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The Silver Chair

(The Chronicles of Narnia (Chronological Order) #6)

C.S. Lewis,

Pauline Baynes (Illustrator)

3.96 · Rating details · 220,733 ratings · 4,655 reviews

Jill and Eustace must rescue the Prince from the evil Witch.

NARNIA...where owls are wise, where some of the giants like to snack on humans, where a prince is put under an evil spell...and where the adventure begins.

Eustace and Jill escape from the bullies at school through a strange door in the wall, which, for once, is unlocked. It leads to the open moor...or does it? ...more

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Published January 2nd 2008 by HarperCollins (first published January 1st 1953)

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Jun 25, 2018 Patrick added it

I started reading this with my boy ages ago, but I never got around to marking it as finished here on Goodreads.

Generally speaking, I enjoyed reading him the book, and he liked hearing it. I have a nostalgia for the Narnia Chronicles, too. And that makes these books a little sweeter for me.

My younger boy (age 3.5 at the time of reading) enjoyed it too. Especially some of the more action-oriented scenes, and the stuff underground.

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Dec 30, 2013 Deborah Markus rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: childhood-favorites, trip-down-memory-lane, coffee-break-for-my-brain, comfort-books, modern-classics, own-a-copy

Ah, the strange joys of Narnia! How is a middle-aged feminist nonbeliever supposed to feel about this contradictory volume?

Pro: Jill Pole is a strong, active, fun, funny, vigorous girl that any reader, male or female, will be happy to have as a protagonist.

Con: Jill's old enough to be active, but young enough not to be a sexual being. Which is clearly the only reason Lewis is comfortable having her around, because:

Con: Once again, Lewis only allows grown women as characters when they're scary, ...more

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Oct 28, 2009 Ahmad Sharabiani rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: childrens-young-readers, fantasy, 20th-century

The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4), C. S. Lewis
The Silver Chair is a children's fantasy novel by C. S. Lewis, published by Geoffrey Bles in 1953. It was the fourth published of seven novels in The Chronicles of Narnia (1950–1956); it is volume six in recent editions, which are sequenced according to Narnian history.
تاریخ نخستین خوانش: یکی از روزهای سال 2002 میلادی
عنوان: ماجراهای نارنیا 4: صندلی نقره ای جادویی؛ نویسنده: سی.اس. لوئیس؛ مترجم: شهناز انوشیروانی؛ تهران، محیط، 1376؛ در 184 ص؛ ...more

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Dec 12, 2019 Iben Frederiksen rated it really liked it

Shelves: middle-grade, books-i-own-and-have-read, fantasy, series, witches-wizards

In my current reread/ first time ever actually finishing the series, The Silver Chair is the first book in the series, that I did not read as a child or know the story of by seeing an adaptation. To my somewhat surprise, I very much enjoyed this addition to the series. Although I do miss the Pevensies as well as other characters from the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as well as Prince Caspian - I really liked following Eustace and Jill on their own cool adventure through Narnia - especially ...more

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Sep 10, 2018 Adrian rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: zz-owned-books, read-again, fantasy-and-magic

Probably the weakest so far, but scraped 4 stars and still fun

More tomorrow :)

Right I have been thinking about this review all day. It was the weakest of the books so far with what felt almost like a padded out story and I was thinking it would be a 3 star read. That said i didn't bank on Puddleglum, he was the real star of the book and added enough to make me give it 4 stars.

The book features the Pevensie's cousin Eustace, now a Narnian regular and a "jolly good chap" with a schoolfriend of ...more

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Oct 14, 2018 Piyangie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy-classic, brit-lit, my-library

The Silver Chair is a fascinating adventure story of the Chronicles of Narnia. After my disappointment over The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, I was a little apprehensive as to how I would receive it. But all my fears were groundless as the story held my interest from the first chapter.

For the first time, we don't meet the Pevensies. Instead we meet Eustace, returned to Narnia with Jill Pole, a school friend of his. Although one misses Pevensies, the characters of Eustace and Jill who replace them ...more

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Jul 14, 2019 Abbie rated it it was amazing

I can't believe it took me so long to read this one!! SO GOOD. also where is the movie

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Jun 04, 2008 Heather rated it really liked it

Shelves: teen-lit-and-i-love-it, school-books-kid-books, read-alouds

I'm just going to give a generic opinion of the whole series.

