The book was published seven years after Lewis's death. The Last Battle was published in 1956 and CS Lewis died in 1963.
At the time that The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe was set, England was in the middle of World War II. This was a dangerous time, with regular air raids by Germany over major English cities. Buildings were regularly bombed, and many parents believed it was much safer to evacuate their children to the country for the duration of the war. The children in The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe were typical of such people being evacuated, and being accepted in the homes of people living in the country.
Yes, C.S. Lewis did have a wife in his later years. Her name was Joy Davidman Gresham.
CS Lewis was a lecturer and professor. Lewis taught as a fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, from 1925 to 1954, and later became the first Professor of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge.
The quote appears on several quotation pages on the internet, but always with no mention of which book it is supposed to come from.
In all probability the quote (which seems a rather bland motivational slogan, quite unlike Lewis' usual style) does not originate from CS Lewis, but has been attributed to him to lend it weight.
He was young, and his brother Warren would write and illustrate stories. He had a wild imagination and it followed him through life. His father hired a private tutor for him after he came back from a boarding school, his name was W.T. Kirkpatrick. He challenged his intellect and stimulated his imagination. I'm not an expert but i did take notes from a reliable source.
Probably because Chronicles are like stories. These children: Peter, Susan, Edward, and Lucy all had stories about going to Narnia and had many adventures there, like chronicles. These adventures took place in Narnia, so he probably named the books because of that.
As a child, C. S. Lewis was an avid reader, and his father furnished him with plenty of books. He was schooled by private tutors, before being sent in 1908, when he was 10, to Wynyard School in Watford, Hertfordshire. Due to lack of pupils, the school closed not long afterwards, and shortly after that the headmaster was committed to a psychiatric hospital.
Lewis then enrolled in Campell College in east Bellfast, a mile from his home. He left after a few months, due to respiratory problems, and was sent to the preparatory school: Cherbourg House, or as Lewis called it,"Chartres". It was located in Malvern, Worchestershire, a health-resort town.
Lewis attended Malvern College from Sept. of 1913 to June of 1914. Here, Lewis drifted away from Christianity, and called himself an athiest, though he was strongly interested in mythology (especially Irish) and the occult, and later stated that he had been "very angry with God for not existing".
After leaving Malvern, he studied under the tutilage of William T. Kirpatrick, Former headmaster of Lurgan College.
Under Kirpatrick, he developed a love for greek liturature and mythology, and sharpened his skills in sound reasoning and debate.
In 1916, Lewis was awarded a scholorship to University College, Oxford.
Lewis began his academic career as an undergraduate student at Oxford, but in 1917, he left his studies to voluntier in the British Army during World War I. He was wounded on April 15, 1918. Upon his recovery, he was assigned to Andover, England, and was discharged in December of the same year and soon returned to his studies Lewis received a First in Honour Moderations (Greek and Latin Liturature) in 1920, a First an Greats (Philosophy and Anscient History) in 1922, a First in English in 1923, and a triple first (the highest hounors in three areas of study). He was later appointed Lecturer of English Liturature ad Magdalen College in 1925, where he stayed until 1954. He later became the first Professor of Medieval and renaissance English at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge.
See the related question below for a good answer to your question. Essentially, there was one civil and one religious ceremony.
For writing the Chronicles of Narnia. During WWII he broadcast the seriea that was later published as "The Screwtape Letters", which brought him a diverse audience.
He received the medal for the The Last Battle, one of the Chronicles of Narnia series.
No, he wasn't wealthy, but he was financially in a good position. He had steady employment through the universities and the additional income from his books.
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe was made into a movie in 2005. Prince Caspian was made into a movie in 2008. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is currently in production (September 2009).
C.S. Lewis lived with his stepson and cared for him. His stepson was an American boy who called his stepfather Jack.
Late in life Lewis married Joy Gresham, an American divorcee. She had two sons by a previous marriage and so they become his family. Lewis also had an older brother, Warren Lewis, who lived with him for much of his life.
Clive Staples
C. S. Lewis, was an Irish writer and scholar born on (29 November 1898 - 22 November 1963). His initials stand for Clive Staples, although people also knew him as 'Jack' Lewis.
The witch's evil spell was that it was "always winter, but never Christmas". The appearance of Father Christmas was evidence of the first "crack" in the spell's strength. Father Christmas even mentions that he had been trying to get into Narnia for a long while.