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C. S. Lewis Essay Collection: and other short pieces Hardcover – 6 Mar. 2000

This is an extensive collection of short essays and other pieces by C.S. Lewis brought together in one volume for the first time.

As well as his many books, letters and poems, C.S. Lewis also wrote a great number of essays and shorter pieces on various subjects. He wrote extensively on Christian theology and the defence of faith, but also on various ethical issues and on the nature of literature and story-telling.

In the ESSAY COLLECTION we find a treasure trove of Lewis’s reflections on diverse topics.

• Print length 894 pages
• Language English
• Publisher Fount / Harper Collins
• Publication date 6 Mar. 2000
• ISBN-10 0006281575
• ISBN-13 978-0006281573
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Of course, not all the pieces are brilliant and there is some repetition, for example in the two essays on prayer. There are also two essays on miracles, one of which is simply a dry-run for Lewis's full-length book on the subject. But the other one, "The Grand Miracle", though similarly "worked up" in the full-length book, stands securely in its own right as a poised and perfect example of Lewis's felicity of expression and capacity for poetic argument. It's wisely been selected as the first essay in a superb collection. -- Michael Ward

From the Back Cover

As well as his famous theological books and the 'Chronicles of Narnia,' C.S.Lewis wrote numerous essays and other short pieces in his lifetime. Most were originally published in various journals and later scattered in small collections. Now in one volume the best of the essays are brought together, celebrating once again the genius of C.S.Lewis.

In C.S.Lewis' essays we encounter this remarkable scholar in different moods; hilarious in his comic satire; passionate in his opinions; patient and dedicated as his brilliant mind works at a line of argument. The essays vary in length and complexity, depending on their subject, but all bear the marks of integrity of mind and simplicity of language. Together they demonstrate what makes Lewis's writing timeless in its appeal to all kinds of people.

The essays include 'Why I am Not a Pacifist' which was delivered to a pacifist society in Oxford in 1940 during the stark days at the commencement of the Second World War. 'Xmas and Christmas – A Lost Chapter from Herodotus' was published in'Time and Tide' in December 1954 and is a satirical look at the commercialism of Christmas.

'It All Began As a Picture' is a short article which appeared in 'Radio Times' in July 1960, and in it Lewis explains how he came to write 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' and the rest of the 'Chronicles of Narnia.' He writes, ''The Lion' all began with a picture of a Faun carrying an umbrella and parcels in a snowy wood. This picture has been in mind since I was about sixteen. Then one day, when I was about forty, I said to myself, "Let's try to make a story of it." At first I had very little idea how the story would go. But then Aslan came bounding into it . . . once He was there He pulled the whole story together, and soon He pulled the six other Narnian stories in after Him.'

Clive Staples Lewis was born in Belfast in 1898. He was sent to England for his schooling and was educated at Cherbourg and Malvern Colleges. He read Classics at University College, Oxford, before being elected to a Fellowship of English at Magdalen College.

Lewis conversion from atheism to Christianity in 1931 resulted in a flow of outstanding theological books which championed the Christian faith.

In 1954 Lewis accepted the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance English at Cambridge University. He died at his home in 1963.

"When we are frightened by the greatness of the universe, we are (almost literally) frightened by our own shadows: for these light years and billions of centuries are mere arithmetic until the shadow of man, the poet, the maker of myth, falls upon them. I do not say we are wrong to tremble at his shadow; it is a shadow of an image of God." DOGMA AND THE UNIVERSE

Other Essays include: • Christian Apologetics • The Efficacy of Prayer • Good Work and Good Works • The Grand Miracle • The Hobbit • Is History Bunk? • The Humanitarian Theory of Punishment • Learning in War-time • The Necessity of Chivalry • On Three Ways of Writing for Children • Ministering Angels • The Shoddy Lands • Miserable Offenders

About the Author

C S Lewis was a Fellow and Tutor at Magdalen College, Oxford from 1925 to 1954 when he became Professor of Mediaeval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge. For many years an atheist, his conversion to Christianity in 1929 was a catalyst for his development as a Christian writer.