We love them.

The end.

Okay, so maybe I'll tell you that we read them outloud to the kids almost 2 years ago. So they were 5 going on 6 and 2. They all loved them and followed the plot and talked about the characters during their play.

We're re-reading them again (now ages 8, 4 and 2) and they're loving them even more than the first time. All I hear, all day long is "For Narnia" and then they rush through the house, swords drawn. They ...more

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Dec 27, 2016 Ms. Smartarse rated it it was ok

Shelves: fantasy, children-s, part_of_a_series, classics

C.S. Lewis and I are never going to see eye to eye. First, because I've yet to feel any desire to participate in a seance, and second, I prefer my manipulative (religious) propaganda to be much more subtle in nature.

And yet, despite all the above, I can't help but keep coming back to these books. What can I say? The appeal of a magical world in a wardrobe is irresistible. Yes, I knooooow it's not actually inside the wardrobe, yadda yadda yadda...

Narnia business

I loved reading about the latest developments in ...more

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May 02, 2010 Daniella rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Recommends it for: fans of fantasy and lovers of a good Quest story.

Shelves: childrens-lit, classics, fantasy, series, 2010

Finally, a proper novel! Thank you, Mr. Lewis. Sixth time's the charm, eh?

The Silver Chair is my favorite out of all the Narnia books. Not only does it have all the usual elements of this wonderful, rich fantasy world Lewis created, but the characters are better, at least in my opinion, the story feels less contrived, and it has the added benefit of being a proper novel. That is to say, it has: a) an actual plot; b) an identifiable climactic point; and c) a clear, concise denouement. For once, I Finally, a proper novel! Thank you, Mr. Lewis. Sixth time's the charm, eh?

The Silver Chair is my favorite out of all the Narnia books. Not only does it have all the usual elements of this wonderful, rich fantasy world Lewis created, but the characters are better, at least in my opinion, the story feels less contrived, and it has the added benefit of being a proper novel. That is to say, it has: a) an actual plot; b) an identifiable climactic point; and c) a clear, concise denouement. For once, I wasn't left scratching my head at the end and going, "What the hell was the point of that?"

In this book, we're reunited with Eustace, the Pevensies' cousin, who has turned into an all right guy since we first met him in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Pity how he's kind of bland now that he's not an insufferable git anymore. Fortunately, it wasn't Eustace, but his schoolmate Jill who really made the book for me. Jill is a modern sort of girl; she has new age hippie parents who send her to a new age hippie school, and though Mr. Lewis obviously didn't seem to think much of it, I rather think it did her some good. Unlike the Pevensie girls, who had a tendency to be ninnies and were very much girls of their time, Jill is a pretty level-headed kid, and neither expects nor receives any particularly special treatment on account of being a girl. She's a real, honest-to-god herione, who takes a--if not the--central role in the proceedings, rather than just sort of standing around observing while the boys do all the important stuff. Girl protagonists, for the win! I love it.

Also, I feel it's worth mentioning that Jill using the sort of behaviors, if a bit exaggerated, that annoyed me about Lucy and Susan to trick the giants of Harfang, and with no small amount of disgust, amused me greatly. Maybe Lewis finally got the memo that post-war girls were a different breed.

But even though I rather adored Jill, I think my favorite character--not just from this book, but out of the whole series--has to be Puddleglum the Marsh-wiggle. God, what a character! In my opinion, he has the most personality of any of Lewis's other characters. I love his upbeat sort of persistent doom and gloom, though that would seem to be an oxymoron, and his bravery and resolve despite his bleak, pessimistic outlook on life. I also loved that he was the only one who kept his head and saved the day through a heroic and selfless act when the witch was trying to enchant them. And I really hope we get to see him again in The Last Battle.

The other thing I really enjoyed about The Silver Chair is that it's a Quest story. I mean, who doesn't like a good Quest story? If there's a story where so-and-so goes on a long, harrowing journey to complete a difficult and dangerous task, I am all about it. The only thing I didn't particularly like was that the journey itself didn't last long enough for my tastes, and the final conflict and resolution were a little too easy, but since it's a children's book, I'm willing to handwave those points.

