REFLECTIONS ON THE PSALMS

Born in Ireland in 1898, C. S. Lewis was educated

at Malvern College for a year and then privately.
He gained a triple First at Oxford and was a Fellow
and Tutor at Magdalen College 1925-54. In 1954 he
became Professor of Mediaeval and Renaissance
Literature at Cambridge. He was an outstanding
and popular lecturer and had a deep and lasting
influence on his pupils.
C. S. Lewis was for many years an atheist, and
described his conversion in Surprised by Joy: 'In the
Trinity Term of 1929 I gave in, and admitted that
God was God ... perhaps the most dejected and
reluctant convert in all England.' It was this experi-
ence that helped him to understand not only apathy
but active unwillingness to accept religion, and,
as a Christian writer, gifted with an exceptionally
brilliant and logical mind and a lucid, lively style, he
was without peer. The Problem of Pain, The Screw-
tape Letters, Mere Christianity, The Four Loves and
the posthumous Prayer: Letters to Malcolm are
only a few of his best-selling works. He also wrote
books for children, and some science fiction, besides
many works of literary criticism. His works are
known to millions of people all over the world in
translation. He died on 22 November 1963, at his
home in Oxford.
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Fern-seed and Elephants
The Four Loves
God in the Dock
The Great Divorce
Letters
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Mere Christianity
Miracles
Narrative Poems
The Pilgrim's Regress
Prayer: Letters to Malcolm
The Problem of Pain
Readings for Reflection and Meditation
Reflections on the Psalms
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Screwtape Proposes a Toast
Surprised by Joy
Till We Have Faces

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'Judgement' in the Psalms