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• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Fount / Harper Collins; First Edition (6 Mar. 2000)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 894 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0006281575
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0006281573
• 643 in Christian Literature
• 8,433 in Essays, Journals & Letters

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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 when he was unanimously elected to the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance English 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 Letters, and the universally acknowledged classics, the Chronicles of Narnia. To date, the Narnia books have sold over 100 million copies and been transformed into three major motion pictures.

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C. S. Lewis: Essay Collection and Other Short Pieces (audio)

This is an extensive collection of short essays and other pieces by C. S. Lewis that have been brought together in one volume for the first time. As well as his many books, letters, and poems, Lewis also wrote a great number of essays and shorter pieces on various subjects. He wrote extensively on Christian theology and the defense of faith but also on various ethical issues and on the nature of literature and storytelling. In this essay collection we find a treasure trove of Lewis’ reflections on diverse topics.

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• Title : C. S. Lewis: Essay Collection and Other Short Pieces (audio)
• Authors : C. S. Lewis , Lesley Walmsley , Geoffrey Howard
• Publisher : Blackstone Publishing
• Print Publication Date: 2014
• Logos Release Date: 2022
• Era: era:modern
• Language : English
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• Subjects : Religion › General; Religion › Ethics; Religion › Philosophy; Religion › Christian Theology--General; Religion › Christianity--General; Religion › Faith; Religion › Freemasonry see SOCIAL SCIENCE--Freemasonry & Secret Societies
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• Arianna Reuther

Lewis has an amazing way of using simple analogies to explain complex ideas.

Tons of useful information in these books! Whether you are Christians or not, the ideas in these ideas will be helpful for anybody who is trying to better themselves.

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• Story 4 out of 5 stars

• J Cameron Privett

Partial Review - The Great Divorce

The Great Divorce - finished 11/2023: Another underrated CS Lewis work. I appreciated the clear presentation that this work was NOT what Lewis thought Heaven/Hell to be. Despite Lewis's brilliant way of revealing moral truths with vivid poetic imagery, I think sometimes his poeticism causes him to ignore some Orthodox doctrine. In this work, he leans pretty close to Universalism among other things. Still, because his work is fictional (with Moral truths) I can ignore some of the questionable implications of this analogy. Overall, it must be stated, the Great Divorce is a brilliant work exposes the truth, that unless we truly die to self (along with everything we have, desire, and are) we can never enter Heaven and experience the truest joy of God's presence.

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The Great Divorce audio is outstanding

While every book is excellent, in particular, The Great Divorce was outstandingly excellent in every way. Should be a play.

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• Lori Goodman

The wonderful collection of wisdom and teachings of traditional Christianity. I must read for everyone.

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All narrators work wonderfully with the brilliant writing of C.S. Lewis. I think my favorite was the Screwtape Letters, which was read by a gentleman who seems perfectly suited to the role. At some times I felt myself in the weeds, but it’s just more incentive for me to listen again- which I will!

So many gems

There are so many gems of wisdom in this compilation. I believe anyone, under any circumstances in life, can find something hereThat they need to feel whole, or to renew a sense of purpose, direction, or meaningful faith.

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• Paul Sheppard

Love this collection!!

Should be mandatory reading for the world. The author has some incredibly profound thoughts, examples and a very creative way of delivery.

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CS Lewis Enjoyed

Great literature for our day! Lewis has always been a favorite author for me and this audio book made access to his writings even more valuable.

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I liked the reader's voice. I felt to sleep by it sometimes. It was relaxing.

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How to Read All of C.S. Lewis’ Essays

One of the struggles as a C.S. Lewis reader is trying to navigate the essay collections. I have 19 anthologies and collections on my shelf, and a quick internet search is going to send you scurrying to about 25 different sources all told. Those sources come from separate UK & US publication streams, as well as a series of revised editions, abridgements, gift editions, selections, and reprints under different names.

