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Encyclopedia > Arsheesh

Arsheesh is a fisherman in the book The Horse and His Boy, of The Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis. The Horse and His Boy is a novel by C.S. Lewis. ... The Chronicles of Narnia or Narnia Heptalogy is a series of seven fantasy novels for children written by C.S. Lewis. ... Clive Staples Lewis (November 29, 1898 – November 22, 1963), commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis, was an author and scholar. ...

Arsheesh was a fisherman who lived by the sea in a small hut in the empire of Calormen. One night, he couldn't sleep and went down to the shore, where he found a small boat with a dead man and a baby boy inside; the man had apparently starved himself to feed the child, and had died within sight of land. Arsheesh took the child and named him Shasta. In C. S. Lewiss Chronicles of Narnia series of novels, Calormen (pron. ... Shasta is a fictional character in C.S. Lewis Chronicles of Narnia. ...


Arsheesh was not a nice parent to Shasta, making him do most of the work in the house and beating him whenever he was angry. One day, when a Tarkaan was staying at Arsheesh's house, the nobleman, who could tell that Shasta is not Arsheesh's son (as Arsheesh was a Calormene, while Shasta was clearly a Northerner), offered to buy the boy as a slave. Shasta, who was listening in on the two adults, had by this point not known that Arsheesh was not his father, but felt a bit relieved, as he knew that he didn't love Arsheesh the way a son should love his father. When the Tarkaan's horse, Bree — actually a Talking Beast from Narnia — told Shasta that the Tarkaan would be a very cruel master, the two agreed to escape together to Narnia. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Calormen. ... Bree (short for Breehy-hinny-brinny-hoohy-hah) is the name of a talking horse in C. S. Lewiss Chronicles of Narnia. ... In C. S. Lewiss Chronicles of Narnia series of novels, Narnia is the country around which many of the books revolve. ... In C. S. Lewiss Chronicles of Narnia series of novels, Narnia is the country around which many of the books revolve. ...



 

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