The Place of the Lion
core novel 1931 The Novels of Charles Williams
Record
| First published | 1931 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.85 (1,653 ratings, collected 2026-11-01) |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
In a small town in Hertfordshire, the eternal archetypes that Plato described as Platonic forms begin to appear in the physical world as animals and other living shapes. The first to arrive is a lion. The events centre on the home of Mr Berringer, who leads a circle of people interested in magical symbolism and who falls into a coma after contact with the lion. Other powers follow, and as they take hold of people in the neighbourhood they bring out each person's strengths and failings. The town is gradually cut off from the outside world. The townspeople must decide how to respond as the ordinary order of nature starts to give way.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Novels of Charles Williams
- Series: The Novels of Charles Williams core; position 3 of 7 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Charles Williams
Notes
- From the series record (The Novels of Charles Williams): Seven standalone supernatural novels set in the modern world, published between 1930 and 1945, listed in order of publication.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Novels of Charles Williams: position 3 of 7: previous Many Dimensions (1931) · next The Greater Trumps (1932)
Sources
- Black Gate: The Novels of Charles Williams
- Wikipedia: Charles Williams
- Wikipedia: The Place of the Lion
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