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About C. S. Lewis
British author, literary scholar and Anglican lay theologian
C. S. Lewis was a British author, literary scholar, and Anglican lay theologian, active in the 20th century. He taught English literature at Oxford and later at Cambridge, and is best known for The Chronicles of Narnia. He also wrote fiction such as The Screwtape Letters and The Space Trilogy, along with Christian apologetics including Mere Christianity, Miracles, and The Problem of Pain. His work moves between imaginative storytelling and religious argument, and he is widely read in both.
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Books by C. S. Lewis
The Magician's Nephew
2000
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2003
Prince Caspian
1997
Mere Christianity
2000
The Last Battle
2001