Tales Before Narnia: The Roots of Modern Fantasy and Science Fiction

A collection of more than twenty classic fantasy and science fiction tales that had a profound influence on Oxford scholar and author C. S. Lewis and his creation of the Narnia novels includes such works as 'The Wood That Time Forgot' by Roger Lancelyn Green, E. Nesbit's 'The Aunt and Amabel,' and other works by such authors as Charles Williams, H. G. Wells, and J. R. R. Tolkien. Original. 25,000 first printing.