C.S. Lewis

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C.S. Lewis


Born
in Belfast, Ireland
November 29, 1898

Died
November 22, 1963

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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. 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 Lett
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Average rating: 4.13 · 4,379,857 ratings · 94,687 reviews · 384 distinct works · Similar authors
The Lion, the Witch, and th...

4.19 avg rating — 1,572,253 ratings — published 1950 — 473 editions
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The Chronicles of Narnia (C...

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4.24 avg rating — 400,149 ratings — published 1956 — 270 editions
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The Voyage of the Dawn Trea...

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4.08 avg rating — 324,069 ratings — published 1951 — 297 editions
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The Magician's Nephew (Chro...

4.01 avg rating — 301,920 ratings — published 1953 — 311 editions
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Prince Caspian (Chronicles ...

3.96 avg rating — 271,987 ratings — published 1951 — 69 editions
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Mere Christianity

4.31 avg rating — 196,455 ratings — published 1952 — 144 editions
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The Horse and His Boy (Chro...

3.90 avg rating — 208,045 ratings — published 1954 — 277 editions
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The Silver Chair (Chronicle...

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3.95 avg rating — 184,419 ratings — published 1953 — 256 editions
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The Last Battle (Chronicles...

4.02 avg rating — 173,859 ratings — published 1956 — 245 editions
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The Screwtape Letters

4.21 avg rating — 236,393 ratings — published 1942 — 230 editions
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“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

“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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