The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - Book Two - Chapter One - Lucy Looks into a Wardrobe

Oct 22, 2026

Tells how four London children—Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy—are sent away during wartime air-raids to live with an old Professor in a vast country house. After they settle in, the children speak excitedly about having freedom and plan to explore, despite odd appearances and nighttime unease. On the next morning, rain delays their plans, but the house’s endless rooms and hidden possibilities set the stage for their adventures.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryStory & Novel

FormatPDF

Pages136

Reading Time3 h 29 min

AccessFree to download

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Lucy Looks into a Wardrobe

What Lucy Found There

Edmund and the Wardrobe

Turkish Delight

Back on This Side of the Door

Into the Forest

A Day with the Beavers

What Happened after Dinner

In the Witch’s House

The Spell Begins to Break

Aslan Is Nearer

Peter’s First Battle

Deep Magic from the Dawn of Time

The Triumph of the Witch

Deeper Magic from Before the Dawn of Time

What Happened about the Statues

The Hunting of the White Stag

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C. S. Lewis Book Two The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Illustrated by Pauline Baynes To Lucy Barfield My Dear Lucy, I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As a result you are already too old for fairy tales, and by the time it is printed and bound you will be older still. But some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again. You can then take it down from some upper shelf, dust it, and tell me what you think of it. Ishall probably be too deaf to hear, and too old to understand, a word you say, but I shall still be your affectionate Godfather, C. S. Lewis Contents Map One Lucy Looks into a Wardrobe Two What Lucy Found There Three Edmund and the Wardrobe Four Turkish Delight Five Back on This Side of the Door Six Into the Forest Seven A Day with the Beavers Eight What Happened after Dinner Nine In the Witch’s House Ten The Spell Begins to Break Eleven Aslan Is Nearer Twelve Peter’s First Battle Thirteen Deep Magic from the Dawn of Time Fourteen The Triumph of the Witch Fifteen Deeper Magic from Before the Dawn of Time Sixteen What Happened about the Statues Seventeen The Hunting of the White Stag About the Author Other Books by in the Narnia Series Credits Copyright About the Publisher Map One LUCY LOOKS INTO A WARDROBE ONCE THERE WERE FOUR CHILDREN whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy. This story is about something that happened to them when they were sent away from London during the war because of the air-raids. They were sent to the house of an old Professor who lived in the heart of the country, ten miles from the nearest railway station and two miles from the nearest post office. He had no wife and he lived in a very large house with a housekeeper called Mrs. Macready and three servants.(Their names were Ivy, Margaret and Betty, but they do not come into the story much.) He himself was a very old man with shaggy white hair which grew over most of his face as well as on his head, and they liked him almost at once; but on the first evening when he came out to meet them at the front door he was so odd-looking that Lucy (who was the youngest) was a little afraid of him, and Edmund (who was the next youngest) wanted to laugh and had to keep on pretending he was blowing his nose to hide it. As soon as they had said good night to the Professor and gone upstairs on the first night, the boys came into the girls’ room and they all talked it over. “We’ve fallen on our feet and no mistake,” said Peter.“This is going tobe perfectly splendid. That old chap will let us do anything we like.” “I think he’s an old dear,” said Susan. “Oh, come off it!” said Edmund, who was tired and pretending not to be tired, which always made him bad-tempered. “Don’t go on talking like that.” “Like what?” said Susan; “and anyway, it’s time you were in bed.” “Trying to talk like Mother,” said Edmund.“And who are you to say when I’m to go to bed? Go to bed yourself.” “Hadn’t we all better go to bed?” said Lucy.“There’s sure to be a row if we’re heard talking here.” “No, there won’t,” said Peter.“I tell you this is the sort of house where no one’s going to mind what we do. Anyway, they won’t hear us. It’s about ten minutes’ walk from here down to that dining room, and any amount of stairs and passages in between.” “What’s that noise?” said Lucy suddenly. It was a far larger house than she had ever been in before and the thought of all those long passages and rows of doors leading into empty rooms was beginning to make her feel a little creepy. “It’s only a bird, silly,” said Edmund. “It’s an owl,” said Peter. “This is going to be a wonderful place for birds. I shall go to bed now. I say, let’s go and explore tomorrow. You might find anything in a place like this. Did you see those mountains as w

FAQs

Why are Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy sent away from London?

They are sent away during the war because of air-raids.

Who do the children live with when they arrive in the countryside?

They live with an old Professor, a housekeeper named Mrs. Macready, and several servants at his large house.

What happens when the children start planning to explore the house?

Their plans are delayed by heavy rain, but the house’s many rooms and unexpected places still begin the adventures.

Oct 22, 2026

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