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door C. S. Lewis

Andere auteurs: Clyde C. Kilby (Redacteur)

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On October 26, 1950, C. S. Lewis wrote the first of more than a hundred letters he would send to a woman he had never met, but with whom he was to maintain a correspondence for the rest of his life. Ranging broadly in subject matter, the letters discuss topics as profound as the love of God and as frivolous as preferences in cats. Lewis himself clearly had no idea that these letters would ever see publication, but they reveal facets of his character little known even to devoted readers of his fantasy and scholarly writings -- a man patiently offering encouragement and guidance to another Christian through the day-to-day joys and sorrows of ordinary life. Letters to an American Lady stands as a fascinating and moving testimony to the remarkable humanity and even more remarkable Christianity of C. S. Lewis, and is richly deserving of the position it now takes among the balance of his Christian writings.… (meer)
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Somehow, by the end of this, I felt that I had come with Lewis to the end of a long and rich journey, and I am more because of it. ( )
  mirryi | May 24, 2023 |
need another category
Candlemass 2023: am cataloguing books and relieved to see I still have this: memories of his advice to her have come to me during last few years of trying financial situation ( )
  Overgaard | Jan 11, 2023 |
I love C.S. Lewis, so it was interesting to have a little insight into this private exchange. But most of their conversation is superficial. ( )
  lustucken | Nov 22, 2022 |
When Lewis was 51 years old and long established at Magdalen College, Oxford, he wrote the first of this collection of letters to an American widow. She was described as a "very charming, gracious, southern aristocratic lady who loved to talk and speak well". In them are his antipathy to journalism, advertising, snobbery, psychoanalysis, and the petty practices that sap freedoms. They identify events in his life after 1950 including his marriage to Joy Davidman and her death three years later.
  staylorlib | Aug 7, 2019 |
30. [Letters to an American Lady] by C. S. Lewis (1967) (reread) 3/5



C. S. Lewis was a prolific letter-writer and kept up an impressive correspondence with readers, friends, colleagues etc. The American lady is constantly complaining about smaller and major things in her life and Lewis tries his best to cheer her up. There are interesting thoughts from Lewis on various subjects in the letters, also interesting details on his private life. Recommended only to fans of C. S. Lewis. ( )
  ctpress | Nov 26, 2017 |
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[Preface] When C. S. Lewis wrote the first letter in the following collection he was 51 years old and long established at Magdalen College, Oxford, as university lecturer and tutor.
Thank you for your most kind and encouraging letter.
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Old Scottish version of Psalm 137:8-
O blessed may that trooper be
Who, riding on his naggie,
Wull tak thy wee bairns by the taes
And ding them on the craggie.
And I know how, when one is on one's own, even a nice meal and a good appetite can hardly make the whole time-wasting business getting it and clearing it away seem worth the few minutes of actually eating.
I am often struck in reading the records of the past (e.g. letters written during our civil war in the 17rh century) how unimportant the things the historians make so much of seem to have been to ordinary people who were alive at the time. Does not what we call 'history' in fact leave out nearly the whole of real life?
The elephant looks as if he wore trousers already, but terribly baggy ones. What he needs is braces. The Rhino seems to wear a suit much to big for him, can it be taken in? What sort of collars will giraffes wear? Will seals and otters have ordinary clothes or bathing suits? The hedgehog will wear his shirts out terribly quickly, I should think.
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On October 26, 1950, C. S. Lewis wrote the first of more than a hundred letters he would send to a woman he had never met, but with whom he was to maintain a correspondence for the rest of his life. Ranging broadly in subject matter, the letters discuss topics as profound as the love of God and as frivolous as preferences in cats. Lewis himself clearly had no idea that these letters would ever see publication, but they reveal facets of his character little known even to devoted readers of his fantasy and scholarly writings -- a man patiently offering encouragement and guidance to another Christian through the day-to-day joys and sorrows of ordinary life. Letters to an American Lady stands as a fascinating and moving testimony to the remarkable humanity and even more remarkable Christianity of C. S. Lewis, and is richly deserving of the position it now takes among the balance of his Christian writings.

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