About the Book
Source: Wikia. Pages: 45. Chapters: Aravis, Autumn Feast, Barbara Kellerman, Bear, Bird, Bism, Cair Paravel, Caspian X, Cat, Centaur, Coalblack, Corin, Deep Realm, Dragon, Dumb beast, Dwarf, England, Ettin, Ettinsmoor, Ettinsmoor Gorge, Eustace Scrubb, Experiment House, Fall of Underland, Father Time, Faun, Giant, Giants' Bridge, Giants' cookbook, Glimfeather, Gnome, God, Harfang, Hedgehog, Horse, Jill Pole, Lady of the Green Kirtle, Minotaur, Mullugutherum, Narnia, Narnian, Parliament of Owls, Puddleglum, Ramandu's daughter, Rilian, Ruined City of the Giants, Salamander, Satyr, Shallow Lands, Silver Chair, Snake, Snowflake, Spivvins, Sunless Sea, The Four Signs, The Silver Chair, Trumpkin, Underland, Unnamed Tundra, Weasel, Wild Lands of the North. Excerpt: Aravis was a Tarkheena, a female member of the ruling class of Calormen. After realizing she was to marry a man she didn't love, she fled with a talking horse to the land of Narnia. She eventually came to live in Archenland, married its Prince Cor, and became Archenland's queen. The only daughter of Kidrash Tarkaan, Aravis spent her youth in the heart of Calormen. When we first meent her in the books, her mother and older brother have both died and her father recently married an unkind woman, who made no attempt to disguise her dislike for Aravis. Aravis's already difficult home life was rendered impossible when her father announced her engagement to her uncle, Ahoshta Tarkaan, an ugly, loathsome man whom she despised. Feeling she had no other option, she decided to commit suicide. However her attempt on her own life was interrupted when her horse Hwin began to speak, saying this Taken aback on hearing the horse's pleas, Aravis thought she was now suffering delusions due her fear of death. Ashamed, she attempted to stab herself again, only to have Hwin rebuke her once more, placing her own head between the girl and the dagger, and this time Aravis was so curious that she forgot about killing herself. Hwin t...
