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The Silver Chair Hardcover – August 14, 2007
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A beautiful hardcover edition of The Silver Chair, book six in the classic fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia. The full-color jacket features art by three-time Caldecott Medal–winning illustrator David Wiesner and black-and-white interior art by the series' original illustrator, Pauline Baynes.
Through dangers untold and caverns deep and dark, a noble band of friends is sent to rescue a prince held captive. But their mission to Underland brings them face-to-face with an evil more beautiful and more deadly than they ever expected.
C. S. Lewis works his magic once again in The Silver Chair, the sixth book in the classic fantasy series, which has been drawing readers of all ages into a magical land with unforgettable characters for over sixty years. This is a complete stand-alone read, but if you want to discover what happens in the final days of Narnia, read The Last Battle, the seventh and concluding book in The Chronicles of Narnia.
- Reading age8 - 12 years
- Print length256 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Grade level3 - 6
- Lexile measure840L
- Dimensions6.3 x 0.98 x 9.29 inches
- PublisherHarperCollins Narnia
- Publication dateAugust 14, 2007
- ISBN-100060234954
- ISBN-13978-0060234959
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A beautiful hardcover edition of The Silver Chair, book six in the classic fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia. The full color jacket features art by three time Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator, David Wiesner, and black-and-white interior art by the series' original illustrator, Pauline Baynes.
Through dangers untold and caverns deep and dark, a noble band of friends is sent to rescue a prince held captive. But their mission to Underland brings them face-to-face with an evil more beautiful and more deadly than they ever expected.
C. S. Lewis works his magic once again in The Silver Chair, the sixth book in the classic fantasy series, which has been drawing readers of all ages into a magical land with unforgettable characters for over sixty years. This is a complete stand-alone read, but if you want to discover what happens in the final days of Narnia, read The Last Battle, the seventh and concluding book in The Chronicles of Narnia.
About the Author
Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably one of the most influential writers of his day. He was a Fellow and Tutor in English Literature at Oxford University until 1954, when he was unanimously elected to the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge University, a position he held until his retirement. He wrote more than thirty books, allowing him to reach a vast audience, and his works continue to attract thousands of new readers every year. His most distinguished and popular accomplishments include Out of the Silent Planet, The Great Divorce, The Screwtape Letters, and the universally acknowledged classics The Chronicles of Narnia. To date, the Narnia books have sold over 100 million copies and have been transformed into three major motion pictures.
Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) fue uno de los intelectuales más importantes del siglo veinte y podría decirse que fue el escritor cristiano más influyente de su tiempo. Fue profesor particular de literatura inglesa y miembro de la junta de gobierno en la Universidad Oxford hasta 1954, cuando fue nombrado profesor de literatura medieval y renacentista en la Universidad Cambridge, cargo que desempeñó hasta que se jubiló. Sus contribuciones a la crítica literaria, literatura infantil, literatura fantástica y teología popular le trajeron fama y aclamación a nivel internacional. C. S. Lewis escribió más de treinta libros, lo cual le permitió alcanzar una enorme audiencia, y sus obras aún atraen a miles de nuevos lectores cada año. Sus más distinguidas y populares obras incluyen Las Crónicas de Narnia, Los Cuatro Amores, Cartas del Diablo a Su Sobrino y Mero Cristianismo.
Pauline Baynes has produced hundreds of wonderful illustrations for the seven books in The Chronicles of Narnia. In 1968 she was awarded the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal for her outstanding contribution to children's literature.
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Chapter Twelve
The Queen of Underland
Two Earthmen entered, but instead of advancing into the room, they placed themselves one on each side of the door, and bowed deeply. They were followed immediately by the last person whom anyone had expected or wished to see: the Lady of the Green Kirtle, the Queen of Underland. She stood dead still in the doorway, and they could see her eyes moving as she took in the whole situation -- the three strangers, the silver chair destroyed, and the Prince free, with his sword in his hand.
She turned very white; but Jill thought it was the sort of whiteness that comes over some people's faces not when they are frightened but when they are angry. For a moment the Witch fixed her eyes on the Prince, and there was murder in them. Then she seemed to change her mind.
"Leave us," she said to the two Earthmen. "And let none disturb us till I call, on pain of death." The gnomes padded away obediently, and the Witch-queen shut and locked the door.
"How now, my lord Prince," she said. "Has your nightly fit not yet come upon you, or is it over so soon? Why stand you here unbound? Who are these aliens? And is it they who have destroyed the chair which was your only safety?"
