FACT OF THE DAY: Another edition (a paperback) of A Grief Observed was published on this date (4/7) in 1966. It was first published in 1961. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I gave these talks, not because I am anyone in particular, but because I was asked to do so.” Preface to Broadcast Talks …
CSL Daily 2/27
FACT OF THE DAY: The Screwtape Letters and Screwtape Proposes a Toast was published today (2/27) in 1961 and contained a new preface. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There is no uncreated being except God. God has no opposite…Satan, the leader or dictator of devils, is the opposite, not of God, but of …
Fascinating Facts About The Screwtape Letters #27
The Screwtape Letters is one of many great books by C.S. Lewis. As the publication of my book about it draws near I’m sharing a fact about it each day. In 1961, two years before Lewis died, James Forsyth published a dramatic play entitled Screwtape that was based on The Screwtape Letters. Learn more about …
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Fascinating Facts About The Screwtape Letters #21
The Screwtape Letters is one of many great books by C.S. Lewis. As the publication of my book about it draws near I’m sharing a fact about it each day. In the new preface to the 1961 edition Lewis joked about The Screwtape Letters being the type of book “that gravitates towards spare bedrooms, there …
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Fascinating Facts About The Screwtape Letters #13
The Screwtape Letters is one of many great books by C.S. Lewis. As the publication of my book about it draws near I’m sharing a fact about it each day. When the 1961 edition of The Screwtape Letters and Screwtape Proposes a Toast came out it contained a new preface from Lewis. Learn more about …
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Fascinating Facts About The Screwtape Letters #12
The Screwtape Letters is one of many great books by C.S. Lewis. As the publication of my book about it draws near I’m sharing a fact about it each day. First published in 1942, a new edition of The Screwtape Letters came out in 1961 that included the follow-up essay called “Screwtape Proposes a Toast.” …
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CSL Daily 1/2
FACT OF THE DAY: The paperback edition of Reflections of the Psalms was published on this date (1/2) in 1961. It was first released in 1958. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “No good work is done anywhere without aid from the Father of Lights.” Reflections on the Psalms (Published in paperback in the …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 10/14
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis gave his first ever lecture today (10/14) in 1924. It was called “The Good, Its Position among Values.” Only four attended. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Children are not deceived by fairy-tales; they are often and gravely deceived by school-stories. Adults are not deceived by science-fiction; they can …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 10/13
FACT OF THE DAY: On this day (10/13) in 1961 An Experiment in Criticism was published; while a professional title by Lewis it is more readable than others. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Nothing can deceive unless it bears a plausible resemblance to reality.” An Experiment in Criticism (Published 10/13/1961) – – – QUIZ …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 5/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’s mother, Florence Augusta Hamilton, was born today (5/18) in 1862. She went by “Flora.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “A country clergyman wrote to the editor (of The Guardian), withdrawing his subscription on the ground that ‘much of the advice given in these letters seemed to him not …