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=Clive St **aples (C.S.) Lewis **  =

Life
====C. S. Lewis, or Jack Lewis, as he preferred to be called, was born in Belfast, Ireland (now Northern Ireland) on November 29, 1898. He was the second son of Albert Lewis, a lawyer, and Flora born Lewis. His older brother, Warren Hamilton Lewis, who was known as Warnie, had been born three years earlier in 1895.Lewis's early childhood was relatively happy and carefree. In those days Northern Ireland was not yet plagued by bitter civil strife, and the Lewises were comfortably off. The family home, called Little Lea, was a large, gabled house with dark, narrow passages and an overgrown garden, which Warnie and Jack played in and explored together. There was also a library that was crammed with books—two of Jack's favorites were Treasure Island by Robert Louis Steven son and The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. ====

Time Period
====In 1916 Lewis was accepted at University College, the oldest college (founded 1249) at Oxford University. Oxford, along with Cambridge University, had been a leading center of learning since the Middle Ages. Soon after he entered the U==== ====niversity, however, Lewis chose to volunteer for active duty in World War I, to serve in the British Army then fighting in the muddy trenches of northern France. Following the end of the war in 1918, Lewis returned to Oxford, where he took up his studies again with great enthusiasm. In 1925, after graduating with first-class honors in Greek and Latin Literature, Philosophy and Ancient History, and English Literature, Lewis was elected to an important teach ing post in English at Magdalen College, Oxford. He remained at Oxford for 29 years before becoming a professor of medieval and renaissance literature at Magdalene College, Cambridge, in 1955. ====

The Chronicles Of Narnia
I nitially when Lewis turned to writing children's books, his publisher and some of his friends tried to dissuade him; they thought it would hurt his reputation as writer of serious works. J.R.R. Tolkien in particular criticized Lewis's first Narnia book, //The Lion Witch and the Wardrobe//. He thought that there were too many elements that clashed—a Father Christmas //and// an evil witch, talking animals //and// children. Thankfully, Lewis didn't listen to any of them.Following the publication of //The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe// in 1950, Lewis quickly wrote 6 more Narnia Books publishing the final one, //The Last Battle//, in 1956. Although they were not well received at first by critics and reviewers, the books gained in popularity through word of mouth. The Narnia books have since sold more than 100 million copies and are among the most beloved books of classic children's literature.

http://www.factmonster.com/spot/narnia-lewis.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._S._Lewis http://cslewis.drzeus.net/bio/

=Quotes=


 * 1) ====if God thinks this state of war in the universe a price worth paying for free will...then we may take it it is worth paying."--Mere Christianity====
 * 2) ===="[One] can regard the moral law as an illusion, and so cut himself off from the common ground of humanity."--The Problem of Pain====
 * 3) ===="The more lucidly we think, the more we are cut off: the more deeply we enter into reality, the less we can think."--Myth Became Fact, World Dominion====
 * 4) ===="Democracy demands that little men should not take big ones too seriously; it dies when it is full of little men who think they are big themselves."--'Notes on the Way' Time and Tide====
 * 5) ===="The moment good taste knows itself, some of its goodness is lost."--surprised by Joy====