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1. The Chronicles of Narnia series was written by C. S. Lewis in the 1950s, a great Christian apologist of the 20th Century, whose influence has reached hundreds of millions.
2. The Chronicles of Narnia has 7 books, and the stories follow Narnia from the birth of the alternate world to its death.
3. C.S. Lewis first wrote the series for his god-daughter Lucy Bartfield. In the dedication in the first book, Lewis apologises that books take longer to write than people do to grow up.
4. The Chronicles of Narnia is considered to be C.S Lewis best works and is regarded as a childrens classic.
5. The Chronicles of Narnia was illustrated by Pauline Baynes
6. The book was originally published in London between October 1950 and March 1956
7. Narnia was a fantasy world of magic, mythical beasts, and talking animals.
8. The protagonists in The Chronicles of Narnia are all children from the real world, magically transported to Narnia.
9. The Magician's Nephew shows the creation of Narnia and The Last Battle is about its destruction.
10. At the end of the series, Susan Pevensie was not present during the last days of Narnia because she stopped believing. Also, she was the only one of her siblings who did not die in that train crash.
11. The whole name of the Author C.S. Lewis is Clive Staples Lewis.
12. C.S Lewis was born on November 29, 1898 in Belfast, Ireland.
13. C.S Lewis was known to his family and friends as "Jack".
14. C.S. Lewis was good friends with another Fantasy author, J.R.R. Tokien.
15. Lewis had served in the First World War. He was only 19 when he enlisted.
16. Lewis was awarded the 1956 Carnegie Medal for The Last Battle.
17. At the age of seven C.S Lewis moved with his family to a large house on the edge of Belfast, where he and his brother invented make-believe worlds whilst exploring the long hallways and empty rooms.
18. Lewis lost his mother to cancer when he was just 9 years old, spending much of his youth in English boarding schools.
19. C. S. Lewis was a tutor and lecturer in the English department at Oxford University for 30 years.

1. C.S Lewis passed away on November 22, 1963 in Oxford. He was 64 years old at the time of his death.
2. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe was listed in Time Magazine's top 100 English Language Novels written in the 20th Century.
3. Over 100 million copies of The Chronicles of Narnia have been sold to date.
4. The Chronicles have been criticized for Gender role stereotyping based on the description of Susan Pevensie in The Last Battle when Lewis writes that Susan is "no longer a friend of Narnia" and interested "in nothing nowadays except nylons and lipstick and invitations".
5. Gregg Easterbrook, writing in The Atlantic, calls the Calormen "standins for Muslims".
6. Novelist Philip Hensher said that after reading The Horse and His Boy a reader might gain the impression Islam is a "Satanic cult"
7. Karin Fry, an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, noted that "the most sympathetic female characters in The Chronicles are consistently the ones who question the traditional roles of women and prove their worth to Aslan through actively engaging in the adventures just like the boys."
8. The Chronicles of Narnia has been published in more than 47 languages.
9. Carl H., Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge thinks that The Chronicles of Narnia is among the two or three best reads of his life.
10. Elizabeth Weitzman of the New York Daily News says that The Chronicles of Narnia is ""A generation-spanning journey that feels both comfortingly familiar and excitingly original".
11. According to The Globe and Mail (Toronto)'s writer Rick Groen the books entice kids and adults and atheists and believers alike.
12. The name Narnia is based on Narni, Italy, written in Latin as Narnia.
13. Lewis took the name Narnia from " Murray's Small Classical Atlas", ed.G.B. Grundy (1904). On plate 8 of the Atlas is a map of ancient Italy. Narnia or 'Narni' in Italian is in Umbria, halfway between Rome and Assisi.
14. J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, says that she has been the fan of Chronicles of Narnia, and took some of its influence while penning down the time when Harry is told he has to hurl himself at a barrier in Kings Cross Station which dissolves and takes him to platform Nine and Three-Quarters.
15. The novel Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson has Leslie, one of the main characters, reveal to her co-protagonist Jesse her love of Lewis' books, subsequently lending him The Chronicles of Narnia so that he can learn how to behave like a king.
16. Charlotte Staples Lewis, a character first seen early in the fourth season of the TV series Lost, is named in reference to C. S. Lewis.
17. The book Ultimate Lost and Philosophy, edited by William Irwin and Sharon Kaye, contains a comprehensive essay on Lost plot motifs based on The Chronicles of Narnia.
18. Swedish Christian power metal band Narnia, whose songs are mainly about the Chronicles of Narnia or the Bible, feature Aslan on all their album covers.
19. The creator of the Japanese anime and gaming series Digimon has said that his series is heavily influenced by The Chronicles of Narnia.
20. The character of Aslan has sometimes been interpreted as a Jesus Christ figure.
21. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is dedicated to Lucy Barfield, Lewis's goddaughter.