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“The Horse and His Boy” Conclusion

C.S. Lewis Read-Along, Vol. 5, Issue 17

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Aaron Earls
Dec 19, 2025
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First edition cover | photo via John Atkinson Fine & Rare Books

C.S. Lewis explained that The Horse and His Boy was about “the calling and conversion of a heathen.” At the start of The Horse and His Boy, we meet Shasta as a young slave in a poor fisherman’s hut in Calormen. We follow him through his journey to Narnia, where he learns he’s actually Prince…

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