The Great Divorce

Book Details

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Author(s):

C S Lewis

First Published:

1973

Genre(s):

Fantasy; Fiction; Religious

First Read:

Unknown

Times Read:

Never (or unknown...)

Rating:

Chapters:

15 chapters

Internal ID:

13451

Series:

No series

First Sentence:

I seemed to be standing in a busy queue by the side of a long, mean street.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

I awoke in a cold room, hunched on the floor beside a black and empty grate, the clock striking three, and the siren howling overhead.

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Added: 19-Dec-2022

Last Updated: 23-Dec-2022

Quotes

Because the Middle Ages erred in one direction, does it follow that there is no error in the opposite direction?

The Great Divorce
C S Lewis

13-May-2014

HarperAudio

Audiobook

Date Issued:

13-May-2014

Format:

Audiobook

Cover Price:

$4.99

Length:

3 hrs 22 min (129 pages)

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

12958

Publisher:

HarperAudio

ISBN:

Unknown

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Julian Rhind-Tutt - Narration

From audible.com:

C. S. Lewis' dazzling allegory about Heaven and Hell - and the chasm fixed between them - is one of his most brilliantly imaginative tales, where we discover that the gates of Hell are locked from the inside.

In a dream, the narrator boards a bus on a drizzly afternoon in Hell and embarks on an incredible voyage to Heaven. Anyone in Hell is invited on board, and anyone may remain in Heaven if he or she so chooses. But do we really want to live in Heaven? This powerful, exquisitely written fantasy is one of C. S. Lewis's most enduring works of fiction and a profound meditation on good and evil and on what God really offers us.

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13-May-2014
HarperAudio
Audiobook

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