Definitely worth a read if you're into fantasy. And overall, if you were going to read just one of the Narnia books, I would recommend this one. ...more

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Oct 19, 2018 Olivia rated it it was amazing

Shelves: children-s, fantasy, my-favorite-author, classics

PUDDLEGLUUUMMMMM. <3

I forgot how much I love him.

"I'm on Aslan's side even if there isn't any Aslan to lead it. I'm going to live as like a Narnian as I can even if there isn't any Narnia."

MY SOUL IS FEELING THINGS. <333

(Also, these two bits were particularly priceless. xD

And in the inquiry all sorts of things about Experiment House came out, and about ten people got expelled. After that, the Head's friends saw that the Head was no use as a Head, so they made her an Inspector to

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Nov 22, 2017 Erin rated it it was ok

Shelves: series, books-i-own

The 6th book in the Chronicles of Narnia, Eustace from The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is back and this time he brings along a schoolmate, Jill Pole to adventure in Narnia. I always had the impression that this particular book was scary or the darkest of the series. Blame it on the BBC series that I saw on YTV as a kid.I thought the Queen was going to be as dark and mean as the one from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. However, I felt it was a bit boring.

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Feb 05, 2019 Cindy Rollins rated it it was amazing

Shelves: family-read-alouds, morningtime, 2019, reread

One of the best. Puddleglum is, perhaps, my favorite Narnian character of all time.

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Sep 11, 2018 Ashley Daviau rated it it was amazing

I just love this series so much. No matter how many times I read it, I never get tired of it! And each time I read it, it’s like I’m discovering Narnia for the first time again. This book is one of my favourites out of the series, I love the adventures our heroes go through to save the lost prince and return him to his rightful place. It allows us a look at a different part of the world of Narnia and it truly is magical!

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Jan 05, 2016 P rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: classics, young-adult

4.5 stars

Such an epic ending ! In this book, Eustace and Jill travel back to Narnia. Jill meets Aslan and she's assigned to find the long-lost prince, there're signs to remember while they're wandering into the dangerous land. But Jill forgets all things Aslan tells her, that makes they lost themself in the giant city. They must find a way out.

I found out that this book has the slow beginning, but when Eustace, Jill and Puddleglum travel to the Underworld, it gets better. IMO, The Silver Chair 4.5 stars

Such an epic ending ! In this book, Eustace and Jill travel back to Narnia. Jill meets Aslan and she's assigned to find the long-lost prince, there're signs to remember while they're wandering into the dangerous land. But Jill forgets all things Aslan tells her, that makes they lost themself in the giant city. They must find a way out.

I found out that this book has the slow beginning, but when Eustace, Jill and Puddleglum travel to the Underworld, it gets better. IMO, The Silver Chair is nearly perfect as The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. How classic it is. This book kept my interest after it passed 60%, and the end was worth.

ชอบเล่มนี้รองจาก The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe เลย ตอนท้ายสนุกมากๆ การผจญภัยน่าตื่นเต้น ไดอะล็อกดี ตอนจบก็ทรงพลัง ถ้าไม่ติดว่าช่วงแรกมันอืดๆไปหน่อยก็น่าจะได้คะแนนเต็มแล้ว ตอนก่อนจะอ่านก็คิดว่าถ้าาไม่มีปีเตอร์ เอ็ดมันด์ ซูซาน ลูซี่ หนังสือเล่มนี้ก็คงจะไม่สนุกแล้วหรือเปล่า ? แต่ไม่เลย ... แค่ยูสตาซกับจิลเราว่าก็คุมเนื้อเรื่องอยู่อยู่นะ ถึงจิลจะ whimper บ่อยไปหน่อย แต่หนังสือเล่มนี้ก็ดูมีอะไรดี รู้สึกว่าไม่ใช่นิทานก่อนนอนจ๋าเหมือนกับ The Horse and His Boy เพราะมีความแฟนตาซี การผจญภัยเข้ามาเสริมเลยทำให้อ่านสนุก

รอภาพยนตร์เลยเรื่องนี้ ฉาก Underworld น่าจะมันส์สุดละ อ่านหนังสือละคิดภาพตามได้แบบอีพิคมากๆ

