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: 4.14 · 4,704,255 ratings · 102,578 reviews · 493 distinct works • Similar authors
The Lion, the Witch, and th...

4.20 avg rating — 1,710,987 ratings — published 1950 — 488 editions
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The Chronicles of Narnia (C...

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4.25 avg rating — 422,353 ratings — published 1956 — 284 editions
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The Voyage of the Dawn Trea...

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4.09 avg rating — 340,109 ratings — published 1952 — 15 editions
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The Magician's Nephew (Chro...

4.02 avg rating — 321,338 ratings — published 1955 — 325 editions
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Prince Caspian (Chronicles ...

3.97 avg rating — 286,379 ratings — published 1951 — 357 editions
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Mere Christianity

4.31 avg rating — 219,651 ratings — published 1952 — 171 editions
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The Horse and His Boy (Chro...

3.91 avg rating — 220,600 ratings — published 1954 — 296 editions
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The Silver Chair (Chronicle...

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3.95 avg rating — 194,846 ratings — published 1953 — 269 editions
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The Last Battle (Chronicles...

4.03 avg rating — 182,647 ratings — published 1956 — 6 editions
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The Screwtape Letters

4.21 avg rating — 257,267 ratings — published 1942 — 261 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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