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The Abolition of Man & The Great Divorce

By: C. S. Lewis
Narrated by: Simon Vance
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Here are two classics of moral philosophy from one of the most revered Christian voices of our time.

In The Abolition of Man, C. S. Lewis reflects on society and nature and the challenges of how best to educate our children. He describes what public education should be and how far from this standard modern education has fallen. Lewis eloquently argues that, as a society, we need to underpin reading and writing lessons with moral education.

In The Great Divorce, Lewis presents his vision of the afterworld. A fictional narrator boards a bus on a drizzly English afternoon and embarks on an incredible voyage through Heaven and Hell, where he meets a host of supernatural beings and comes to some significant realizations about the nature of good and evil.

©1945 C. S. Lewis Pte. Ltd. (P)2000 Blackstone Audiobooks Christianity Education Religious Studies Spirituality Divorce Nonfiction Classics

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"These two short works by Lewis are a fine introduction to his eloquent writing, as well as his thought....Robert Whitfield's disciplined and well-modulated voice has an appealingly confident quality." (AudioFile)
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Even though its a short listening period, its quiet thought-provoking. Definitely took my time so i could digest this. Such a great book!

My mind was engaged the entire time

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One of the greatest illustrated writer I have read. This man had a way of putting pen to paper that I haven't read from anyone else granted my library has a few writers. The abolition of Man was possibly one of the best creative writings I have read.

Bar none

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Timeless. A parable of sorts about the afterlife and a discussion of philosophy. Excellent. And I need 15 words to sumbit

Fanfic story. Very inspiring

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Shows the results of holding too lightly to values painfully worked out by others who came before
accurately predicts the failure of logic in our generation

Remarkable clarity that predicts our now

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The great divorce, what an epic tail. and so beautifully told! =D

some solid critical work after it also. fantastic small freebie.

absolutely brilliant

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Awesome content. I didn't quite like the narration. Not enough pauses between major thoughts and some of the words not distinct enough and he didn't seem to quite grasp C. S. Lewis' passion and emphases.

Awesome content. I didn't quite like the narration

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I have to say this was one of the best voice performances I have experienced on audible in terms or clarity and tone. The reader seems properly in tune with the mood and meaning of the content in a way that is exceedingly rare.
I am greatful for Lewis's writing here with its striking timeless relevance

Important reads exquisitely read

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A compassionate and imaginative world where scape goating is no longer required in heaven and leads to suburbs of hell.

Reason and nature

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Hard to believe that a book written so long ago speaks to the problems of today’s society as if written while reading about the destruction of today’s centres of learning which truly are intent on indoctrination rather than education and the destruction of traditional societal values or Tao as Mr Lewis refers.

A timely book for today’s Man and Woman

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The first time I read this book I gleaned some great stuff from it. But I've found it's one of those books that just keep giving as its content is deep and dense with a writing style that is easy to access. wonderful book.

I Loved this book

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