Kronike iz Narnije II: Lav, Vještica i ormar

Four children – Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy Pevensie – are sent from London to the countryside to the house of an old professor Kirk during World War II to escape bombing. Inside the house, they discover a large old wardrobe. Lucy, the youngest, enters it and finds herself in the snowy, eternally winter land of Narnia. There she meets the faun Mr. Tumus, who is friendly but works for the White Witch.

The White Witch (Jadis) has ruled Narnia for a hundred years, with the spell of eternal winter without Christmas, and turns anyone who opposes her to stone. Edmund, greedy and bitter, meets the Witch and agrees to serve her in exchange for Turkish delight and the promise of becoming King of Narnia.

Lucy tells her siblings about Narnia, but they do not believe her because Edmund is lying. Later, all four enter the wardrobe and escape to Narnia from the Witch's agents. They meet Mr. and Mrs. Beaver, who lead them to Aslan – the great lion, the true king of Narnia, who has returned to break the Witch’s power. Aslan represents Christ: powerful, good, but also dangerous.

Edmund flees from the Witch, but Aslan saves him and sacrifices himself in his place on the Stone Table – because Edmund is a traitor, and an “older spell” demands the blood of a traitor. The Witch thinks she has won, but Aslan is resurrected (because an “even deeper spell” says that an innocent person who voluntarily sacrifices himself can be resurrected). Aslan and his army (animals, fauns, centaurs) defeat the Witch in a great battle.

Four children become kings and queens of Narnia: Peter the Great, Susanna the Gentle, Edmund the Just, and Lucy the Brave. They rule long and wisely, but one day, while hunting a white deer, they find the wardrobe again and return to their world – children, but changed by the experience.

The story is an allegory of Christian salvation: sin, betrayal, sacrifice, resurrection, the triumph of good. Lewis wrote a work for children, but with a deep theological layer.