(view spoiler)[ยูสตาซและจิลเดินทางกลับมายังนาร์เนีย ในขณะที่ยูสตาซตกหน้าผาแต่ได้รับความช่วยเหลือจากอัซลาน จิลก็ได้มอบหมายภารกิจให้ตามหาเจ้าชายริเลียนที่หายสาบสูญไปและให้จิลท่องจำสัญญาณทั้ง 4 ประการ ยูสตาซและจิลได้มาพบกับพัดเดิลกลัม ทั้งสามได้ร่วมเดินทางผ่านหุบเขาและไปยังเมืองของยักษ์ แต่เมื่อจิลจำสัญญาณทั้ง 3 ที่เธอหลงลืมไปได้ เธอก็พบว่าเธอต้องย้อนกลับไปยังเมืองที่ถูกทำลายจนย่อยยับที่พวกเธอผ่านมาก่อนหน้านี้ ประจวบเหมาะกับที่เด็กๆรู้ว่ายักษ์ตั้งใจจะจับพวกเขากิน ดังนั้นจิล ยูสตาสและพัดเดิลกลัมจึงหนีออกมาเมืองยักษ์และเดินทางสู่เมืองที่ซ่อนอยู่ใต้พิภพ

ที่นั่นเด็กๆและพัดเดิลกลัมได้พบกับอัศวินที่ตกอยู่ภายใต้คำสาปและถูกมัดติดอยู่กับเก้าอี้เงินยามที่เขาคลุ้มคลั่ง แต่จิลและยูสตาสกลับพบว่าตัวตนที่แท้จริงของอัศวินกลับเปิดเผยออกมาในเวลานั้น พวกเขาจึงตัดสินใจปล่อยอัศวินเป็นอิสระและจึงรู้ในที่สุดว่าอัศวินคนนี้คือเจ้าชายริเลียนที่สาบสูญไปนั่นเอง เมื่อแม่มดกลับมาและรู้ว่าเจ้าชายเป็นอิสระ เธอจึงกลายร่างเป็นอสรพิษยักษ์ เจ้าชายและเด็กๆสามารถฆ่าแม่มดลงได้ ดังนั้นพวกเขาต้องหาทางหลบหนีมาจากเมืองใต้พิภพที่กำลังจะล่มสลาย หลังจากการเดินทางที่อันยาวนาน จิล ยูสตาซ พัดเดิลกลัมและเจ้าชายริเลียนก็ได้เดินทางกลับมายังนาร์เนียผ่านอุโมงค์ใต้ดินในที่สุด และเจ้าชายริเลียนก็มาทันลมหายใจสุดท้ายของเจ้าชายแคสเปียนที่สิ้นพระชนม์ลงพอดิบพอดี (hide spoiler)] ...more

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Jan 31, 2017 Dannii Elle rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantastic-fabrications, adventurous-acuity

This is my sixth journey into the fantastical lands of Narnia, as I have chosen to read the series in chronological rather than publication order.

Eustace Stubb and Jill Pole manage to escape the bullies of their own world and enter into the fantastical lands of Narnia. Borne on a lion's breath they descend and discover that the lands are once again in turmoil. Young Prince Rilian is missing and old King Caspian is on his death bed, with no heir to precede him. It is up to the duo, along with the ...more

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Jun 30, 2019 Doug rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: all-time-favorites

One of my other favorite Narnia books, though not quite as high as The Magician's Nephew, The Horse and His Boy, and The Last Battle. I honestly love all of these books so much, with the exception of Prince Caspian, so it's really hard for me to truly rank the Narnia novels.

Lewis' The Silver Chair, the fourth published book in the series (and the way in which I believe the series should be read) is in many ways a very different and more grim version of the Narnia world.

Eustace returns after ...more

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Feb 10, 2019 MissBecka rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: z2019-books-i-read, audio-books, classics, completed-library-rentals

Ugh, Eustace. This book did nothing to change my perspective on him.
I might actually dislike him more now since he ruined this book for me.
Not even Puddleglum could save the book from Eustace for me.

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Jun 04, 2008 Nikki rated it liked it

Shelves: classics, fantasy, children-s-and-ya

The last two books are definitely not in line for my favourites. There are various factors -- one of which is simply that I don't like seeing Narnia come to an end! But the main one is that I don't find Jill, Eustace and Puddleglum that compelling as main characters. Or Rillian, for that matter, even though he's Caspian's son. They're quite realistic and human, and lack the nobility that Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy have, I think. Perhaps too realistic. I want to kick Jill a lot of the time for ...more

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Nov 07, 2017 Miranda Reads rated it really liked it

Shelves: audiobook

I'm getting a smidge frustrated that we are starting to follow the side characters from other Narnia novels. I want more Lucy! I want more Peter!