Honestly, it’s a bit of a mess.

Arend’s lists were important as I set up my schedule to read Lewis chronologically (though I had to redate things by time of writing, rather than publication), and I find myself frequenting his webpage whenever I need to look something up.

• The Weight of Glory and Other Addresses (revised and expanded edition, US, 1980): This is a beautiful collection that shouldn’t be confused with the 1949 collection of the same name (or  Transpositions and Other Essays in the UK).

• Christian Reflections (UK/US, 1967): These are Christian pieces that are a little lighter in tone, and offer cultural criticism and encouragement to Christian growth.  The Seeing Eye (1986) has most, but not all, of these pieces.

• Of This and Other Worlds (UK, 1982); On Stories and Other Essays on Literature (US, 1982): This is the most full collection of Lewis’ popular-level pieces on writing, literature, and science fiction. Don’t confuse it with the excellent collection  Of Other Worlds (1966), which has about half the essays plus four of the stories that are in  The Dark Tower and Other Stories (1977).
• The World’s Last Night and Other Essays (US, 1960): This is a volume that Lewis himself put together with his publisher but has been reprinted in a couple of series. These essays are within the apologetics and popular philosophy category (like God in the Dock  part 1).
• Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature (UK/US, 1966): This volume contains some essays that introduce the reader to literature from the late middle ages through the time of Milton (roughly 11th-17th centuries), as well as some studies of individual books in that period.
• Selected Literary Essays (UK/US, 1969): A diverse collection that runs from Jane Austen to the King James Bible and all the way back through Tasso to the medieval storytellers.
• Image and Imagination: Essays and Reviews (UK/US, 2013): Although published last, this might be the best place for the reader new to Lewis’ academic literature essays. A lot of the books he reviews are great reads, and even the more obscure reviews contain Lewisian wit and knowledge. It also includes some essays that have been out of print for decades.

Some notes: The version I put first in the list is the one I have on my shelf (and typically the most accessible to others); the 3 literary collections (#s6-9) are the same on either continent. You’ll notice there is almost no overlap, so what looked like a complete mess falls into place in 2013 with the release of Image and Imagination . Arend divides the essays between academic (#s7-9) and popular (#s1-6), but the 1st section of  God in the Dock  (#2) is a bit of a challenge, and much of  Image and Imagination (#9) is fairly accessible. We could also divide the books between “Christian” (#s 1, 2, 3, 4, 6) and “literary” (#s 5, 7, 8, 9). There are likely some errors here (a lot of the essays are named various things and I might have messed it up); let me know if you see something.

Wherever your interests lie, I hope this list supplements Arend Smilde’s excellent work to give you the resources you need to track down Lewis’ shorter work. For the burgeoning C.S. Lewis scholar, these are the nine core books that cover the majority of the short pieces you’ll need for your bibliography.

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66 responses to how to read all of c.s. lewis’ essays.

Thank you for this, much appreciated. I have often wondered how I would know if I had read all of his essays or not.

Sort of a lengthy checklist!

This is splendid: well done, and thank you very much! A very useful addition to Arend Smilde’s two pieces you link!

Two sudden thoughts:

Do you happen to know what the state of affairs is with respect to that wartime lecture on records, half of which Professor Poe happily rediscovered not so very long ago?

And, Arend Smilde once showed me (as I recall) an edition of the Socratic Club papers (by various hands, including Lewis’s), the details of which I forget – and have not paused to try to rediscover. Speaking of more hands than one’s, there is of course The Personal Heresy which began as an exchange of separately published essays by Lewis and Tillyard.

Another footnote: there is (I understand) a recording of Lewis reading his Cambridge Inaugural address, and (I further understand) its text differs from the printed one: Arend Smilde made use of both, for his Dutch translation!

I have not hear this recording (though I heard there were some differences). Is it secret?

