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Cool. After the none-too-subtle christianity and toryism of the first two Narnia books, I was eager to see what Lewis would serve up next,and he doesn't disappoint.
In the best orientalism tradition, he tells us, once again not too subtly, just how awful these dark skinned wogs are compared to the light-skinned decent folk of Narnia. Not only do they keep slaves, maintain a depotism (unlike the decent kings of Narnia, no democracy for Lewis!) and worship a false god, their clothes are ugly, they don't have decent jokes, and their food sucks (I am not making these up).
Oh Mr Lewis, you are a credit to your country and your religion, writing this oh-so-enlightened propaganda in 1954! Whatever one may feel about J K Rowling, she's a hell of a lot more evolved sociologically.
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Talking horses, plural. Not a single one of them named Ed that I recall, either. That is a pity, as it would have made this book eminently more readable than the pretty lame tale contained here.
This is an overextended fairy tale with the odd Greek mythological reference or two thrown in. Generally not very good.
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I think that this book is a wonderful thing to read if you like wondering what will happen next. A boy named Shasta runs away from Areesh, an old fisherman, to find his real father and be free. This book taught me that anything can happen if you trust in God and belive in yourself. It was written by C.S.Lewis, a Christian author. There are seven books in the whole series, so try reading this book; I'm sure you'll like it.
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'The Horse and His Boy' is the 5th in publishing order of the Chronicles of Narnia. This story takes place during the reigns of Peter, Edmund, Lucy and Susan as told at the end of 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'. As such Lucy, Edmund and Susan have small roles, but the protagonist is Shasta a boy who lives with his adoptive father in the land of Calormen. When he discovers that his father means to sell him into slavery, he resolves to run away. He his helped by a talking horse named Bree. Together they resolve to flee north to Narnia and freedom.
This is a wonderful story, with Calormen and the city of Tashbaan evocative of the Arabian Nights tales. Aravis, Shasta, Bree and Hwin are perhaps Lewis's most well rounded characters yet.
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This book is rich, full of imagination, beautiful language and new words, exciting for both boys and girls, and puts the "A" in Adventure! Read it to your 8 or 10 year old. Go on the adventure with them. It's full of wisdom and heart. C.S. Lewis knew how to tell a story... but what's more... he knew the stories that needed to be told. If it is true that we are what we read... you and/or your child will be no less, but a great deal more for the reading of this C.S. Lewis "Chronicles of Narnia" Classic. It is because of children's literature like this, that C.S. Lewis always will be remembered as one of the wisest, deepest thinkers, and most respected theologians during our time. I look forward to the film version....
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