C. S. Lewis

Virtue and Vice (eBook, ePUB)

A Dictionary of the Good Life

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Few writers have inspired more readers than author C. S. Lewis. Children delight to his Chronicles of Narnia series, and adults are captivated by thought-provoking books like Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, and The Great Divorce.

Virtue and Vice is an excellent introduction to the world of C.S. Lewis. Drawn primarily from his classic works, this book provides dictionary-like entries filled with Lewis's keenest observations and best advice on how to live a truly good life. From ambition to charity, despair to duty, hope to humility, Lewis delivers clear, illuminating adages for the modern age. Even those who have already read the works from which these writings are drawn will enjoy this succinct collection of core concepts for the virtuous life.

Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) was born in Belfast. He was a fellow and tutor in English Literature at Magdalen College, Oxford, and was later Professor of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge University, where he remained until his death. Lewis's most distinguished and popular accomplishments include The Chronicles of Narnia, Out of the Silent Planet, The Four Loves, The Screwtape Letters, and Mere Christianity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780061950209
• Artikelnr.: 37983276

Autorenporträt

Clive Staples Lewis (18981963) was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably one of the most influential writers of his day. He was a Fellow and Tutor in English Literature at Oxford University until 1954, when he was unanimously elected to the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge University, a position he held until his retirement. He wrote more than thirty books, allowing him to reach a vast audience, and his works continue to attract thousands of new readers every year. His most distinguished and popular accomplishments include Out of the Silent Planet, The Great Divorce, The Screwtape Letters, and the universally acknowledged classics in The Chronicles of Narnia. To date, the Narnia books have sold over 100 million copies and have been transformed into three major motion pictures.