In his translation (published in 1997) Arend Smilde notes that in April 1955 Lewis read a slightly revised version for BBC radio broadcast, under the title ‘The Great Divide’, and that it was then still available from The Episcopal Radio-TV Foundation Inc. in a collection called C.S. Lewis: Comments and Critiques. While there is also a 2001 note by the late Bruce Edwards online to the effect that it was then still the case, I am, bizarrely, having no luck searching online a bit to see if that is still the case, now!

I did find a little more detail about its first broadcast:

http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/03568ecb9cd24764a1dee7bbbfe2d93e

I wish it was available. It isn’t the words so much as the sense of humour. I’d be curious to know whether his voice ever cracked when he was telling a joke. Was he ever sly. Did he wink where the text winks? That’s it. So where is the recording?

I fear the answer may be along the lines of ‘who (which library) owns a copy?’ – but maybe I’m just not handy enough at searching…

Just a partial answer–I don’t know on Poe–but Joel Heck has published as much of the Socratic Digest as is possible. Here is the US link: http://www.lulu.com/shop/joel-d-heck-editor/socratic-digest/paperback/product-20373348.html . Also, Heck as edited and re-produced the Personal Heresy–a book I enjoyed a lot.

Thanks for the publication details! – I’m sure that’s what Arend Smilde showed me one time, but I couldn’t remember any more details!

I don’t remember hearing about his Personal Heresy edition! I’ll try to follow that up. It certainly is a fascinating, enjoyable book to my mind, too.

Personal Heresy is also being re-released this week by Harper Collins in the US. I suspect the Euro scene will follow.

Good to hear!

Not sure if I’ve understood right, but this seems to be missing “The Humanitarian Theory of Punishment” (with replies and a rejoinder) from 1954:

http://www8.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/journals/ResJud/1954/30.html

Fascinating – thank you! I have never seen this publication of the essay (though I have read about it). What I am especially curious about is the lecture on “The Norse Spirit in English Literature” which Lewis prepared for the Joint Broadcasting Committee, part of which Harry Lee Poe encountered on a 78 rpm recording and wrote about in December 2015 in Christianity Today.

It’s in the one volume “Essay Collection & Other Short Pieces” (Harper Collins, ISBN 0-00-628157-5)

Hi Leonna, David, and Oliver,” I believe I have “The Humanitarian Theory of Punishment” at 1949, which is in God in the Dock. David, we have about 1/2 of the Norse Spirit talk in Hal Poe’s second Lewis biography from a couple of years ago. It is neat to read. Almost everything is in the Wamsley essay collection! But it is very hard to find.

Wow. That’s a cool compilation.

I too have frequently availed myself of Smilde’s work, and appreciate your new aid which offers the new timeline information.

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Wow, talk about nerdy-love! I had no idea Lewis wrote essays, let alone wrote so many. This is wonderful. You’ve opened a whole new door of thought for me. Thanks for making the spreadsheet, I can only imagine how much time it took to collate all that information together. Go you! 🙂

Thanks. I suppose you have disregarded the Essay Collection (one-volume 2000, two-volume 2002) because it is no longer available — is that right?

David — All of Lewis’s five surviving papers for the Socratic Club have long found their way into the various collections. Even his 1943 Preface for the first Socratic Digest was reprinted (“The Founding of the Socratic Club”, in God in the Dock, 1970). See Walter Hooper’s list in his essay “Oxford’s Bonny FIghter” in James Como’s CSL at the Breakfast Table (1979, 2nd ed. 1992; re-issued in 2005 as Remembering CSL). The only thing that might be called an exception is the Socratic secretary’s account of CSL’s address on 8 Feb 1943, “If We Have Christ’s Ethics, Does the Rest of the Christan Faith Matter?”: but this short text is included in Hooper’s essay. By the way, Hooper’s list unaccountably omits “Is Theism Important?”, i.e. Lewis’s reply to H. H. Price, probably read in Michaelmas Term 1951 and also reprinted in God in the Dock, 1970.

