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Article: Is this the 'witch' who inspired Narnia? He was a shy Oxford don. She was his landlady - married and 25 years his senior. Now, as his magical Narnia story hits the big screen, C.S. Lewis's distinguished biographer reveals the intriguing story of their secret affair.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- November 21, 2005
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Byline: A.N. WILSON
THE STORY of a little boy who goes to 'hell' because a witch lures him with Turkish delight, but who finds redemption when the Lion lays down his life for him, touches something deep in C. S. Lewis's countless admirers - as it evidently did in the author himself.
However, if you're looking forward to the forthcoming epic film version of The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, spare a word of inward thanks for one of the people who inspired it: the high-spirited, jolly, generous woman who, in the later stages of the unconventional life she shared with C. S. Lewis, was given the unfair status of wicked witch. That woman was called Janie ...
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