The Chronicles of Narnia books that make up "The Chronicles of Narnia" are presented here in order of original publication date: "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", completed by the end of March 1949 and published by Geoffrey Bles in the United Kingdom on 16 October 1950, tells the story of four ordinary children: Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie, who have been evacuated to the English countryside from London in 1940 following the outbreak of World War II. They discover a wardrobe in Professor Digory Kirke's house that leads to the magical land of Narnia. The Pevensie children help Aslan, a talking
Lantern Waste and the Wardrobe". The lantern is strongly bound to the Pevensies. Lantern Waste is the first Narnian setting introduced in "The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe". It is described as both the start and end of Narnia. It links directly to Earth from the wardrobe. Lantern Waste Lantern Waste is a fictional place in "The Chronicles of Narnia" series by C. S. Lewis. It is a wood and is notable as the place where Lucy Pevensie and Mr. Tumnus meet, which is the first scene of Narnia described in the books. The lamppost in the wood is an iconic