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C.S. Lewis

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The Auralia Thread

"...the most beautiful book in English..."

What book did C.S. Lewis call "almost the most beautiful book in English"? Thomas Traherne, Centuries of Meditations. I've heard about Lewis's love for this volume many times, but have never gotten around to tracking it down. It seems Traherne also influenced Thomas
22 Jun 2010 2 min read
On Books & Writing

"The Great Divorce" on the Big Screen?

Variety reports: Veteran producer and Mpower CEO Steve McEveety will lead the production team. Childrens' book author N.D. Wilson ("Leepike Ridge," "100 Cupboards") is attached to write. Lewis, who wrote the "Chronicles of Narnia" books and often wove Christian themes into his
22 Jun 2010 1 min read
The Auralia Thread

C.S. Lewis explains.

C.S. LEWIS: What we want is not more little books about Christianity, but more little books by Christians on other subjects — with their Christianity latent. And that's why so many of the most important, insightful, imaginative Christians who write will never be published so long as they
08 Apr 2010 3 min read
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