Cover of a recent edition of The Horse and His Boy The Horse and His Boy is a novel by C.S. Lewis. It was published in 1954, making it the fifth of seven books published in Lewis' series The Chronicles of Narnia. The books in this series are sometimes ordered chronologically in relation to the events in the books as opposed to the dates of their original publication. In this alternate ordering, The Horse and His Boy is the third book, being a midquel of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Although it was published after The Silver Chair, it was written before it, so in written order it is fourth. The story is also referred to as a story-within-a-story in the fourth published book, The Silver Chair. The Horse and His Boy is the only Narnia book which does not feature children from our world as the story's main characters, although the adult Queen Lucy, Queen Susan, and King Edmund, (all of whom first appear in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) do appear in the book, and the dynamics of the story develop from Susan's interactions. Image File history File links TheHorseAndHisBoy(1stEd). ...
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The Silver Chair is part of The Chronicles of Narnia, a series of seven fantasy novels written by C.S. Lewis. ...
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Clive Staples Lewis (November 29, 1898 – November 22, 1963), commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis, was an author and scholar. ...
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A midquel is a neologism for a story that is neither a sequel nor a prequel nor an interquel, but which describes previously-undescribed events taking place during the chronology of the original story. ...
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis. ...
The Silver Chair is part of The Chronicles of Narnia, a series of seven fantasy novels written by C.S. Lewis. ...
The Silver Chair is part of The Chronicles of Narnia, a series of seven fantasy novels written by C.S. Lewis. ...
Plot summary
A young boy called Shasta has been found and raised by Arsheesh, a Calormene fisherman. Arsheesh agrees to sell the boy to a powerful Calormene feudal noble. Shasta is glad to hear that he is not the fisherman's true son, and awaits his new master in the donkey stable outside the fisherman's house. As he muses aloud, the noble's stallion, Bree, begins to talk to Shasta, who is astounded. Together the pair decide to escape a life of servitude in Calormen by riding north for Narnia. They meet another pair of escaping travellers, Aravis, a young Calormene aristocrat, and her talking horse, Hwin. Aravis is fleeing a forced marriage to the Tisroc's grand vizier. Shasta is a fictional character in C.S. Lewis Chronicles of Narnia. ...
Arsheesh is a fisherman in the book The Horse and His Boy, of The Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis. ...
In C. S. Lewiss Chronicles of Narnia series of novels, Calormen (pron. ...
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Bree (short for Breehy-hinny-brinny-hoohy-hah) is the name of a talking horse in C. S. Lewiss Chronicles of Narnia. ...
Narnia is a fantasy world created by C. S. Lewis as a location for his Chronicles of Narnia, a series of seven fantasy novels for children. ...
Aravis is a main character in C.S. Lewis The Horse and his Boy. ...
Hwin is a fictional character from C. S. Lewiss fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia. ...
In C. S. Lewiss Chronicles of Narnia, a Tisroc is a ruler of Calormen. ...
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When the four arrive at the capital city of Calormen, Tashbaan, they are forced to travel through it. They encounter a procession of visiting Narnian royalty, who see Shasta and mistake him for Corin, a prince of Archenland, who was traveling with the Narnians but had run away. Shasta is too scared to protest. He discovers that the Narnians are planning to escape from Calormen for fear of being kept prisoner if Queen Susan refuses to marry the Calormene prince, Rabadash. When Shasta is alone, the real Prince Corin climbs through the window; he takes his rightful place and Shasta escapes. Tashbaan is the capital city of Calormen, a great empire south of the land of Narnia in the Chronicles of Narnia. ...
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In C. S. Lewiss fantasy novels the Chronicles of Narnia, Archenland is a nation to the south of Narnia. ...
Meanwhile, Aravis has been spotted by her noblewoman friend Lasaraleen, but warns the girl not to tell anyone that she has seen her. Lasaraleen agrees, although she cannot understand why Aravis would want to leave the luxurious life of the Calormene nobility. She helps Aravis to escape through the palace, although en route the two narrowly avoid running into the Tisroc and take refuge in one of his private rooms. They briefly hide behind a sofa, and overhear the Tisroc giving his son permission to attack Archenland as a means of later invading Narnia. Lasaraleen is a fictional character in the The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. ...
Once outside the city, Aravis rejoins Shasta and the Horses. The four of them make the unpleasant journey across the desert to try and warn the people of Archenland and Narnia that the Calormenes are coming to wage war on them. A pursuing lion (later revealed to be Aslan) forces the travellers into moving at great speed, although in the process, Aravis is injured (in punishment for her mistreatment of her former servant) and the horses become exhausted. These three rest with an old hermit while Shasta continues alone. He meets and warns the Archenland army, who are able to defeat the Calormenes. King Lune of Archenland sees that Shasta is really Cor, the long lost elder twin of Prince Corin and heir to the throne. Aravis and Cor live in Archenland thereafter and eventually marry years later. It is stated in tongue-in-cheek manner that the marriage enables them to argue more efficiently. In C. S. Lewiss fantasy novels the Chronicles of Narnia, Archenland is a nation to the south of Narnia. ...
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Commentary Shasta's journey across the desert (and into other wilderness areas) may be intended to be reminiscent of the Israelites' Exodus from Egypt. For example, at one point in the mountains Aslan produces water from his footprint in the turf, similar to Moses drawing water from the rock.
The association of Cor with horses, and his twin brother Corin with boxing, recalls the traditional associations of the Spartan twins Castor and Pollux of Greek mythology. The Gemini or Gemini twins, known in Roman mythology as Castor and Pollux and in Greek as Kastor and Polydeuces, are the twin sons of Leda and the brothers of Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra. ...
The relationship between Aravis and Lasaraleen is similar to the dynamic between the sisters Antigone and Ismene in Greek tragedy.
Until Bree meets Aslan, he is a liberal theologian who believes that Aslan cannot possibly have a physical body and that the representation of him as a lion must be poetic symbolism and no more. Needless to say, by the end of the book he knows better.
When the horses and Aravis prepare to leave the Hermit's house and resume their journey to Narnia, Hwin reminds them they need to say goodbye to Shasta. They assume that he must be in Anvard, but before they can leave to see him, their plan is interrupted by a 'visitor' none other than Aslan himself. Later, they are visited again, this time by Shasta, who to their amazement is actually Cor, the crown prince of Archenland. The effect of the two visits leaves each of them a better horse, or person, as the case may be.
Notes and connections to other Narnia books While The Horse and His Boy was the fifth book published (and third one in chronological order), it was actually the fourth book written (See Paul E. Ford's Companion to Narnia). This is why The Silver Chair contains two references to the adventures in The Horse and His Boy. In addition, both books have strong female characters: Aravis, and Jill Pole in The Silver Chair. The Silver Chair is part of The Chronicles of Narnia, a series of seven fantasy novels written by C.S. Lewis. ...
Jill Pole is a major character from C.S. Lewiss Chronicles of Narnia series. ...
Corin, Cor (or Shasta) and Aravis all appear in the great reunion in The Last Battle. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
Film, TV or theatrical adaptations Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media currently retain the option to make The Chronicles of Narnia: The Horse and His Boy in the future. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
Walden Media is a film production and publishing company best known as the producers of The Chronicles of Narnia film series. ...
External links The Internet Speculative Fiction Database is a database of bibliographic information on science fiction and related genres such as fantasy fiction and horror fiction. ...
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