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Also known as Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia

fantasy novel by C. S. Lewis

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Author
C. S. Lewis
First published
1951
Editions
145
Subjects
Fantasy, Narnia (fictional place), Princes, Juvenile fiction, Good and evil, Fiction, Ships, Juvenile

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Key facts

Author
C. S. Lewis
Illustrator
Pauline Baynes
Cover artist
Pauline Baynes
Language
English
Series
The Chronicles of Narnia
Genre
Children's fantasy novel, Christian literature
Publisher
Geoffrey Bles
Publication date
15 October 1951
Publication place
United Kingdom
Media type
Print (hardcover)
Pages
195 pp (first edition) , 44,740 words (US)
Isbn
978-0-00-671679-2 (Collins, 1998; full colour)
Library of congress classification span
PZ8.L48 Pr
Preceded by
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Followed by
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Text
Prince Caspian online

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Encyclopedic overview

Prince Caspian (originally published as Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia) is a high fantasy novel written by British author C. S. Lewis and published by Geoffrey Bles in 1951. It was the second published of seven novels in The Chronicles of Narnia (1950–1956), and Lewis had finished writing it in 1949, before the first book was out. It is volume four in recent editions of the series, sequenced according to the internal chronology of the books. Like the others, it was illustrated by Pauline Baynes and her work has been retained in many later editions.

Prince Caspian features a "return to Narnia" by the four Pevensie children of the first novel, about a year later in England but 1300 years later in Narnia. It is the only book of The Chronicles with men dominating Narnia. The talking animals and mythical beings are oppressed, and some may be endangered. The English siblings, legendary Kings and Queens of Narnia, are magically recalled, once again children, by the refugee Prince Caspian.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Prince Caspian” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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