The White Witch, Aslan, fauns and talking beasts, centaurs and epic battles between good and evil -- these have become a part of our collective imagination through the classic volumes of The Chronicles of Narnia. Yet who was the man who created this world? This audio book attempts to unearth the making of the first Narnian, C. S. Lewis himself. One of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably the most influential religious writer of his day, Lewis was also an Oxford don and a scholar of medieval literature who loved to debate philosophy at his local pub. Yet one of the most intriguing aspects of Clive Staples Lewis remains unanswered. How did a bachelor professor, nearly fifty, and living in a wholly adult world, turn to the writing of stories for children -- stories that would become among the most popular and beloved ever written? Alan Jacobs masterfully tells the story of C. S. Lewis. From his childhood days in Ireland to his horrific experiences in the trenches of the First World War, to his friendship with J. R. R. Tolkein (and other members of the "Inklings") and his remarkable late-life marriage to Joy Davidman, Jacobs traces the events and people that shaped Lewis's philosophy, theology, and fiction. The story of a profound mind and extraordinary imagination, The Narnian is a remarkable tale of a man who knew great loss and great delight, but who knew above all that the world holds far more richness and meaning than the average eye can see.

艾倫•雅各布斯（Alan Jacobs），美國著名文學傢，同時身兼文學教授、文化評論傢和媒體撰稿人等多重身分。自1984年始，一直擔任美國伊利諾伊州惠頓學院英文係教授，直到2012年搬至得剋薩斯州，被聘為貝勒大學的傑齣教授。著作頗豐，包括《原罪：一段文化史》、《閱讀的神學》、《消遣時代的閱讀樂趣》等，還編輯過詩人奧登的《焦慮的年代：一首巴洛剋牧歌》詩評集。

雅各布斯在季刊《新亞特蘭蒂斯》定期發錶文章，並在這本刊物的網站經營一個叫做Text Patterns的博客，評論閱讀、寫作、研究以及知識的科技。他還定期為《波士頓環球報》、《美國學者》、《牛津美國》、《華爾街日報》等其他刊物撰寫文學、文化的評論文章。