Chapter 3: Edmund and the Wardrobe

Narnia Read-Along Vol. 1, Issue 4

Each week, we’ll look behind the scenes—what real world events in Lewis’ life are relevant to this chapter—and dig into the story itself—how can we apply the truths we’ve read.

Inspiration for “Edmund and the Wardrobe”

Behind only Aslan, no other character is more synonymous with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, than the witch herself. In the first two chapters, we’ve heard only hints of who she is, what she has done, and what she would do to those who cross her. Now in chapter three, “Edmund and the Wardrobe,” we meet her for the first time.

For C.S. Lewis, the White Witch began as many other elements of Narnia did, as an image in his mind, particularly of a “queen on a sledge.” But she had been haunting Lewis far earlier. And Lewis isn’t the only one haunted by this character. Creatives throughout history have placed her or someone like her in settings around the world and even into far flung galaxies.