OUTSTANDING/AMAZING my personal favorite out of the narnia books
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Such a good book, very adventurous about a boy and a girl running away together and meeting up along the way both with different stories and backgrounds.... riding on horses that talk venturing towards narnia...
Its such a great book so different from the rest but still captures the magic that all the books hold.
I recommend it for anyone who enjoys other NARNIAN BOOKS/ADVENTURE/HAPPY ENDINGS/moments of happiness and moments of slight fear (not enough fear to scare anyone)
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A delightful fairy-tale - and without any preaching!
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Chronologically the third book in the Narnia series, set between the penultimate and last chapters of the previous book, but published fifth in the series, this story can stand alone, making only one passing reference to events in the previous books which might confuse young readers. It's a humourously written but fairly standard fairy tale of a journey, people growing up, and a lost prince. In this context, even ignoring the rest of the Narnia series, such fairy-tale staples as talking animals make perfect sense. And - mirabile dictu there's no preaching at all! I'm not quite so keen on this as on the previous two books in the series, but it's still worth owning.
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A good old-fashioned yarn
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"The Horse and his boy" has everything that a good old-fashioned story should have: thrills and spills, magic, humour and beautiful descriptive writing.
The tale itself, although part of the Narnia Saga, could easily be read with no knowledge of the preceding books. It has a mythic feel about it and some wonderfully evocative writing. Some passages are rather difficult due to the archaic language and it is probably better read aloud to younger children. The characters are well-drawn and very believable: Aravis in particular is a super role-model for girls and unusual in a book from the 1950s.
As to the criticisms of "racism", I would take these with a pinch of salt. If you are particularly anti-Christian for whatever reason, or extremely PC, then stay away from C.S Lewis's work.
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The Horse and His Boy
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Fifth book printed, third book chronologically.
I began re-reading the Narnia series after coming across a beautiful boxed set of all seven novels. Mainly this was out of nostalgia, as these were favourites when I was young, and I was interested to see how they held up as adults. I found them all to be written very clearly with provocative descriptive prose, and narrative that often draws the reader immediately into the story.
"The Horse and His Boy" stands out from the rest of the series, having little or nothing to do with any of the other characters. The great Aslan makes a few appearances, and his scarcity accentuates the presence that Lewis no doubt felt strongly in his heart. As a total atheist and condemner of religious analogies, even I felt a touch of wonder at each of his appearance!
The story is sound despite being removed from the over-arcing story of the Chronicles. The main character and his companion horse are well drawn and interesting. The features of the countries outside Narnia are bright and interesting, particularly if you've read the other books in the series. The book manages to carry its own weight, which some of the sequels to "The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe" fail to do. An achievement, and worth picking up!
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3rd book!
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This is the third book of the Chronicles of Narnia series and is about a boy, called Shasta, who was looked after by Arsheesh, a Calormene fisherman. After many years, Shasta was going to be sold as a slave to a rich noble man so he decided to run away with, Bree, a talking horse belonging to the noble man, to Narnia. On there travels, Shasta and Bree meet Aravis, and her talking horse, Hwin. Together they travel to Narnia but the four have to travel through Tashbaan, the bustling capital city of Calormen. There Shasta is mistaken for Corin, the prince of this city who is actually his twin but that is not known by him. At the end, Corin's father realises that they are twins and Aravis lives at the palace with them later on getting married to Cor (Shasta's real name).
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