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Apr 01, 2017 Els rated it it was amazing

Shelves: childhood-favorite

Re-read time the umpteenth, removed by 8 months from Mrs. White's murderous composition classes: I LOVE THE WRITING STYLE. CANNOT BE IMPROVED.

Old review:
Loved it. As always. Wish I was small and simplistic again, though, so that I wouldn't constantly mentally add to Lewis' writing to make it more descriptive and/or profound.

This is a children's book, Els. Relax. You got the point when you were younger.

And sometimes, simplicity is best.

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Aug 25, 2009 Peter rated it it was amazing

Recommends it for: anyone

Shelves: humor, fantasy, children, read-to-my-son, classic

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Nov 23, 2018 Helen Power rated it liked it

Shelves: fantasy

Another great instalment in the Chronicles of Narnia! I think Puddleglum is quite possibly the best character ever created. I would love to see a series starring him. His attitude is like a bad-ass Eeyore.

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Jun 15, 2008 Ann rated it really liked it

Shelves: young-adult, animals, fantasy, classics

I felt that The Silver Chair gave better character arcs to the "son and daughter of Adam and Eve" than some of the other Narnia books. The focus of the book seemed to be shared between the children, Eustace and Jill, as well as the quest - instead of focusing on the quest alone. Also, the Marsh-wiggle is a well drawn character and pretty unique from Lewis' other personalities in Narnia.
Like the other books in the series, this one continues to touch the surface of the adventures and ...more

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Jun 18, 2018 Jay Kennedy rated it it was amazing

Shelves: owned-books, middle-grade

Absolutely brilliant, one of my favourite Chronicle of Narnia books.

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Jun 28, 2013 Cori rated it it was amazing

Shelves: faith, kiddies-someday, fantasy, kiddie-books, i-own

I adore C.S. Lewis, Narnia, and especially The Silver Chair. This contends for my favorite Narnia installment along with The Last Battle. Another re-read was long over-due!

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Aug 17, 2012 Anne Hamilton rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: christian, threshold, e

Once upon a time, about forty years ago, I read the entire series of The Chronicles of Narnia in a single week. Way back then, I would probably given The Silver Chair two stars. But only because I was feeling generous and I was still in the halo of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.

Some time in the interim, The Silver Chair moved from the bottom of my ratings to the top. And I do mean the very top. Today I'd give it more than five stars, if I could. Its rise has been steady; modest at first, it ...more

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Mar 26, 2019 Rosalie rated it it was amazing

I just love Lewis's descriptions and creativity and the way he weaves stories together, and The Silver Chair is another shining example of his giftedness.

It's a sad sort of story to read at times because Narnia is changing once again and old friends are gone or dead or dying. There's just a strange thread of grief wound through it that's hard to describe, this sense that all this sadness is not the way it's supposed to be.

But the last chapter is called The Healing of Harms, and I cried while ...more

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Dec 20, 2018 Alice-Elizabeth (marriedtobooks) rated it liked it

Shelves: alice-reads-classics, read-in-2018

This was a re-read and I own a physical copy of the entire series!

DISCLAIMER: I loved Puddleglum!

On the other hand, The Silver Chair didn't quite live up to my expectations. It follows Eustace from the previous book in the series and a classmate called Jill. To escape a group of bullies, they venture outside of their school and arrive back into the world of Narnia. Their quest is to save a Prince from impending danger! Although I enjoyed the world-building, I found the pacing to be quite slow ...more

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Aug 03, 2015 Jesica rated it it was amazing

Another one year in London and about 50 years in Narnia. Eustace Scrubb was comforting his friend, Jill Pole when the kid that bullied Jill came. They ran to hide and stumbled into another world where Eustace fell to a cliff but saved by Aslan. The two of them were then sent to Narnia to find the missing Prince Rillian, son of Caspian X and the heir of Narnia throne.

Eustace and Jill is my favorite pair in Narnia series. I especially love their adventures in this book because their innocence. ...more

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C.S. Lewis

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Clive Staples Lewis 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. He was unanimously elected to the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge ...more