FACT OF THE DAY:

Lewis wrote the preface to his scholarly work English Literature in the Sixteenth Century on this day (10/7) in 1953.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Good books which are remote from modern sympathy need to be treated at greater length than good books which everyone already knows and loves.”

Preface to English Literature in the Sixteenth Century
(Written 10/7/1953)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

This month in what year did Lewis begin working where?

TODAY’S ANSWER WILL BE POSTED TOMORROW.

ANSWER TO YESTERDAY’S QUESTION: Prince Caspian on 10/15/51 and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe on 10/16/50.