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panda_incognito's review
5.0
Absolutely brilliant. This short book collects lesser-known C.S. Lewis essays about a variety of topics, and even though some are deeply philosophical and heady, many are direct responses to common questions and concerns about practical life issues and social problems from the time period. Most of these essays date back to the 1940s, and I enjoyed the World War II ones especially.
My favorite essay is the one where Lewis compares his vicar's lofty preaching about home and domesticity to what it was like to have lunch at the vicar's house when his young adult children were in town. Lewis paints the scene so well that it seemed like something straight out of an Agatha Christie mystery, with its attention to human nature and WWII period elements, such as the son being in the RAF. Lewis then makes excellent points and applications about how people can recapture positive domestic values while being honest and realistic about life and family. This was a delight.
This essay collection is now out of print. I picked it up on a deeply rewarding whim from the local seminary's library, and now want to have my own copy. I'm sure that some of the essays are reprinted elsewhere, but most of them were completely new to me, and I would recommend this to any C.S. Lewis fan.
My favorite essay is the one where Lewis compares his vicar's lofty preaching about home and domesticity to what it was like to have lunch at the vicar's house when his young adult children were in town. Lewis paints the scene so well that it seemed like something straight out of an Agatha Christie mystery, with its attention to human nature and WWII period elements, such as the son being in the RAF. Lewis then makes excellent points and applications about how people can recapture positive domestic values while being honest and realistic about life and family. This was a delight.
This essay collection is now out of print. I picked it up on a deeply rewarding whim from the local seminary's library, and now want to have my own copy. I'm sure that some of the essays are reprinted elsewhere, but most of them were completely new to me, and I would recommend this to any C.S. Lewis fan.
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