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This hugely popular international bestseller is being repackaged and rebranded as the leading title in the C.S. Lewis Signature Classics range.

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Der Literaturhistoriker C.S. Lewis (1898-1963) betätigte sich in seinem Hauptberuf als Hochschullehrer in Oxford und später in Cambridge in einer erstaunlichen Vielfalt literarischer Gattungen. Nicht nur in seinen Essays, sondern auch in seinen fantastischen und mystischen Erzählungen kommt dabei seine tiefe christliche Überzeugung zum Ausdruck.

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Clive Staples Lewis, known as Jack to his friends, was born in 1898. Lewis and his good friend J. R. R. Tolkien, the author of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, were part of the Inklings, an informal writers club that met at a local pub to discuss story ideas. Lewiss fascination with fairy tales, myths, and ancient legends, coupled with inspiration drawn from his childhood, led him to write.

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