english | hrvatski | srpski
  • Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Book Summary

www.booksummary.net

  • Home
  • Book reports
  • About us

C.S. Lewis

Clive Staples Lewis is a famous north Ireland writer of many famous children's books. He was born in Belfast on November 29, 1898. His brother Waren was also a writer but he was more interested in history.

When his mother died, he moved to England where he discovered Wagner's music and got an interest in Nordic mythology. In 1933, he became a part of the association "The Inklings".

In 1938, he published his first novel, a part of a trilogy named "Out of the Silent Planet". In 1934 he published the sequel "Perelandra" and after his close friend died he published the last part "The Hideous Strenght".

1950 was his key year when the first book of "The Chronicles of Narnia" was published. It was called "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe". The book had a movie adaptation and it became a complete success.

In 1951, the second part was published "Prince Caspian" and a year later "The voyage of the dawn treader". The same year the author met his future wife, Joy Davidman Gresham. The books kept coming out so in 1935 we have "The Silver Chair", in 1954 "The Horse and his Boy" and a year later the sixth novel "Magician's nephew". The last part was published in 1956 and it was named "The Last Battle".

Soon he married Joy but then they found out she had bone cancer. He died in 1960 and Lewis was left devastated. He also took care of her son Douglas from her first marriage.

In 1961, he published "A Grief Observed" where he described the great pain and suffering he felt after losing his wife.

He died on November 22nd , 1963 in Oxford, just a bit before turning 65.

The chronicles of Narnia – The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Author: Clive Staples Lewis

"The Chronicles of Narnia" is a book series written by the English writer C.S. Lewis. It has seven sequels, and "The Voyage of the Dawn Threader" is the third sequel published. In one of his letters, author recommends different … [Read more...] about The chronicles of Narnia – The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

The chronicles of Narnia – Prince Caspian

Author: Clive Staples Lewis

"The Chronicles of Narnia" is a book series consisting out of seven sequels, written by the popular English writer C. S. Lewis, and the book "Prince Caspian" is the fourth part of the series. Lewis in one of his letters recommends … [Read more...] about The chronicles of Narnia – Prince Caspian

The chronicles of Narnia – The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Author: Clive Staples Lewis

"The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" is the most famous book by C.S. Lewis, written in 1950. The novel is a part of a chronicle containing 7 novels and even though it was the first one published, the author recommendation is to … [Read more...] about The chronicles of Narnia – The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Primary Sidebar

Top Authors

Alexander Pushkin Anton Chekhov Arthur Conan Doyle Bible Brothers Grimm Charles Dickens Charles Perrault Clive Staples Lewis Edgar Allan Poe Emile Zola Erich Kästner Ernest Hemingway Eugene Ionesco Franz Kafka Gabriel García Márquez Hans Christian Andersen Jane Austen Mark Twain Michael Coleman Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol Oscar Wilde Ovid Victor Hugo Washington Irving William Shakespeare

Recent summaries

Beauty and the Beast

"The Beauty and the Beast" is a heartfelt story about the birth of love and the capability of … [more] about Beauty and the Beast

Cinderella

Cinderella is the story of jealousy, virtues and sufferings of Cinderella and hostility of her … [more] about Cinderella

One Hundred Years of Solitude

"One Hundred Years of Solitude" is a novel published by Gabriel Garcia Marquez in 1969. It is … [more] about One Hundred Years of Solitude

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliette is an epic love story whose plot is set in a small Italian city Verona. A … [more] about Romeo and Juliet

A Christmas Carol

"A Christmas Carol" written by Charles Dickens was published as a novella on December 19th of … [more] about A Christmas Carol

Copyright © 2016–2021 by Mastermind. All rights reserved.