The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: Abridged

By: C. S. Lewis

Narrated by: Sir Michael Hordern

Abridged edition. The second and most widely known in the series of the classic fantasy tales – The Chronicles of Narnia. Read by the unforgettable Sir Michael Hordern.

“This is the land of Narnia,” said the Faun, “where we are now. And you – you have come from the wild woods of the west?”
“I – I got in through the wardrobe in the spare room,” said Lucy.

Lucy steps into the Professor’s wardrobe – but steps out again into a snowy forest. She’s stumbled upon the magical world of Narnia, land of unicorns, centaurs, fauns… and the wicked White Witch, who terrorises all. Lucy soon realises that Narnia, and in particular Aslan, the great Lion, needs her help if the country’s creatures are ever going to be free again…

©1950 C. S. Lewis

Critic reviews

"The magic of C. S. Lewis's parallel universe never fades." The Times

Abridged reading

After listening to 2 different samples we settled on this one. The recording sound was not of the usually high standard. The sound effects while lovely were so loud that it was hard to hear the narrator.
Listeners must be aware this in an abridged reading...
Am usually so impressed by Audible.. ..this one sadly left us feeling short changed.
with the dollar rand exchange it was an expensive bad choice.

not much

there is music throughout and the audio balance is wrong. it is also abridged and the narrator isn't the best