C.S. Lewis
3/23/202655 min
One of the most famous writers of the 20th century, C. S. Lewis was a scholar of medieval literature, an influential Christian thinker and a supremely gifted storyteller. A professor at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, Lewis is perhaps best known for his Chronicles of Narnia – stories which captured the imagination of millions with their blend of spiritual depth and swashbuckling adventure.
But how were the seeds of the magical world of Narnia first planted? How did Lewis’ unconventional personal life, and the writers and scholars with whom he spent his days, influence his...
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[water flowing] It is late April 1905. In the drawing room of a newly built house on the outskirts of Belfast, a six-year-old boy in a sailor suit is swinging his legs, sitting on the edge of an ottoman. His parents are entertaining visitors, but he is bored, longing to escape to his books and games upstairs. [sighs] To entertain himself, the boy, called Jack by his family, studies his parents' friends and lets his imagination roam. [gentle music] The woman in the round spectacles becomes a fussy dormouse in a lace collar. Sitting beside her, the stout, mustachioed gentleman grows into a genial walrus in a waistcoat. [walrus growls] Jack bites back a grin, and his mother catches him, reaching out to ruffle his hair. He pulls an exaggerated grimace to amuse her, then shoots a conspiratorial