles of Narnia is outstanding. Renowned for both film and TV over six decades, some of his best-known productions include The Bed-Sitting Room, Passport to Pimlico, Scrooge, Up Pompeii, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Paradise Postponed and Middlemarch. He died in 1995.• The music was specially composed and played by harpist Marisa Robles.• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was voted ‘Book of the Century’ in The Keith Barker Millennium Children’s Book Awards.• Abridged.Competition: The Secret Garden; The Hobbit; Alice in Wonderland. by C. S. Lewis; Frances Hodgson Burnett; J. R. R. Tolkien
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