C.S. Lewis

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C.S. Lewis

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born
in Belfast, Ireland
November 29, 1898

died
November 22, 1963

gender
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CLIVE STAPLES LEWIS (1898–1963) was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably one of the most influential writers of his day. He was a Fellow and Tutor in English Literature at Oxford University until 1954, when he was unanimously elected to the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge University, a position he held until his retirement. He wrote more than thirty books, allowing him to reach a vast audience, and his works continue to attract thousands of new readers every year. His most distinguished and popular accomplishments include Mere Christianity, Out of the Silent Planet, The Great Divorce, The Screwtape Letters, and the universally acknowledged classics The Chronicles of Narnia. To date,...more


Average rating: 4.08 · 2,020,663 ratings · 52,190 reviews · 189 distinct works · Similar authors
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4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 649,654 ratings — published 1950 — 304 editions
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4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 212,908 ratings — published 1948 — 160 editions
The Voyage of the Dawn Trea...
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4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 175,269 ratings — published 1952 — 179 editions
The Magician's Nephew (Chro...
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 133,359 ratings — published 1955 — 174 editions
The Screwtape Letters
4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 110,785 ratings — published 1920 — 133 editions
Prince Caspian: The Return ...
3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 118,371 ratings — published 1951 — 216 editions
The Horse and His Boy (Chro...
3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 104,859 ratings — published 1954 — 170 editions
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3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 94,450 ratings — published 1953 — 159 editions
Mere Christianity
4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 86,039 ratings — published 1901 — 77 editions
The Last Battle (Chronicles...
3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 88,525 ratings — published 1956 — 139 editions
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“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one.”
C.S. Lewis

“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
C.S. Lewis

“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.”
C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

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