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Main Street
Carol Milford grows up in a mid-sized town in Minnesota before moving to Chicago for college. After her education, during which she's exposed to big-city life and culture, she moves to Minneapolis to work as a librarian. She soon meets Will Kennicott, a small-town doctor, and the two get married and move to Gopher Prairie, Kennicott's home town.Carol, inspired by big-city ideas, soon begins chafing at the seeming quaintness and even backwardness of the townsfolk, and their conservative, self-satisfied way of life. She struggles to try to reform the town in her image, while finding meaning in the seeming cultural desert she's found herself in and in her increasingly cold marriage.Gopher Prairie is a detailed, satirical take on small-town American life, modeled after Sauk Centre, the town in which Lewis himself grew up. The town is fully realized, with generations of inhabitants interacting in a complex web of village society. Its bitingly satirical portrayal made Main Street highly acclaimed by its contemporaries, though many thought the satirical take was perhaps a bit too dark and hopeless. The book's celebration and condemnation of small town life make it a candidate for the title of the Great American Novel.Main Street was awarded the 1921 Pulitzer Prize, but the decision was overturned by the prize's Board of Trustees and awarded instead to Edith Wharton for The Age of Innocence. When Lewis went on to win the 1926 Pulitzer for Arrowsmith, he declined it-with the New York Times reporting that he did so because he was still angry at the Pulitzers for being denied the prize for Main Street.Despite the book's snub at the Pulitzers, Lewis went on to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1930, with Main Street being cited as one of the reasons for his win.
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The Monk
Lewis claimed to have written The Monk in just ten weeks, when he was twenty-one years of age. He published the first edition anonymously, sensing that the controversial and then-pornographic nature of the novel would stun society. And so it did-the book was so sensational, so salacious, and so scandalous, that after he put his full name (and title, as a member of Parliament) on the second edition, his reputation hardly recovered for the rest of his life.The Monk is a Gothic horror novel marked by an intricate plot, melodramatic characters, and scenes of shocking terror. It follows two plots: in the first, the celebrated monk Ambrosio meets a mysterious novice at the abbey-a woman, Matilda, posing as a man, who seems to have a powerful, irresistible charisma. Matilda seduces Ambrosio not just in body but in mind, and leads him down a path of darkness and brutal violence. In the other plot, Raymond, the son of a marquis, falls in love with a nun, and the two scheme to live together; but their plans lead to encounters with evil spirits, exorcisms, riots, dungeons, and more.The novel was shocking for its time in its frank depiction of sexuality and sexual violence, demons, spirits, and scenes of raw horror; but just as shocking was its anti-religious sentiment and thesis that evil often triumphs over good. It sold so well and offended so many that just two years after its publication Lewis was forced to issue a bowdlerized fourth edition, in which any offensive passages were either muted or expunged. Despite this attempt at satisfying society, and despite at least one written apology, Lewis spent the rest of his days in a constant struggle to escape the shadow of The Monk's reputation, which he never quite did-even posthumous assessments of him as a person sometimes concluded that the debauched excess depicted The Monk reflected a failing of his own personal morals.
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Babbitt
George F. Babbitt is a middle-aged realtor, family man, and resident of Zenith, a fictitious Midwestern city. His main preoccupation is to climb the social ladder by conforming to the norms of his environment. The novel depicts his daily routines and occasional misadventures in an unorthodox writing style, where the protagonist appears altogether foolish, funny, and pathetic.This work was both celebrated as an incisive satire of American culture and criticized as an exaggeration, but was ultimately influential in Sinclair Lewis being awarded the 1930 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Arrowsmith
Martin Arrowsmith, the titular protagonist, grows up in a small Midwestern town where he wants to become a doctor. At medical school he meets an abrasive but brilliant professor, Gottlieb, who becomes his mentor. As Arrowsmith completes his training he begins a career practicing medicine. But, echoing Lewis's Main Street, small-town life becomes too insular and restricting; his interest in research and not people makes him unpopular, and he decides to work in a research laboratory instead.From there Arrowsmith begins a career that hits all of the ethical quandaries that scientists and those in the medical profession encounter: everything from the ethical problem of research protocol strictness versus saving lives, to doing research for the betterment of mankind versus for turning a profit, to the politics of institutions, to the social problems of wealth and poverty. Arrowsmith struggles with these dilemmas because, like all of us, he isn't perfect. Despite his interest in helping humanity, he has little interest in people-aside from his serial womanizing-and this makes the path of his career an even harder one to walk. He's surrounded on all sides by icons of nobility, icons of pride, and icons of rapaciousness, each one distracting him from his calling.Though the book isn't strictly a satire, few escape Lewis's biting pen. He skewers everyone indiscriminately: small-town rubes, big-city blowhards, aspiring politicians, doctors of both the noble and greedy variety, hapless ivory-towered researchers, holier-than-thou neighbors, tedious gilded-age socialites, and even lazy and backwards islanders. In some ways, Arrowsmith rivals Main Street in its often-bleak view of human nature-though unlike Main Street, the good to humanity that science offers is an ultimate light at the end of the tunnel.The novel's publication in 1925 made it one of the first serious "science" novels, exploring all aspects of the life and career of a modern scientist. Lewis was aided in the novel's preparation by Paul de Kruif, a microbiologist and writer, whose medically-accurate contributions greatly enhance the text's realist flavor.In 1926 Arrowsmith was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, but Lewis famously declined it. In his refusal letter, he claimed a disinterest in prizes of any kind; but the New York Times reported that those close to him say he was still angered over the Pulitzer's last-minute snatching of the 1921 prize from Main Street in favor of giving it to The Age of Innocence.