Hi Arend, no thank you for your work! Mine was a few hours of playing; your work has been years of commitment. Yes, I left out the super big collections which are not impracticably expensive. I have also left out the non-US/UK editions that are floating around (partly because they are incomplete, and partly because though they may not break copyright in their country, it is not blessed by the CSL Co.). Your mentioning “Is Theism Important?” makes me realize I left off the question mark in the chart. It is worthy of note that Joel Heck edited the Socratic Papers that are available and that’s for sale online.

This is excellent; thank you! I’ve passed it on to other people who will appreciate it.

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Seeing this got me wondering how early Lewis wrote about science fiction – from your list, it looks like later than this (unless I’m forgetting some content of earlier essays):

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/feb/15/winston-churchill-essay-alien-life-discovered-us-college-are-we-alone-in-the-universe

It also got me wondering if Churchill knew (of) any of the Ransom books: he could have read OSP before writing this!

Well, I don’t know that Churchill knew much about Lewis except what was in his version of the street, which was probably something like this, spoken over brandy in the 22 hours that Church hill was awake each day, “Pip pip, old boy. Have you heard of that medieval chap at Magdalen. Got religion, it seems. Good face for radio though.” Sorry, that’s how my mind works. Lewis’ first SF I think was Out of the Silent Planet after reading David Lindsay and Charles Williams, and after the bet with Tolkien.

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You may have responded to this above. I have a large collection called: Essay Collection and Other Short Pieces, edited by Lesley Walmsley, and published by Harper Collins Publishers. It is the UK version published in 2000 (says Text copyright 2000 C. S. Lewis Pte Ltd). I was wondering, how many of the essays that you mention above are contained in this collection, and which other essay collections would I need to get in order to have a full collection of Lewis’s essays. I already have almost every essay collection, but there are a couple that I haven’t yet purchased, and am wondering about whether it is necessary.

I think someone mentioned it, David. I don’t have that book, but I have a PDF that was built off of it. Because it is out of print and wasn’t released in the U.S., I left it out. As Canada, Australia and a few others have Lewis in public domain, I suspect these essays might become available there. Our version of gutenberg in Canada has the fiction. I haven’t compared the collection, but Arend Smilde has. Take a look at his links and he’ll lead you well.

There’s the one single hardback volume ed. / complied by Lesley Walmsley called “C. S. Lewis Essay Collection: and other short pieces” that had everything in. It was also available in two paperbacks — “Faith, Christianity & The Church” and “Literature, Philosophy and Short Stories”, which basically split the one book into two. I think if you have those two (or the single volume) then you have everything. I hope so!

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There is a new collection that would be useful to add to your chart:

https://www.amazon.com/Essay-Collection-Faith-Christianity-Church/dp/0007136536/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=cs+lewis+essays+faith+christianity&qid=1568650019&s=books&sr=1-3

It contains the following essays:

