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The Silver Chair

Eustace and Jill are sent by Aslan to find Caspian's missing son, Prince Rilian.

The Silver Chair is the fourth Chronicles of Narnia novel to be published, released by Geoffrey Bles in 1953. It is set in Narnia decades after The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, though less than a year later in England.

Quick Facts

Author
C. S. Lewis
Illustrator
Pauline Baynes
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Series
The Chronicles of Narnia
Release number
4
Genre
Children's fantasy novel, Christian literature
Publisher
Geoffrey Bles

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Background

King Caspian X is now an old man and his only son and heir, Prince Rilian, is missing. Aslan sends two children from England to solve the mystery: Eustace Scrubb, reformed since the Dawn Treader voyage, and his classmate Jill Pole, both unhappy pupils at the boarding school Experiment House. The book was adapted as a six-episode BBC television series in 1990.

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