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The Essential C.S. Lewis

In this wide-ranging and authoritative collection of C.S. Lewis's writings, Lyle W. Dorsett brings together the many and varied facets of the beloved author's corpus. Selecting works of fiction, science fiction, autobiography, theology, poetry, and literary criticism, as well as Lewis's letters to adults and children, Dorsett shows the erudite author at his most innovative, challeneging, witty, and sympathetic.

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Among the pieces included are Lewis's famous sermons, selections from The Screwtape Lettersand Letters to Children, and the complete texts of three of Lewis's books: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobethe first of The Chronicles of Narnia; Perelandra,the critically acclaimed second installment of Lewis's Space Trilogy; and The Abolition of Man, Lewis's brief treatise on philosophy and education.

Audience
adult
Length
long · 560 pages

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