Month: May 2014

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 3rd

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Lewis’s article “Two Ways with the Self” was published on this date (5/3) in 1940 in The Guardian. It’s available in God in the Dock.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“There are two kinds of self-hatred which look rather alike in their earlier stages, but of which one is wrong from the beginning and the other right to the end.”

Two Ways with the Self
(Published on 5/3/1940 in The Guardian)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What non-fiction, professional title was published this month (but after Lewis’s death)?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 2nd

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FACT OF THE DAY:

On this day (5/2) in 1955 we found out how Narnia began with The Magician’s Nephew being first published!

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“For what you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing: it also depends on what sort of person you are.”

The Magician’s Nephew
(Published on 5/2/1955)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Lewis once spoke about writing for children that didn’t give advice about writing for children; what was the title of the talk?
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RETROSPECT: May 1st – 10th

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Highlights for the first third of May (1st – 10th) include: Publication of a book about how Narnia started, the debut of Wormwood’s uncle and the release of a revised Miracles.

Over a decade apart on the exact same day two major events occurred in Lewis’s life during the first third of May. The origins of Narnia finally became known and the first of thirty-one soon to be famous letters were released. If you are even vaguely familiar with Lewis, then you are aware that I’m speaking of The Magician’s Nephew and the start of The Screwtape Letters.
The Magician’s Nephew came out on the 2nd in 1955, just eight months after the previous Narnia story (The Horse and His Boy). This was the shortest

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 1st

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The first of The Screwtape Letters debuted this month (May 2nd) in 1941 when it appeared in The Guardian (a weekly newspaper).

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us: we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.”

Letter to Father Peter Bide on 4/29/1959
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Who was the first of the Pevensie children to visit Narnia?
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