Book description
C. S. Lewis's famous inspirational work on the nature of love.
C. S. Lewis's famous work on the nature of love divides love into four
categories: Affection, Friendship, Eros and Charity. The first three are
loves which come naturally to the human race. Charity, however, the
Gift-love of God, is divine in its source and expression, and without
the sweetening grace of this supernatural love, the natural loves become
distorted and even dangerous. 'He has never written better. Nearly
every page scintillates with observations which are illuminating,
provocative and original.'
Church Times Born in Ireland in 1898, Clives Staples Lewis gained a
triple First at Oxford and was Fellow and Tutor at Magdalen College from
1925-54, where among others he was a contemporary of Tolkien. In 1954 he
became Professor of Mediaeval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge.
C. S. Lewis was for many years an atheist, until his conversion which he
memorably described in his autobiography Surprised by Joy: “I gave in,
and admitted that God was God … perhaps the most dejected and reluctant
convert in all England.” He is also celebrated for his famous series of
children's books, the Narnia Chronicles (which have been filmed and
broadcast many times), as well as his literary criticism and science
fiction. C. S. Lewis died on 22nd November 1963.
