The Horse and His Boy
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Copyright renewed 1982
Sequel to: The lion, the witch and the wardrobe. Sequel: Prince Caspian
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Add a SummaryBegun in March and completed at the end of July 1950,[15] The Horse and His Boy was published on 6 September 1954. The story takes place during the reign of the Pevensies in Narnia, an era which begins and ends in the last chapter of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. A talking horse called Bree and a young boy named Shasta, both of whom are in bondage in the country of Calormen, are the protagonists. By chance, they meet and plan their return to Narnia and freedom. Along the way they meet Aravis and her talking horse Hwin who are also fleeing to Narnia.
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Add a Quote"For Narnia...And the North!"
“all worlds draw to an end and that noble death is a treasure which no one is too poor to buy.”
“When the police arrived and found no lion, no broken wall, and no convicts, and the Head behaving like a lunatic, there was an inquiry into the whole thing. And in the inquiry all sorts of things about Experiment House came out, and about ten people got expelled. After that, the Head's friends saw that the Head was no use as a Head, so they got her made an Inspector to interfere with other Heads. And when they found she wasn't much good even at that, they got her into Parliament where she lived happily ever after.”
“But very quickly they all became grave again: for, as you know, there is a kind of happiness and wonder that makes you serious. It is too good to waste on jokes.”
“A dragon has just flown over the tree-tops and lighted on the beach. Yes, I am afraid it is between us and the ship. And arrows are no use against dragons. And they're not at all afraid of fire."
“There is a kind of happiness and wonder that makes you serious. It is too good to waste on jokes.”
“To the glistening eastern sea, I give you Queen Lucy the Valiant. To the great western woods, King Edmund the Just. To the radiant southern sun, Queen Susan the Gentle. And to the clear northern skies, I give you King Peter the Magnificent. Once a king or queen of Narnia, always a king or queen of Narnia. May your wisdom grace us until the stars rain down from the heavens.”
“But courage, child: we are all between the paws of the true Aslan.”
“I have come home at last! This is my real country! I belong here. This is the land I have been looking for all my life, though I never knew it till now...Come further up, come further in!”
“Things never happen the same way twice.”
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Add a Commentgood to read!!!!!!
Apart from being very different to the series or the other books in whole, (that makes sense?) it was my favorite 8) I thought just the story line was good and how it was the desert kinda setting opposed to Narnia - land with green and water all over- But hey I'm always a big fan of the Narnia series I wish they had made a movie on this book too though :( But hey it's good/epic..? Yeah! :D
It's not my favorite of the Narnia books, (too much anti-Arab sentiment) but you have to love plucky Aravis, the Calormene noblewoman who rejects her prissy, status conscious friend Lasarlaeen for adventure and freedom.
I found this book to be very different from the rest of the series. For one, it takes place in a different territory where the people and landscapes are very different. Also, the main characters are new. However, I thoroughly enjoyed it. In fact it is one of my favourites of the series.
This is a story about a boy who was found in the ocean by a fisherman and taken in. Later on in life when the boy grows older escapes with a talking horse to the land of Narnia.
I love all of the books in the Narnia series however I found this book to be a bit bland in comparison to the rest of them. There were some action scenes but I didn`t find there to be as much fantasy and imagination in this novel in comparison to the rest of the Narnia series. However still a good read if you like the rest of the Narnia series.
Though I have enjoyed most of the books in the Chronicles of Narnia, this was unfortunately one of the books I have found rather bland compared to "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" and "The Silver Chair". Still it was a unique book of its own about a young man's journey of self-discovery with two talking horses and a young girl.
I used to read this over and over (the whole series is a classic, but this was the only one I owned).