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[sebastienne]

subsequent to my re-reading of the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe, i sat in borders for an hour and a half re-reading the horse and his boy on friday. although this didn't affect me quite so shudderingly as tLtW&tW, i did come across a quotation which yelled at me across the decades in such a way as to sound like a whisper right in my ear:

"For in Calormen, story-telling (whether the stories are true or made up) is a thing you're taught, just as English boys and girls are taught essay-writing. The difference is that people want to hear the stories, whereas I never heard of anyone who wanted to read the essays."

I can't help but feel that is is exactly right. It affects me just like reading The Amber Spyglass and wondering about stories for the Harpies.

I've had twenty years of means-to-an-end.

Comments

[hildabeast.livejournal.com]

it's SO TRUE. horse and his boy RULZ.

[anariel-di-gaia.livejournal.com]

Oh I love a Horse and his Boy. Where Avaris is all snobby and everything, I love the bit with the lion attacking Avaris and Shasta saving her best, actually no, I like the bit where Aslan is walking with him over the mountains. (And of course the bits with Edmund hold a special place in my heart!)

So, Prince Caspian tomorrow?