The first in the series of the classic fantasy tales – The Chronicles of Narnia. Read by the unforgettable Sir Michael Hordern. The first in the series of the classic fantasy tales – The Chronicles of Narnia. Read by the unforgettable Sir Michael Hordern. “Congratulate me, my dear boy,” said Uncle Andrew, rubbing his hands. “My experiment has succeeded. The little girl’s gone – vanished – right out of this world.” After Uncle Andrew’s horrible trick, Digory has no choice but to travel over to the Other World in search of poor vanished Polly. Little does he realise that his uncle has unwittingly opened up the doorway to Narnia, a truly magical world, and that their adventures have only just begun… "The magic of C. S. Lewis's parallel universe never fades." The Times Discover where the magic began in this prequel to the children’s classics by C.S. Lewis Clive 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. Discover where the magic began in this prequel to the children’s classics by C.S. Lewis 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; The Wind in the Willows; The Railway Children. by C. S. Lewis; Frances Hodgson Burnett; J. R. R. Tolkien
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