The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis -- BOOK BEGINNINGS

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis

Thank you for joining me for Book Beginnings on Fridays. Please share the opening sentence (or so) of the book you are reading this week. You can also share from a book that caught your fancy, even if you are not reading it right now.

MY BOOK BEGINNING

Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy.

-- from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis.

That is one of the most famous opening lines and immediately transports me to Narnia. I'm rereading the seven books because I want to give the set to one of my grandkids on his next birthday. I think he will love them, but want to have them fresh in my mind before I give them to him. 

This is SUPER petty. But my adult punctuation-nerd brain is irked by the lack of an Oxford comma in both the title and the first sentence. I'll get over it.   

YOUR BOOK BEGINNINGS

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THE FRIDAY 56

The Friday 56 is a natural tie-in with Book Beginnings. The idea is to share a two-sentence teaser from page 56 of your featured book. If you are reading an ebook or audiobook, find your teaser from the 56% mark.

Freda at Freda's Voice started and hosted The Friday 56 for a long, long time. She is taking a break and Anne at My Head is Full of Books has taken on hosting duties in her absence. Please visit Anne's blog and link to your Friday 56 post.

MY FRIDAY 56

-- from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe:

"I don't want to go a step further and I wish we'd never come. But I think we must try to do something for Mr. Whatever-his-name is---I mean the faun."

FROM THE PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION

Four siblings step through a mysterious wardrobe and into the magical Narnia, a once-peaceful land now frozen in snow and stone by the cruelty of the evil White Witch. Only the return of the Great Lion, Aslan, can put an end to the White Witch’s tyranny and restore peace. But for winter to meet its death and spring to come again, a great sacrifice must be made. . . .