The Wardrobe Door

The Wardrobe Door

The Socialist Who Shaped Narnia

Writer and activist Edith Nesbit inspired C.S. Lewis’ fantasy world.

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Aaron Earls
Feb 19, 2025
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A young girl is in a spare room with a large wardrobe. Walking into the wardrobe, she discovers a magical world and enters a cave. Before that was Lucy going into Narnia, that was Amabel discovering Whereyouwantogoto from Edith Nesbit’s The Aunt and Amabel.

The traditional Christian Lewis had vast philosophical differences with the socialist …

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