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"Where the Lion and the Witch Met the Hobbit." Discovering the sites in Oxford where C.S. Lewis, the writer of over 30 books, including the “Chronicles of Narnia” series, found faith, inspiration and a life-changing friendship with J.R.R. Tolkien.
Photographs by Max Miechowski for The New York Times.
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