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The Horse and His Boy (1954)

by C. S. Lewis

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Series: Chronicles of Narnia: Chronological (3), Chronicles of Narnia: Publication order (5)

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A boy and a talking horse share an adventurous and dangerous journey to Narnia to warn of invading barbarians.
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Delightful

Once I started reading The Horse and His Boy, I got caught up by the drama of it. C.S. Lewis had a delightful writing style. ( )
  bread2u | May 15, 2024 |
Being a story within a story, this one confused me a little, until I was swept back onto my feet by the amazement and wonder of it all. ( )
  trainsparrow | Apr 29, 2024 |
[Reading in chronological order, #3]
Holy nose dive, Batman. Didn’t enjoy this at all. Partly because it’s boring. Mostly because it’s remote than a little racist. Hopefully it’s an anomaly on both accounts.

Alex Jennings narrated this in audio. ( )
  ilkjen | Apr 23, 2024 |
Coming back to this series, I'm surprised by how much I really like it. "The Horse and His Boy" is a little parable which doesn't really connect with the rest of the Narnia series, but there's something about the imagery of this duo and their cross-country travels that really appealed to me as a child. I think it's rather lovely, really. ( )
  therebelprince | Apr 21, 2024 |
AR: 5.8
  ASSG.Library | Apr 12, 2024 |
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In the opinion of this admirer, "The Horse and His Boy" is relatively unispired. It does not glow as much as the incomparable first book of the series, "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe." It has not as much gay satire and plain excitement as several of the others. Just possibly the Narnian fields are suffering from overcropping, and could stand lying fallow while other fields are put back into cultivation.
added by Shortride | editThe New York Times Book Review, Chad Walsh (pay site) (Oct 17, 1954)
 
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C. S. Lewis—primary authorall editionscalculated
Baynes, PaulineIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Baynes, PaulineCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Belliti, ChiaraTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Dillon, DianeCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Dillon, LeoCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Georg, ThomasIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Hammar, BirgittaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Hane, RogerCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Helakisa, KaarinaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Jennings, AlexNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Lavis, StephenCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Neckenauer, UllaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Nielsen, CliffCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Van Allsburg, ChrisCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Canonical title
The Horse and His Boy
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Original publication date
1954
People/Characters
Shasta
Bree (horse)
Aravis
Aslan
Hwin (horse)
Important places
Archenland
Calormen
Narnia
Tashbaan, Calormen
Important events
Related movies
Epigraph
Dedication
To David and Douglas Gresham
First words
This is the story of an adventure that happened in Narnia and Calormen and the lands between, in the Golden Age when Peter was High King in Narnia and his brother and his two sisters were King and Queens under him.
Quotations
And he writhed inside at what seemed the cruelty and unfairness of the demand. He had not yet learned that if you do one good deed your reward usually is to be set to do another and harder and better one.
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Please do NOT combine "The Horse and his Boy" with "The Chronicles of Narnia".

Unabridged. Please do NOT combine with any abridged edition.
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Original language
English
Canonical DDC/MDS
823.914
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813Literature › English (North America) › American fiction

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PZ7.L58474Language and Literature › Fiction and juvenile belles lettres › Fiction and juvenile belles lettres › Juvenile belles lettres

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