The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

  The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

Plot summary :

In 1940, four siblings – Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie – are among many children evacuated from London during World War II to escape the Blitz. They are sent to the countryside to live with professor Digory Kirke.
While the four children explore the house, Lucy climbs into a wardrobe and discovers she is in a magical forest in Narnia. At a lamppost in the midst of the forest she meets Mr.Tumnus the faun. She accepts his offer to have tea in his home. Afterward he confesses that he had planned to betray her to the White Witch, who has ruled Narnia and made it "always Winter, but never Christmas". She has ordered all Narnians to report or capture any Son of Adam or Daughter of Eve. Instead, he escorts Lucy back to the lamppost.
When Lucy returns through the wardrobe, her siblings do not believe her story. She later returns to Narnia during a game of hide-and-seek with her siblings. Her older brother Edmund, who had been particularly spiteful about her story, enters the wardrobe and while searching for Lucy meets a lady who introduces herself as the Queen of Narnia. She enchants him with magical Turkish delight. She encourages him to bring his siblings to her in Narnia, with the promise of more Turkish delight and of being a prince - and eventually the King of Narnia when she dies.
Lucy discovers Edmund by the lamppost, and they return through the wardrobe. In conversation with Lucy, Edmund realizes that the lady was in fact Jadis, the White Witch, but he does not tell anyone that he has met her and lies to Peter and Susan, denying Lucy's claim that he too had entered Narnia.
Soon after, all four children enter Narnia together while hiding in the wardrobe after an encounter with the professor's housekeeper, Mrs Macready. Lucy guides them to Tumnus's cave but finds it ransacked, with a notice from Jadis's police about his arrest for high treason.
They are spotted by Mr. Beaver, who guides them to his house. Mr. and Mrs. Beaver tell them of a prophecy that Jadis's power will fail when two Sons of Adam and two Daughters of Eve fill the four thrones at Cair Paravel. The Beavers tell them of Aslan, who has been absent for many years but is now "on the move again."
Meanwhile, Edmund sneaks away to Jadis's castle, which is filled with statues – enemies she has turned to stone. Jadis is furious with Edmund for coming alone and is angrier still when she hears that Aslan is in Narnia.
The Beavers realize where Edmund has gone and abandon their home, leading the other children to Aslan. Snow begins to melt as Jadis's spell over Narnia starts to break. Winter ends, and Father Christmas appears with presents for the three children and the Beavers.
Aslan welcomes the children and the Beavers to his camp, but Peter is shortly engaged in his first battle, killing Maugrim, chief of Jadis's Secret Police, to rescue Susan. Aslan's forces rescue Edmund just as Jadis is about to kill him.
Jadis approaches in truce to parley with Aslan, insisting that, according to "deep magic from the dawn of time", she has the right to execute Edmund for treason. Aslan speaks with her privately and persuades her to renounce her claim. That evening, Aslan secretly leaves the camp but is followed by Lucy and Susan. Aslan has bargained his own life for Edmund's. Jadis ties Aslan to the Stone Table and kills him with a knife. The next morning the Stone Table is broken and Aslan is restored to life, telling Lucy and Susan that "deeper magic from before the dawn of time" (which Jadis did not know about) will resurrect an innocent killed in place of a traitor.
Aslan allows Lucy and Susan to ride on his back as he hurries to Jadis's castle. There he breathes upon the statues, restoring them to life. Peter and Edmund lead the Narnian army against Jadis's army. Jadis is winning until Aslan arrives with the former statues as reinforcements. The Narnians rout Jadis's army, and Aslan kills Jadis.
The Pevensie children are named kings and queens of Narnia: King Peter the Magnificent, Queen Susan the Gentle, King Edmund the Just, and Queen Lucy the Valiant.
Fifteen years later, the siblings are hunting for a white stag when they find the lamppost in the forest. Beyond it, the branches become coats. They come through the wardrobe in Digory's house and are children again.

