The Great Divorce is probably my all time favorite. I enjoyed your exposition of this scene as it is my favorite from that book. If you can consider an even older book, Lewis led me to George MacDonald, who I believe is intended to be the character who guides the narrator himself in the Great Divorce. In real life MacDonald himself was a great writer (The Hope of the Gospel being my favorite) and also is said to have been the biggest influence on Lewis’ writing.
Ericka, this is a tremendous piece! Thank you. It's ironic that your guidance, "Read old books," led you to read Lewis, who famously wrote a piece about... reading old books! Here's a nice recap of his thoughts on the matter: https://reasonabletheology.org/cs-lewis-on-reading-old-books/
The Great Divorce is probably my all time favorite. I enjoyed your exposition of this scene as it is my favorite from that book. If you can consider an even older book, Lewis led me to George MacDonald, who I believe is intended to be the character who guides the narrator himself in the Great Divorce. In real life MacDonald himself was a great writer (The Hope of the Gospel being my favorite) and also is said to have been the biggest influence on Lewis’ writing.
Ericka, this is a tremendous piece! Thank you. It's ironic that your guidance, "Read old books," led you to read Lewis, who famously wrote a piece about... reading old books! Here's a nice recap of his thoughts on the matter: https://reasonabletheology.org/cs-lewis-on-reading-old-books/
Thank uou sooo much and I love that you shared that piece!