1. The Grand Miracle 2. Is Theology Poetry? 3. The Funeral of a Great Myth 4. God in the Dock 5. What Are We to Make of Jesus Christ? 6. The World’s Last Night 7. Is Theism Important? 8. The Seeing Eye 9. Must Our Image of God Go? 10. Christianity and Culture 11. Evil and God 12. The Weight of Glory 13. Miracles 14. Dogma and the Universe 15. ‘Horrid Red Things’ 16. Religion: Reality or Substitute? 17. Myth Became Fact 18. Religion and Science 19. Christian Apologetics 20. Work and Prayer 21. Religion Without Dogma? 22. The Decline of Religion 23. On Forgiveness 24. The Pains of Animals 25. Petitionary Prayer 26. On Obstinacy in Belief 27. What Christmas Means to Me 28. The Psalms 29. Religion and Rocketry 30. The Efficacy of Prayer 31. Fern-seed and Elephants 32. The Language of Religion 33. Transposition 34. Why I Am Not a Pacifist 35. Dangers of National Repentance 36. Two Ways With the Self 37. Meditation on the Third Commandment 38. On Ethics 39. Three Kinds of Men 40. Answers to Questions on Christianity 41. The Laws of Nature 42. Membership 43. The Sermon and the Lunch 44. Scraps 45. After Priggery-What? 46. Man or Rabbit? 47. ‘The Trouble with “X”…’ 48. On Living in an Atomic Age 49. Lilies That Fester 50. Good Work and Good Works 51. A Slip of the Tongue 52. We Have No ‘ Right to Happiness’ 53. Christian Reunion 54. Priestesses in the Church? 55. On Church Music 56. The Conditions for a Just War 57. The Conflict in Anglican Theology 58. Miracles 59. Mr. C.S. Lewis on Christianity 60. A Village Experience 61. Correspondence with an Anglican who Dislikes Hymns 62. The Church’s Liturgy, Invocation and Invocation of Saints 63. The Holy Name 64. Mere Christians 65. Canonisation 66. Pittenger-Lewis and Version Vernacular 67. Capital Punishment and Death Penalty

That is a strong collection. I see that it is available now, so I’m glad you linked it. I didn’t initially use it because, frankly, I couldn’t find it for a reasonable price. I do see it now! Most of the other volumes are pretty cheap used.

Also I’ve converted your chart to a PDF that is searchable for ease of finding essay titles – I’ve made the link available via Google Docs:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1qe9aLtLmoK-HPIwMQtfnx7k5J0LvYJeJ

Thanks for all your work on this!

Thanks Tyler! I hope that is helpful to readers too.

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C. S. Lewis Essay Collection: and other short pieces Hardcover – 6 March 2000

This is an extensive collection of short essays and other pieces by C.S. Lewis brought together in one volume for the first time.

As well as his many books, letters and poems, C.S. Lewis also wrote a great number of essays and shorter pieces on various subjects. He wrote extensively on Christian theology and the defence of faith, but also on various ethical issues and on the nature of literature and story-telling.

In the ESSAY COLLECTION we find a treasure trove of Lewis’s reflections on diverse topics.

• Print length 1024 pages
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As well as his famous theological books and the 'Chronicles of Narnia,' C.S.Lewis wrote numerous essays and other short pieces in his lifetime. Most were originally published in various journals and later scattered in small collections. Now in one volume the best of the essays are brought together, celebrating once again the genius of C.S.Lewis.

In C.S.Lewis' essays we encounter this remarkable scholar in different moods; hilarious in his comic satire; passionate in his opinions; patient and dedicated as his brilliant mind works at a line of argument. The essays vary in length and complexity, depending on their subject, but all bear the marks of integrity of mind and simplicity of language. Together they demonstrate what makes Lewis's writing timeless in its appeal to all kinds of people.

The essays include 'Why I am Not a Pacifist' which was delivered to a pacifist society in Oxford in 1940 during the stark days at the commencement of the Second World War. 'Xmas and Christmas – A Lost Chapter from Herodotus' was published in'Time and Tide' in December 1954 and is a satirical look at the commercialism of Christmas.

'It All Began As a Picture' is a short article which appeared in 'Radio Times' in July 1960, and in it Lewis explains how he came to write 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' and the rest of the 'Chronicles of Narnia.' He writes, ''The Lion' all began with a picture of a Faun carrying an umbrella and parcels in a snowy wood. This picture has been in mind since I was about sixteen. Then one day, when I was about forty, I said to myself, "Let's try to make a story of it." At first I had very little idea how the story would go. But then Aslan came bounding into it . . . once He was there He pulled the whole story together, and soon He pulled the six other Narnian stories in after Him.'

Clive Staples Lewis was born in Belfast in 1898. He was sent to England for his schooling and was educated at Cherbourg and Malvern Colleges. He read Classics at University College, Oxford, before being elected to a Fellowship of English at Magdalen College.