Prince Rilian shivered as she spoke to him. And no wonder: it is not easy to throw off in half an hour an enchantment which has made one a slave for ten years. Then, speaking with a great effort, he said:
"Madam, there will be no more need of that chair. And you, who have told me a hundred times how deeply you pitied me for the sorceries by which I was bound, will doubtless hear with joy that they are now ended for ever. There was, it seems, some small error in your Ladyship's way of treating them. These, my true friends, have delivered me. I am now in my right mind, and there are two things I will say to you. First -- as for your Ladyship's design of putting me at the head of an army of Earthmen so that I may break out into the Overworld and there, by main force, make myself king over some nation that never did me wrong -- murdering their natural lords and holding their throne as a bloody and foreign tyrant -- now that I know myself, I do utterly abhor and renounce it as plain villainy. And second: I am the King's son of Narnia, Rilian, the only child of Caspian, Tenth of that name, whom some call Caspian the Seafarer. Therefore, Madam, it is my purpose, as it is also my duty, to depart suddenly from your Highness's court into my own country. Please it you to grant me and my friends safe conduct and a guide through your dark realm."
Now the Witch said nothing at all, but moved gently across the room, always keeping her face and eyes very steadily towards the Prince. When she had come to a little ark set in the wall not far from the fireplace, she opened it, and took out first a handful of a green powder. This she threw on the fire. It did not blaze much, but a very sweet and drowsy smell came from it. And all through the conversation which followed, that smell grew stronger, and filled the room, and made it harder to think. Secondly, she took out a musical instrument rather like a mandolin. She began to play it with her fingers -- a steady, monotonous thrumming that you didn't notice after a few minutes. But the less you noticed it, the more it got into your brain and your blood. This also made it hard to think. After she had thrummed for a time (and the sweet smell was now strong) she began speaking in a sweet, quiet voice.
"Narnia?" she said. "Narnia? I have often heard your Lordship utter that name in your ravings. Dear Prince, you are very sick. There is no land called Narnia."
"Yes, there is, though, Ma'am," said Puddleglum. "You see, I happen to have lived there all my life."
"Indeed," said the Witch. "Tell me, I pray you, where that country is?"
"Up there," said Puddleglum, stoutly, pointing overhead. "I -- I don't know exactly where."
"How?" said the Queen, with a kind, soft, musical laugh. "Is there a country up among the stones and mortar of the roof?"
"No," said Puddleglum, struggling a little to get his breath. "It's in the Overworld."
"And what, or where, pray is this how do you call it. . . Overworld?"
"Oh, don't be so silly," said Scrubb, who was fighting hard against the enchantment of the sweet smell and the thrumming. "As if you didn't know! It's up above, up where you can see the sky and the sun and the stars. Why, you've been there yourself. We met you there."
"I cry you mercy, little brother," laughed the Witch (you couldn't have heard a lovelier laugh). "I have no memory of that meeting. But we often meet our friends in strange places when we dream. And unless all dreamed alike, you must not ask them to remember it."
"Madam," said the Prince sternly, "I have already told your Grace that I am the King's son of Narnia."
"And shalt be, dear friend," said the Witch in a soothing voice, as if she were humouring a child, "shalt be king of many imagined lands in thy fancies."
"We've been there, too," snapped Jill. She was very angry because she could feel enchantment getting hold of her every moment. But of course the very fact that she could still feel it, showed that it had not yet fully worked.
"And thou art Queen of Narnia too, I doubt not, pretty one," said the Witch in the same coaxing, half-mocking tone.
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- Publisher : HarperCollins Narnia; First Edition (August 14, 2007)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 256 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0060234954
- ISBN-13 : 978-0060234959
- Reading age : 8 - 12 years
- Lexile measure : 840L
- Grade level : 3 - 6
- Item Weight : 14.2 ounces
- Dimensions : 6.3 x 0.98 x 9.29 inches
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CLIVE STAPLES LEWIS (1898-1963) was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably one of the most influential writers of his day. He was a fellow and tutor in English Literature at Oxford University until 1954 when he was unanimously elected to the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance English at Cambridge University, a position he held until his retirement. He wrote more than thirty books, allowing him to reach a vast audience, and his works continue to attract thousands of new readers every year. His most distinguished and popular accomplishments include Mere Christianity, Out of the Silent Planet, The Great Divorce, The Screwtape Letters, and the universally acknowledged classics, the Chronicles of Narnia. To date, the Narnia books have sold over 100 million copies and been transformed into three major motion pictures.
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As the story starts, two children are desperately fleeing from bullies who are picking on them at a boarding school in England. They are young Eustace Scrubb (who first went to Narnia with his cousins, Edmund and Lucy Pevensie, in the previous book) and his schoolmate, Jill POle. In an attempt to cheer up his friend, Eustace tells her about Narnia. They get this idea to flee to Narnia, and do a pseudo-religious ceremony. Of course, it doesn't work, but then when they are trapped, and despair of escaping the mocking (and possbily beating), they find a doorway into Narnia.
Stunned, they enter, and the adventure starts. This well-loved children's story is one that has taught so many young children, and their adult family members, the lessons of trust in, and faithfulness to, our Heavenly Father. When Jill is given the signs to find the lost Prince, missing son of King Caspian, and heir to the Narnian throne, she must memorize them. She is admonished by Aslan to always recite them to herself, and never forget them. At first, she complies, but as the quest becomes more and more difficult, she soon gives up on them.
