Tag: The Horse and His Boy

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: October 5th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

On this date in 1954 The Horse and His Boy was release in the US for the first time. It debuted in the UK last month.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“When a man is getting better he understands more and more clearly the evil that is still left in him.”Morality and Psychoanalysis

(Broadcast on BBC on 10/4/1942; Chapter four from Book Three, Christian Behaviour in Mere Christianity)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Name the source of this quote:
“He that but looketh on a plate of ham and eggs to lust after it hath already committed breakfast with it in his heart.”
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: September 11th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

“Blimpophobia” is an article written by Lewis that was published on September 9, 1944 in Time and Tide.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The scratches on your back, tear for tear, throb for throb, blood for blood, were equal to the stripes laid on the back of your stepmother’s slave because of the drugged sleep you cast upon her. You needed to know what it felt like.”

The Horse and His Boy
(Published 9/6/54)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

It’s no secret that J.R.R. Tolkien didn’t like the Narnia stories, however, what was a key problem he had with the first published story?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: September 6th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

The Horse and His Boy was published today (9/6) in 1954. It was the fifth published book.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“We’re free Narnians, Hwin and I, and I suppose, if you’re running away to Narnia, you want to be one too. In that case Hwin isn’t your horse any longer. One might just as well say you’re her human.”

The Horse and His Boy
(Published 9/6/54)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What was Lewis’s last major critical (professional) book published before his death?
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RETROSPECT: September 1st – 11th

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Highlights for September 1-11 include: Two Narnia books published, a final fictional work, being on the cover of Time in the U.S. and his only title devoted to a book of the Bible.

Time CoverThe number of books published over the years during these ten days would be enough for most authors for an entire lifetime. Although, two of the titles are collections of shorter works were released after his death, interestingly the five others were during the last eleven years of his life. An additional title, A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C.S. Lewis, is a lesser known collection of quotes first available in March, 1968, but was published as a paperback on the 9th in 1980.

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 12th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

The first edition of Miracles: A Preliminary Study was published on this day (5/12) in 1947 (a second edition came out in 1960).

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“What we learn from experience depends on the kind of philosophy we bring to experience.”

Miracles: A Preliminary Study
(Published on 5/12/1947)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What is the full name of Bree, the horse, from The Horse and His Boy?
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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

Faun: Foe or Friend? (CSLM-31)

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When Lucy visits Narnia for the first time she meets someone who initially might be her enemy. Do you know who it is?

Lucy Pevensie is a very trusting little girl who finds her way into Narnia and meets Mr. Tumnus (in The Li, the Witch and the Wardrobe). Although he had orders to take any human to the White Witch, once he actually meets Lucy he realizes what a heartless thing it would be to turn her in.