- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins; Adult edition edition (20 Jun 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0007202385
- ISBN-13: 978-0007202386
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 640,727 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Eustace and Jill are called back to Narnia where they meet Aslan the lion who sets them the task of finding King Caspian's long lost son, Rilian. With Narnian marshwiggle Puddlegum in tow the pair stumble across Harfang, the castle of giants, and are invited to stay for the Autumn Feast--and then they realise that they are the main ingredients.
The Silver Chair, the sixth book in the Chronicles of Narnia, is filled with all the fast-paced adventure of the other Chronicles and introduces Narnia fans to a host of new, remarkable characters, each of them brilliantly depicted by Pauline Baynes in her original, hand- coloured illustrations.This elegant, larger edition of the classic book, published to coincide with the centenary of CS Lewis, is a stylish addition to the highly collectible range and will bring sheer joy for anyone who has enjoyed previous visits to magical land of Narnia. --Susan Harrison --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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“The magic of C.S. Lewis’s parallel universe never fades.” The Times
“When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness.” C S Lewis
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Format:Paperback
"The Silver Chair" is the penultimate Narnia story, chronologically. The Pevensie children are totally absent from this book and instead, the children from our world sent to Narnia on a quest are Eustace Scrubb, who we met in "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" and Jill Pole, a girl from Eustace's rather radical school.
The two children, who are not necessarily the best of friends at all times, are joined by a wonderfully morose character, Puddleglum the Marsh-Wiggle. The adventures they have on their search for King Caspian's lost son and heir seem more sinister and frightening than in previous books, so the comic relationships between the three add needed light relief.
A dank, chilly atmosphere pervades the book, with much of the action during winter and underground. The plot is probably tighter than the preceding book, with a clear quest and signs from Aslan to follow.
If anyone doubts the relevance of the Narnia books to today, just read what happened to the Head of the radical school, Experiment House: "...the Head's friends saw that the Head was no use as a Head, so they got her made an inspector to interfere with other Heads. And when they found she wasn't much good even at that, they got her into Parliament where she lived happily ever after." I think she must still be there!
The two children, who are not necessarily the best of friends at all times, are joined by a wonderfully morose character, Puddleglum the Marsh-Wiggle. The adventures they have on their search for King Caspian's lost son and heir seem more sinister and frightening than in previous books, so the comic relationships between the three add needed light relief.
A dank, chilly atmosphere pervades the book, with much of the action during winter and underground. The plot is probably tighter than the preceding book, with a clear quest and signs from Aslan to follow.
If anyone doubts the relevance of the Narnia books to today, just read what happened to the Head of the radical school, Experiment House: "...the Head's friends saw that the Head was no use as a Head, so they got her made an inspector to interfere with other Heads. And when they found she wasn't much good even at that, they got her into Parliament where she lived happily ever after." I think she must still be there!
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The Silver Chair is a quest story in which Aslan, the great Lion, gives two childen, Eustace Scrubb and Jill Pole, four signs to help them find a long lost and only son of a king.
The importance of the signs is twofold. Firstly, the signs indicate that Aslan does not expect the children and their Narnian guide, Puddleglum, to find the lost prince on their own; and they will prove to whoever is to give help that Aslan has sent them - otherwise anyone can say that they have spoken to the great Lion. Who's to know if that's true.
At first these signs may look cryptic and deliberately obtuse. However, when the children see with hindsight how they have missed a sign, they realise it is only their own distraction with the circumstances they are in, or with annoyance at each other, that has blinded them.
Secondly, although the following of all the signs is required by Aslan, the ommission of one will not compromise the quest. It is possible that the following of any one sign will resolve the story and bring about the release of the prince. This is indicated in the observation of Glimfeather the owl, who says that if Eustace had spoken to Caspian, an old friend, as instructed by the first sign, then the old king would have given them an army to help them. In other words they would have had an easy success. This 'redundancy' built into the number of the signs reveals the generosity - and the mercy - of Aslan: he does not set puzzles to deliberately fog the children.
Nevertheless by 'muffing' each sign, the children and Puddleglum make their task increasingly more dangerous. The immeadiate danger is to their souls. The underlying theme in this story is that the temptation to unbelief is extremely strong. This is shown in the case of Jill who, despite speaking to Aslan face-to-face on his high mountain (like Moses), is tempted by the Green Witch to say that there is no Narnia. She is strongly tempted because she, along with the others, has fallen into the Witch's kingdom of Underland - the very opposite of Aslans' high mountain, where "the air is clear and your mind is clear". The blandishments of the Green Witch are all intellectual. This is the wisdom that is 'earthly, unspiritual, devilish'. The witch has a plan for the prince and the Under-Earthmen (and here Lewis is thinking of 1 Samuel 15:23).
In the Underland there is that "vile engine of scorcery", the Silver Chair.