Many *may* be tempted to condemn Jill, but really she is a picture of all of us. We all forget to memorize and keep track of our own signs, God's Word. As the children soon discover, once we repent, God will be sure to set us on the right path. Not to say that there will not be discipline, but set us aright, He will.
The children and their Narnian guide and companion, Puddleglum the Marsh-Wiggle, discover that even after they messed up, that Aslan's signs are still useful. Indeed, Aslan anticipated and prepared for the recalcitrance of the servants he chose out to send on the journey. He is in control. As the Great Lion Himself told young Jill Pole, they only called to Him, because He first called to them.
That is one of the deepest truths of the Scriptures. Often we think that we are capable of calling to God, or desiring Him, when really it is *Him* calling to *us*. God constantly awakens our hearts and desires. He resurrects our souls to accept Him to salvation, and then continues to awaken our base, carnal desires. Indeed, every one of us has a pivotal part (even when sometimes it may seem small to us in our limited vantage point of our own, finite bodies and minds) to play in the King of the Universe's grand plan, in His grand drama. when we *think* that we chose Him, He really chose us. When we think that we called to Him to allow us to enter His presence and serve Him, He really called us to Himself for these purposes.
The exciting part of all of this, as the children discover, is that He ensures that we only have what we can handle. Sometimes it may seem tedious or be truly painful, or our brothers and sisters in the faith may seem boring or unlikable, but they are what and who He gives to us to help us out. Just as the children discover this with their resources they bring to the table and with their Marsh-Wiggle friend, so we too discover this as well.
Beyond this wonderful story and the lessons behind it, is the vivid descriptions of the world that Lewis created. One almost finds oneself transported to this area of lush, green grass; cold, wet snow; frightening giants; and wonderful, hearty food. Like almost no other author, Lewis could really describe these externals that most writers and readers don't even pay attention to. This is sad that more authors today do not try to learn to write about these facets of a good story, for they really add to the overall pleasure of reading.
Finally, characters are my major focus when I read any work. I love good, well-rounded characters, and Scrubb, Pole, and Puddleglum are just that. These characters are, even more than the Pevensies in my opinion, truly accessible to the reader. You see yourself in their foibles. Your own doubts, fears, and issues with trusting God. Given some of Lewis's biographical information, as revealed in his intellectual autobiography *Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life*, this is likely due to Lewis's own experiences. He put into Scrubb and Pole the vulnerabilities that he himself had. We can be grateful that he did, for it gave us a rich and rewarding story, and great Biblical lessons.
Highly Recommended.
On all levels this is a wonderful story. On a simple level it is entertaining, fast moving and relatively short. The language is, like all of C.S. Lewis' writing, superb. The character of Puddleglum is pure gold-- an incredibly interesting and memorable character with some really fun quotable lines.
On a deeper level this book is super encouraging. C.S. Lewis was a Christian, and this novel speaks strongly to a couple of points: the necessity of daily reminding ourselves of God's Word (because the world is complicated, confusing and deceitful and it is easy to get turned around), and that God's faithfulness to us is not dependent on our faithfulness to Him or our getting everything right. Without giving too much of a spoiler, my favorite part of the book is near the end, when the main characters find themselves facing a direct attack of the equivalent of the serpent in the garden; the enemy, in the guise of a friend, whispering "logical" arguments to them to convince them that everything they know to be true is just their imagination. How they are freed from this situation you will have to read the book to find out!
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In typical Narnian fashion, all good things come to those who believe and trust in Aslan. The evil witch is vanquished, Prince Rilian is found and returned to his father, who came back to Car Paravel after running into Aslan on one of the Lone Islands.
The change of focus from the original four children - Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy -does the book no favours. While Eustace has grown from the complete pain, he was at the beginning of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. He's not a strong enough character to lead the next adventure. A lot of the time, I felt Jill overshadowed him.
The Silver Chair is alright, and as part of the mythology of Narnia, you should read it. I just felt it wasn't as engaging or entertaining as the others.
Da genug Buchrezensionen vorliegen will ich mich darauf beschränken zu bemerken, dass hier wundervoller, vielgerühmter "trockener, englischer Humor" und entwaffnende Selbstunterschätzung zuhauf vorkommen (vorallem bei Puddleglum/Trauerpfützler, dem weisen Führer und Freund der Kinder Jill und Justus auf Ihrem unterirdischen Weg um Prinz Rilian zu suchen). Die Geschichte ist für Kinder, sowie Erwachsene sehr lehrreich, geht es doch darum, Abneigungen zu überwinden, in Zeiten der Not umso fester zusammenzuhalten, am Guten festzuhalten, zu vertrauen auf einen Führer, hier Aslan, den großen Löwen. Meiner Meinung nach hat das Narnia-Märchen eindeutig christliche Züge, bzgl. der Leiden und der Erlösungstat von Jesus und der Bedeutung aufrichtiger Freundschaft und Nächstenliebe, was vom Autor bekanntermaßen auch so gewollt war! Bei dieser Audio-CD stimmt einfach alles, meint: viel Genuß für wirklich angemessenes Geld!