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Inkling, Historian, Soldier, and Brother
A Life of Warren Hamilton Lewis"King combines careful research, captivating prose, and frequent literary references to weave his way through the life of the sometimes maligned and often misunderstood founding member of the Inklings." —Journal of Inklings Studies "Here is an important and valuable book on an unexpectedly neglected figure in C.S. Lewis and Inklings studies." —Mythlore "Long regarded as a thorough and meticulous scholar, Don King has left no manuscript or stone unturned in his effort to bring to life one of the most interesting of the Inklings. …. King not only uncovers the primary resources that bring us close to the life of Warnie Lewis, but he also has the skill to weigh them and balance them against each other to give a critical picture of Warren Lewis independent of the brother he so loved. .... This book provides a much-needed picture of the life of a man who had a significant literary career on his own and played a major role in the dynamics of the Inklings." —Christian Scholar's Review “In the last two decades, availability of scholarship on Warnie Lewis has changed significantly for the better, largely due to the tireless archival research and writing of Don W. King, which are now crowned by his biography of the ‘other Lewis brother.’ …. In Inkling, Historian, Soldier, and Brother: A Life of Warren Hamilton Lewis, King demonstrates his mastery of the extensive Lewis corpus, both published and unpublished, as well as his skill in synthesizing a vast quantity of material in a manner that is readable and scholarly at the same time." —VII: Journal of the Marion E. Wade Center “A consistently interesting and well-paced life story of Warren Lewis. …. To bring Warren out of the shadows, Don King’s biography draws upon a wide range of sources, especially published and unpublished passages from his diary.” —CSL: The Bulletin of the New York C.S. Lewis Society “Don W. King offers a consistently fact-filled and engaging account of Warren Lewis’s life and times, providing as well an illuminating social history of 20th-century Britain. This work allows readers to view C. S. Lewis’s life from a new perspective. Warren’s story deserves to be told, and Don King is just the right person to tell that story.” —David C. Downing, codirector, Marion E. Wade Center, Wheaton College “King gives us a richly detailed life of Warnie Lewis to make the case that he is interesting not only because of his famous brother but in his own right. We see Warnie with C. S. Lewis growing up, living at the Kilns, and as Inklings, but we also clearly see the complexities of Warnie himself, proud soldier and self-taught historian who yet was psychologically dependent on his brother and tragically diminished by alcoholism.” —John Rosegrant, author of Tolkien, Enchantment, and Loss: Steps on the Developmental Journey “King offers a treasure trove of new information and at the same time succeeds admirably in engaging both the expert and someone new to Lewis studies. This book is a must have for any serious Lewis collection—as much for its insights and commentary as for the information it provides.” —Devin Brown, professor of English, Asbury University, and author of A Life Observed: A Spiritual Biography of C. S. Lewis
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A Preface to Paradise Lost
C. S. Lewis’s illuminating reflections on Milton’s Paradise Lost, the seminal classic that profoundly influenced Christian thought as well as Lewis’s own. In Preface to Paradise Lost, the Christian apologist and revered scholar and professor of literature closely examines the style, content, structure, and themes of Milton’s masterpiece, a retelling of the biblical story of the Fall of Humankind, Satan’s temptation, and the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden. Considering the story within the context of the Western literary tradition, Lewis offers invaluable insights into Paradise Lost and the nature of literature itself, unveiling the poem’s beauty and its wisdom. Lewis explains and defends the literary form known as “Epic,” pondering simple yet perceptive questions such as: What is an Epic? Why, in the seventeenth century, did Milton choose to write his story in this style? In what sense is Paradise Lost similar to the Homeric poems or the Anglo Saxon Beowulf? In what sense did Milton develop Virgil’s legacy? With the clarity of thought and style that are the hallmarks of his writing, Lewis provides answers with a lucidity and lightness that deepens our understanding of this literary form and both illuminates Milton’s immortal epic and its meaning and inspires readers to revisit it. Ultimately, he reminds us why elements including ritual, splendor, and joy deserve to exist and hold a sacred place in human life. One of Lewis’s most revered scholarly works, Preface to Paradise Lost is indispensable for literature, philosophy, and religion scholars and for ardent fans of Lewis’s writings.
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Yesterday's Tomorrows
The Story of Classic British Science Fiction in 100 BooksJoin Mike Ashley on a characterful tour of the most ingenious and often forgotten books from the rich history of classic British science fiction.
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The Inklings
C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Charles Williams and Their FriendsCritically acclaimed, award-winning biography of CS Lewis, JRR Tolkien and the brilliant group of writers to come out of Oxford during the Second World War.
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Romantic Religion
A Study of Owen Barfield, C. S. Lewis, Charles Williams and J. R. R. TolkienAn in-depth study of the four 'Oxford Christians' revealing the depths of their creative imagination and the lasting effect of their work.
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George MacDonald
An 365-day anthology of readings from one of the most influential writers of all time, George MacDonald, compiled by CS Lewis himself.
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The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics: Boxed Set
A box set of 7 classics works by C.S. Lewis: "Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, Surprised By Joy, The Four Loves, The Problem Of Pain, The Great Divorce" and "Miracles".
€ 93,00