Is the Book Really Better?: Comparing the Facets of Fantasy Apparent in C.S. Lewis\u27s \u3ci\u3eThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe\u3c/i\u3e and its 2005 Cinematic Adaptation

“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” (Lewis 2). Sixty-eight years ago, these two simple lines introduced the world to the Pevensie children, who were destined to travel through a wardrobe into one of literature’s most creative, compelling, and enveloping fantasy worlds. Seven books later, the Pevensie children were kings and queens, yes, but considering the hugely expanded scope, they were merely inhabitants of the sprawling lore of The Chronicles of Narnia. Narnia, then, became much more than a world beyond a wardrobe. Narnia, the place and the lore, became a staple of any sturdy fantasy diet