Games Guess the title from a quote

He may not have cared much for you, but he would rather you have the throne than a stranger.

 

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Doctor Cornelius the half-dwarf, in Prince Caspian.

 

Correct

 

"I have swallowed up girls and boys, women and men, kings and emperors, cities and realms."

 

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Gollum in The Hobbit?

 

Nope - different author, though the two authors were acquainted.

 

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is the author CS Lewis- and is the book The Last Battle

 

Right author, wrong book.

 

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the screw tape letters?

 

Nope - previous guess was a bit closer.

 

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Voyage of the Dawn Treader?

 

Nope. Right series though.

 

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The Magician's Nephew

 

Nope - the novel was written before that one was.

 

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The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe?

 

Nope. The speaker does appear in all the books you've mentioned so far though.

 

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The Silver Chair?

 

It is indeed.

 

[...] she opened her mouth as though to speak; a rattle proceeded from the depths of her throat, her teeth chattered; she stretched out her arms in her agony, opening her hands convulsively, and fumbling about her like a drowning person; then suddenly fell back on her pillow.

Her head struck the head-board of the bed and fell forwards on her breast, with gaping mouth and staring, sightless eyes.

She was dead.