Tag Archives: Arthur Greeves

C.S. Lewis’ First Letter to his Best Friend

Posted on June 5, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

@EssentialLewis tweeted out that 101 years ago today, a young C.S. Lewis wrote his first letter to his best friend, Arthur Greeves. Lewis was at boarding school, and Greeves sent a letter a couple of weeks earlier. I thought it … Continue reading →

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“You’re one of me too”: Venn Diagram Friends by Neil Gaiman and C.S. Lewis

Posted on April 28, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

It is one of the of the more moving moments in C.S. Lewis’ autobiography, Surprised by Joy. Lewis was living a largely lonely childhood, his only friend being his older brother. Then something utterly surprising happens: It is a curious truth, … Continue reading →

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Lewis’ Teenage Social Conscience

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Brenton Dickieson

Lewis was no socialist–by the time he was entrenched into Oxford university life after the war, he called them “damn socialists”–but there is a moment in his letters as an 18 year old where we see the hint of social … Continue reading →

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The Longing to Write

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Brenton Dickieson

C.S. Lewis wrote on Nov 14, 1914 to his great childhood friend, Arthur Greeves, while he was at his private tutor’s house for the semester. Arthur is a musician, charged with putting a score to C.S. Lewis’ first opera. “…the … Continue reading →

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