Saturday, January 9, 2016

The Great Divorce

My Rating: 

Method of Reading: Personally owned paperback novel, 146 pages
Dates of Reading: December 23, 2015-December 24, 2015
Author: C.S. Lewis
Publication Year: 1945
Recommended to: Any C.S. Lewis fan
Quotes: 
   "Ask for the Bleeding Charity" (28).
   "...the Blessed will say, 'We have never lived anywhere except in Heaven,' and the Lost, 'We were always in Hell.' And both will speak truly" (69).
   "There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, in the end, 'Thy will be done'" (75).
Movie: Looks like there's one in the works which has been repeatedly delayed over the past two years.

Wikipedia Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Divorce
Link: http://www.cslewis.org/resources/studyguides/Study%20Guide%20-%20The%20Great%20Divorce.pdf

My View: Incredible. Loved it, especially interesting in light of the course I'll be taking on eschatology this semester and my most recent theology course on the works of C.S. Lewis's inspiration, G.K. Chesterton. And it's a tiny little thing you can read in a day or two!

Always,
Your Bibliomaniac

Bibliography:
Lewis, C.S. The Great Divorce. New York: Macmillan, 1946. Print.

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