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Alberta and Harold Scrubb, the parents of Eustace
The very "modern" parents of Eustace, who go by their first names, are vegetarians, pacifists, and non-smokers, and they host Edmund and Lucy.
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- Alberta and Harold Scrubb
- Autre traduction
- Alberta and Harold Clarence (in some editions)
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- Première apparition
- The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, ch. 1
- Dans les livres
- L'Odyssée du Passeur d'AuroreLe Fauteuil d'argent
En bref
Fiche collective. Digory and Polly live in Cambridge. The narrator describes them ironically : they are very modern and progressive. They don’t smoke, don’t drink, are vegetarians, wear special underwear, have few pieces of furniture, keep all the windows open, and their son is called by his first name.
Regard and analysis
Lewis mocks a kind of modernism he considered stifling. Today’s readers may find the satire unfair toward certain ideas (pacifism, vegetarianism) : the page “Narnia in debate” reminds us of this. The heart of the criticism lies in the lack of imagination in Eustace’s education, who “had read only books that were unsuitable.”
Dans les livres
Son histoire dans les livres (révèle l’intrigue)
In the books
In 1942, they host Edmund and Lucy, whom they don’t much care for. The famous painting of the Dawn Treader hangs in their house : a wedding gift that Alberta dislikes and has relegated to a spare room. It’s through this painting that the children enter Narnia. In The Silver Chair, we learn that they have chosen for Eustace the Experimental House, a co-ed and lax school.
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Alberta Scrubb
She is the mother of Shift and the wife of Harold. In addition, she is the aunt of the Pevensie.
Appearance in the books
*The Voyage of the Dawn Treader*
Harold Scrubb
He is the father of Eustace and the husband of Alberta. Additionally, he is the uncle of the Pevensies.
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