Character list :

• Lucy Pevensie is the youngest Pevensie child. She is the first to discover the land of Narnia when she slips through the magical wardrobe in the professor's house. When Lucy tells her three siblings, they don't believe her: Peter and Susan think she is just playing a game, but Edmund persistently ridicules and teases her about it. After the restoration of Narnia, Lucy is crowned Queen of Narnia with her sister Susan, and becomes known as Queen Lucy the Valiant.
• Edmund Pevensie is the second-youngest of the Pevensie children. In Narnia he meets the White Witch, who plies him with treats and smooth talk. Tempted by the White Witch's promise of power and an unlimited supply of Turkish delight, Edmund betrays his siblings. He eventually regrets his actions and repents. After he helps Aslan and the good denizens of Narnia defeat the White Witch, he is crowned King of Narnia with his brother and becomes known as King Edmund the Just.
• Susan Pevensie is the second-oldest of Pevensie children. She does not believe in Narnia until she actually goes there. She is crowned Queen of Narnia, and becomes known as Queen Susan the Gentle.
• Peter Pevensie is the eldest of the Pevensie siblings. At first, Peter disbelieves Lucy's stories about Narnia, but changes his mind when he sees it for himself. He is hailed as a hero for his part in the overthrow of the White Witch. He is eventually crowned High King of Narnia, and becomes known as King Peter the Magnificent.
• Aslan, a lion, is the true lord of Narnia. He sacrifices himself to save Edmund, but is resurrected in time to aid the denizens of Narnia and the Pevensie children against the White Witch and her minions.
• The White Witch is the land's self-proclaimed queen. She tyrannizes Narnia through her magically imposed rule. Her spell on Narnia has made it "always winter but never Christmas" for a hundred years. When provoked, she turns creatures to stone with her wand. She fears the fulfillment of a prophecy that "two sons of Adam" and "two daughters of Eve" will come to Narnia and help Aslan overthrow her. Her name Jadis appears in one proclamation in this book,^[7] and Lewis's later prequel The Magician's Nephew tells of her origin and how she came to the Narnian world.
• Tumnus, a faun, is the first person Lucy meets in Narnia. Tumnus befriends her, despite the White Witch's standing order to kidnap any human who enters Narnia. After getting to know Lucy, he changes his mind about handing her over to the witch. He is betrayed accidentally by Edmund, who tells the White Witch that Lucy met a faun. The witch arrests Tumnus and turns him to stone. He is later restored to life by Aslan.
• The Professor is a kind gentleman who takes the Pevensie children in when they are evacuated from London. He is the only one who believes that Lucy did indeed visit Narnia and tries to convince the others of her veracity. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe hints that he knows more of Narnia than he wants to tell. He is identified in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader as Professor Kirke, and appears as a young boy, Digory Kirke, a main character in the prequel The Magician's Nephew in which he is present at Aslan's creation of Narnia.
• Mr and Mrs Beaver are friends of Tumnus. They hide Peter, Susan, and Lucy and lead them to Aslan.
• The Dwarf is the White Witch's servant. Unnamed in the book, he is called Ginnarbrick in the film, where he has a more significant role.
• Maugrim (Fenris Ulf in some editions), a wolf, is the chief of the White Witch's secret police. She sends him to hunt down the Pevensie children. He tries to kill Susan but is killed by Peter.
• Father Christmas arrives when the Witch's magical hold over Narnia begins to break. He gives gifts to Peter, Susan and Lucy but not to Edmund, who is with the witch. The gifts, which include the sword Peter uses to slay Maugrim, ultimately help the children defeat the White Witch. Mrs Beaver receives a better sewing machine and Mr. Beaver gets his dam completed.
• Mrs. Macready is the housekeeper for the Professor.
• Giant Rumblebuffin is a character who was turned to stone by the White Witch. Aslan restores him to life. He breaks down the gate of the Witch's castle and crushes some of her army.

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