Lewis conversion from atheism to Christianity in 1931 resulted in a flow of outstanding theological books which championed the Christian faith.

In 1954 Lewis accepted the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance English at Cambridge University. He died at his home in 1963.

"When we are frightened by the greatness of the universe, we are (almost literally) frightened by our own shadows: for these light years and billions of centuries are mere arithmetic until the shadow of man, the poet, the maker of myth, falls upon them. I do not say we are wrong to tremble at his shadow; it is a shadow of an image of God." DOGMA AND THE UNIVERSE

Other Essays include: • Christian Apologetics • The Efficacy of Prayer • Good Work and Good Works • The Grand Miracle • The Hobbit • Is History Bunk? • The Humanitarian Theory of Punishment • Learning in War-time • The Necessity of Chivalry • On Three Ways of Writing for Children • Ministering Angels • The Shoddy Lands • Miserable Offenders

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C S Lewis was a Fellow and Tutor at Magdalen College, Oxford from 1925 to 1954 when he became Professor of Mediaeval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge. For many years an atheist, his conversion to Christianity in 1929 was a catalyst for his development as a Christian writer.

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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 when he was unanimously elected to the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance English 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 Letters, and the universally acknowledged classics, the Chronicles of Narnia. To date, the Narnia books have sold over 100 million copies and been transformed into three major motion pictures.

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Tony Reinke

Miscellanies from the sonoran desert, c. s. lewis: essay collection and other short pieces (audiobook).

The most comprehensive collection of essays by C. S. Lewis was edited by Lesley Walmsley in 2000 and published in London. At just over 1,000 pages it is the largest of its kind. And although it was published rather recently, the book has already passed in and out of print and now into the status of a rare and collectible relic.

C. S. Lewis: Essay Collection and Other Short Pieces is simply a goldmine. Used copies of the giant collection of 137 essays, letters, and short stories can be found, but for a price. A few rare hardcovers (and a few even rarer paperbacks) are on the market, starting at around $150!

A much easier way to get this entire collection is in a $35 audiobook through Audible . . . $19.95 audiobook through at Audible . I’m on my second listen through and loving it. The 39 hours of audio is performed by the late British actor, Ralph Cosham (1936–2014).

Here’s the track list:

