The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and has two sisters and a brother, she places an enchantment on him and urges him to bring his siblings to her castle, promising in return to make him her heir. When Lucy and Edmund return together through the wardrobe, Edmund realizes that the queen he met and the witch Lucy describes are one and the same. He denies to the others that he has been in Narnia at all. Peter and Susan are puzzled by Lucy's insistence, and consult the Professor, who surprises them by taking Lucy's side. Soon afterward, all four children enter Narnia together after hiding in
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe that UK adults had read as children, after "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". (Adults, perhaps limited to parents, ranked "Alice" and "The Lion" fifth and sixth as books the next generation should read, or their children should read during their lifetimes.) "TIME" magazine included the novel in its "All-TIME 100 Novels" (best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005). In 2003, the novel was listed at number 9 on the BBC's survey The Big Read. It has also been published in 47 foreign languages. Lewis wrote that "The Narnian books are not as much allegory as supposal. Suppose there were a Narnian