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Lucy Barfield, then 30 years old, was a piano teacher of twelve students at the local music school in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [5] In June. at the end of the school year Lucy's mother, Maud, joined them and, as part of their holiday, the three went together to visit Owen Barfield's friend Professor Craig Miller in Vancouver.
Lewis wrote the book for (and dedicated it to) his goddaughter, Lucy Barfield. She was the daughter of Owen Barfield, Lewis's friend, teacher, adviser and trustee. [4] In 2003, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was ranked ninth on the BBC's The Big Read poll. [5]
Barfield was an important intellectual influence on Lewis. Lewis wrote his 1949 book The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the first Narnia chronicle, for his friend's daughter Lucy Barfield and dedicated it to her. He also dedicated The Voyage of the Dawn Treader to Barfield's adopted son Geoffrey in 1952. Barfield also influenced his ...
The character of Lucy Pevensie was inspired by June Flewett, [1] a devout Catholic London girl evacuated by her convent to The Kilns, Lewis' country home in 1942, [2] and named after Lewis' goddaughter Lucy Barfield, to whom he dedicated The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. Lucy is described in the book as being fair-haired: "But as for Lucy ...
A. Leroy F. Aarons; Jonathan Abrams (writer) Marc Acito; Liz Duffy Adams; David Adjmi; Warren Adler; Richard Aellen; Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa; Derek Ahonen; Ayad Akhtar
B. Donald Baim; Dave Balon; W. N. P. Barbellion; Lucy Barfield; David Barnes (sailor) Norman P. Barry; Jemma Barsby; Genni Batterham; Trevor Bayne; Jane Beadon; Jeff Beal
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January 19 – Isaac Asimov's first full-length novel, Pebble in the Sky, is published in the United States by Doubleday. [1]January 26 – For the film noir Gun Crazy, released on this day in the United States, co-writer Dalton Trumbo is billed as Millard Kaufman, due to the former's inclusion on the Hollywood blacklist.