<P> In 1940 , four siblings -- Peter , Susan , Edmund , and Lucy , whose surname we will learn in a later book is Pevensie -- are among many children evacuated from London during World War II to escape the Blitz . They are sent to the countryside to live with an old professor , later to be named Digory Kirke . Exploring the professor 's house , Lucy finds a wardrobe which doubles as a magic portal to a forest in a land called Narnia . At a lamppost oddly located in the forest , she meets Tumnus , a faun , who invites her to tea in his home . There the faun confesses that he invited her not out of hospitality , but with the intention of betraying her to the White Witch . The witch has ruled Narnia for years , using magic to keep it frozen in a perpetual winter . She has ordered all Narnians to turn in any humans ( `` Sons of Adam '' or `` Daughters of Eve '' ) they come across . But now that he has come to know and like a human , Tumnus repents his original intention and escorts Lucy back to the lamppost . </P>
<P> In 1940 , four siblings -- Peter , Susan , Edmund , and Lucy , whose surname we will learn in a later book is Pevensie -- are among many children evacuated from London during World War II to escape the Blitz . They are sent to the countryside to live with an old professor , later to be named Digory Kirke . Exploring the professor 's house , Lucy finds a wardrobe which doubles as a magic portal to a forest in a land called Narnia . At a lamppost oddly located in the forest , she meets Tumnus , a faun , who invites her to tea in his home . There the faun confesses that he invited her not out of hospitality , but with the intention of betraying her to the White Witch . The witch has ruled Narnia for years , using magic to keep it frozen in a perpetual winter . She has ordered all Narnians to turn in any humans ( `` Sons of Adam '' or `` Daughters of Eve '' ) they come across . But now that he has come to know and like a human , Tumnus repents his original intention and escorts Lucy back to the lamppost . </P>
when does the lion witch and the wardrobe take place
when does the lion witch and the wardrobe take place
1940
1940