Essays 1) The Grand Miracle 2) Is Theology Poetry? 3) The Funeral of a Great Myth 4) God In the Dark 5) What Are We to Make of Jesus Christ? 6) The World’s Last Night 7) Is Theism Important? 8) The Seeing Eye 9) Must Our Image of God Go? 10) Christianity and Culture 11) Evil and God 12) The Weight of Glory 13) Miracles 14) Dogma and the Universe 15) The Horrid Red Things 16) Religion: Reality or Substitute? 17) Myth Became Fact 18) Religion and Science 19) Christian Apologetics 20) Work and Prayer 21) Religion Without Dogma? 22) The Decline of Religion 23) Unforgiveness 24) The Pains of Animals 25) Petitionary Prayer: A Problem Without an Answer 26) On Obstinacy in Belief 27) What Christmas Means to Me 28) The Psalms 29) Religion and Rocketry 30) The Efficacy of Prayer 31) Fern Seed and Elephants 32) The Language of Religion 33) Transposition 34) Why I am Not a Pacifist 35) Dangers of National Repentance 36) Two Ways With the Self 37) Meditation on the Third Commandment 38) On Ethics 39) Three Kinds of Men 40) Answers to Questions on Christianity 41) The Laws of Nature 42) Membership 43) The Sermon and the Lunch 44) Scraps 45) After Priggery – What? 46) Man or Rabbit? 47) The Trouble With X 48) On Living in an Atomic Age 49) Lillies that Fester 50) Good Work and Good Works 51) A Slip of the Tongue 52) We Have No Right to Happiness 53) Christian Reunion: An Anglican Speaks to Roman Catholics 54) Priestesses in the Church? 55) On Church Music 56) Christianity and Literature 57) High and Low Brows 58) Is English Doomed? 59) On the Reading of Old Books 60) The Parthenon and the Optative 61) The Death of Words 62) On Science Fiction 63) Miserable Offenders 64) Different Tastes in Literature 65) Modern Translations of the Bible 66) On Juvenile Tastes 67) Sex in Literature 68) The Hobbit 69) Period Criticism 70) On Stories 71) On Three Ways of Writing for Children 72) Prudery and Philology 73) Tolkein’s “The Lord of the Rings” 74) Sometimes Fairy Stories May Say Best What’s to Be Said 75) It All Began With a Picture 76) Unreal Estates 77) On Criticism 78) Cross Examination 79) A Tribute to E.R. Eddison 80) The Mythopoeic Gift of Rider Haggard 81) George Orwell 82) A Panegyric for Dorothy L. Sayers 83) The Novels of Charles Williams 84) Learning in War-Time 85) Bulverism (or, The Foundation of 20th Century Thought) 86) The Founding of the Oxford Socratic Club 87) My First School 88) Democratic Education 89) Blimpophobia 90) Private Bates 91) Meditation in a Tool Shed 92) On the Transmission of Christianity 93) Modern Man and His Categories of Thought 94) Historicism 95) The Empty Universe 96) Interim Report 97) Is History Bunk? 98) Before We Can Communicate 99) First and Second Things 100) The Poison of Subjectivism 101) Equality 102) De Futilitate 103) A Dream 104) Hedonics 105) Talking About Bicycles 106) Vivisection 107) The Humanitarian Theory of Punishment 108) Behind the Scenes 109) The Necessity of Chivalry 110) The Inner Ring 111) Two Lectures 112) Some Thoughts 113) X-mas and Christmas 114) Revival or Decay 115) Delinquents in the Snow 116) Willing Slaves of the Welfare State 117) Screwtape Proposes a Toast

Letters 118) The Conditions for a Just War 119) The Conflict in Anglican Theology 120) Miracles 121) Mr. C.S. Lewis on Christianity 122) A Village Experience 123) Correspondence With an Anglican Who Dislikes Hymns 124) The Church’s Liturgy, Invocation, and Invocation of Saints 125) The Holy Name 126) Mere Christians 127) Canonization 128) Pittenger-Lewis and Version Vernacular 129) Capital Punishment and Death Penalty

Short Stories 130) The Man Born Blind 131) The Dark Tower 132) The Dark Tower (continued) 133) The Dark Tower (continued) 134) Ministering Angels 135) The Shoddy Lands 136) After Ten Years 137) Forms of Things Unknown

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11 thoughts on “ c. s. lewis: essay collection and other short pieces (audiobook) ”.

Agreed. I started a week or so ago, and I’m about 10 hours in. Love it.

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Thank you for sharing this! Sounds like a top notch quality audiobook is worth the buy in this instance!

Thanks for the Audible reminder! For anyone who wants to do this but doesn’t have an audible account, you can sign up for three months discounted membership using code “APPSUMO2015” and you will be charged $2.95 a month for the first 3! Then you get this book for $2.95! I don’t work for audible, just wanted to pass along the goodness. Though CS Lewis is certainly worth the $35.

Brilliant! Thank you

This is so great! Thank you for pointing it out – and providing the contents listing too! I’m a quarter of the way in now, but I imagine this will get regular listens for years to come.

Believe it or not, but I found a copy of this baby for less than 10$ in a bookstore somewhere in Kenya.

Paperback!!!!

I finished listening to it this morning. It includes several pieces I hadn’t read before. Outstanding.

Like a boss! Great work

Tony, thanks for bringing this up. I’m not an audiobook guy, but I snapped up those paperbacks while they were still in print. Even then, you had to order them from the UK or Canada. Why don’t they just reprint the silly things? I’d love to have a hardback.

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