This is the device that restrains whomsover should sit in it, when they have, momentarily, come to their right mind and remember Aslan and that they are enslaved in a flat, skyless world. The sitter, even in waking, is powerless escape the chair. The children and Puddleglum must risk the possibility of death in following the fourth sign, revealed to them by the very captive in the chair. Is he murderously mad? Or is he their last hope of release from the Witch's domain? Can Jill remember Aslan? Has Aslan forseen that the following of the fourth sign will save both the savers and the captive? Is he right? Can we trust Him?
The importance of the signs is twofold. Firstly, the signs indicate that Aslan does not expect the children and their Narnian guide, Puddleglum, to find the lost prince on their own; and they will prove to whoever is to give help that Aslan has sent them - otherwise anyone can say that they have spoken to the great Lion. Who's to know if that's true.
At first these signs may look cryptic and deliberately obtuse. However, when the children see with hindsight how they have missed a sign, they realise it is only their own distraction with the circumstances they are in, or with annoyance at each other, that has blinded them.
Secondly, although the following of all the signs is required by Aslan, the ommission of one will not compromise the quest. It is possible that the following of any one sign will resolve the story and bring about the release of the prince. This is indicated in the observation of Glimfeather the owl, who says that if Eustace had spoken to Caspian, an old friend, as instructed by the first sign, then the old king would have given them an army to help them. In other words they would have had an easy success. This 'redundancy' built into the number of the signs reveals the generosity - and the mercy - of Aslan: he does not set puzzles to deliberately fog the children.
Nevertheless by 'muffing' each sign, the children and Puddleglum make their task increasingly more dangerous. The immeadiate danger is to their souls. The underlying theme in this story is that the temptation to unbelief is extremely strong. This is shown in the case of Jill who, despite speaking to Aslan face-to-face on his high mountain (like Moses), is tempted by the Green Witch to say that there is no Narnia. She is strongly tempted because she, along with the others, has fallen into the Witch's kingdom of Underland - the very opposite of Aslans' high mountain, where "the air is clear and your mind is clear". The blandishments of the Green Witch are all intellectual. This is the wisdom that is 'earthly, unspiritual, devilish'. The witch has a plan for the prince and the Under-Earthmen (and here Lewis is thinking of 1 Samuel 15:23).
In the Underland there is that "vile engine of scorcery", the Silver Chair.
This is the device that restrains whomsover should sit in it, when they have, momentarily, come to their right mind and remember Aslan and that they are enslaved in a flat, skyless world. The sitter, even in waking, is powerless escape the chair. The children and Puddleglum must risk the possibility of death in following the fourth sign, revealed to them by the very captive in the chair. Is he murderously mad? Or is he their last hope of release from the Witch's domain? Can Jill remember Aslan? Has Aslan forseen that the following of the fourth sign will save both the savers and the captive? Is he right? Can we trust Him?
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The Silver Chair, the penultimate volume in the series and the fifth to be published (next, CS Lewis went right back to the beginning for the Magician's Nephew) was my favourite Narnia book as a child. Puddleglum and the bit where they are held captive by the giants have always stayed with me. After rereading it as an adult I think it's still my favourite. I didn't remember how moving it becomes at the end, with ageing, death and rebirth in Aslan's land - which seems to be Heaven for both Narnia and our own world.
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Avoid serpents and silver seats
This sixth volume of the saga is also the one I consider, so far, the deepest and the bleakest. Abd there is only one to run still. Read more
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The Narnia Chronicles, first published in 1950, remain some of the most enduringly popular ever published. Read more
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Published on 7 Oct 2009 by K. Leversuch
Achingly brilliant adventure
The Silver Chair is an achingly brilliant adventure in the imaginary world of Narnia, taking us from this world to the end of the world, to Narnia, and then across a bitter winter... Read more
Published on 24 Jan 2009 by Martin Turner
A Wild Magical Adventure
This book is part of The Chronicles of Narnia and involves the children Eustace Scrubb and Jill Pole who come into Narnia through the work of Aslan while being chased by bullies at... Read more
Published on 23 Dec 2008 by Douglas P. Murphy
Another bad book in this series that started so well
Despite not liking the previous book, I'm still soldiering on. This is just as poor. While the story is more of a coherent whole, it has nothing like the charm and inventiveness of... Read more
Published on 14 Oct 2008 by D. R. Cantrell
The Silver Chair
Fourth book printed, sixth book chronologically.
I began re-reading the Narnia series after coming across a beautiful boxed set of all seven novels. Read more
I began re-reading the Narnia series after coming across a beautiful boxed set of all seven novels. Read more
Published on 7 April 2008 by David Brookes
Sterling Silver
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Published on 8 Nov 2005 by Louise Stanley
Dark and tense
This is probably my favourite of the Narnia books, because nearly everything goes wrong. It starts with Jill crying in the shrubbery because she's being bullied; then Jill and... Read more
Published on 26 Feb 2005 by Star_Sea
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