C. S. Lewis: A Biography

✍ Scribed by Green, Roger Lancelyn; Hooper, Walter

• Book ID: 109022078
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Year: 1974
• Tongue: en-US
• Weight: 660 KB
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

This is the true story of C.S. Lewis � one of the greatest writers of the 20th-century � whose books for children and adults have become much loved classics. Part of the story of C.S. Lewis has been made famous through the film 'Shadowlands'. Here this fascinating man's entire life story is told by those who knew him personally. C.S. Lewis was born in Belfast in 1898 and was sent to England for a public school education with his elder brother, Warren. Lewis exhibited a genius for imagination and perception from his earliest years. Brought up in a Christian household, Lewis lost his faith in his teenage years but was to regain it, with reluctance, as a fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford. His faith subsequently influenced his writings. He became a vigorous champion of the Christian faith through classics such as 'Mere Christianity' and through his BBC broadcasts. His 'Chronicles of Narnia' became children's classics and he was deluged with correspondence from his young readers. In...