Orwell, Lewis, and Us: What Contemporaries Share Without Seeing
Why Our Fiercest Opponents Are Often Our Closest Relatives
In a 1944 issue of Tribune, George Orwell took a jab at C.S. Lewis. His target was Beyond Personality, the collected radio talks that would later become the final section of Mere Christianity. Orwell characterized Lewis as enjoying some “vogue at this moment,” which permitted him to offer “chummy little wireless talks” to a credulous public.
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