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Surprised by Joy
- C. S. Lewis Signature Classic
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
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Summary
For many years an atheist, C. S. Lewis vividly describes the spiritual quest that convinced him of the truth and reality of Christianity, in his famous autobiography.
“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.” Thus Lewis describes memorably the crisis of his conversion.
‘Surprised by Joy’ reveals both that crisis and its momentous conclusion that would determine the shape of Lewis’s entire life.
Critic reviews
"He is admirably equipped to write spiritual autobiography for the plain man, for his outstanding gift is clarity. You can take it at two levels, as straight autobiography, or as a kind of spiritual thriller, a detective's probing of clue and motive that led up to his return to the Christianity he had lost in childhood." (Isabel Quigley, Sunday Times)
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- Georget
- 09-08-18
Joy ful surprise
Now that I come to write this review i find i can't remember how i found this book or why I decided to read it. I am glad that I did and I will again. At times it was a little difficult, not the writing but following a description of a time and class i know nothing about. The quotes in german,french,Latin and Greek although lost on me, didn't really spoil the story. I feel the narrator a perfect choice, his voice and tone are suitable to the era, also his emotion in the reading at times made me feel i was listening to an old radio broadcast of c.s. Lewis himself. A book I'll keep in my library to listen again and again to find the parts i missed this time.
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- Lawrence D.
- 24-11-17
A genuine pleasure to read .
CS Lewis' books are a genuine pleasure to read and this reader is simply outstanding. Highly recommended.
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- katya belaia
- 09-01-19
Beautiful
impossible to put down, captivating, illuminating. i want to listen to it over again straight away.
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- Fraser Jeremy Clark
- 05-08-20
Hoped for more
Appears that a boyhood obsession with Animal Land becomes in adulthood Narnia. Not fully biography yet glimpses of background to Lewis becoming a Christian, not a Damascene event but logical reasoning I hoped for more on his Christian life a sense of rushed final chapters. Good narrative voice.
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- JDS
- 25-02-20
An insightful book into the conversion of CS Lewis
Great narrator, love CS Lewis! A really insightful book into his conversion to Christianity. Would recommend.
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- Greg Gauthier
- 20-02-20
Fantastic reading, amazing work.
The reader was amazing and Lewis' story of himself was riveting and inspiring. Highly recommended.
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- Amazon Customer
- 28-01-19
An interesting read but weighted strangely
Interesting book and enjoy all of CS Lewis's so far, however I felt the first half dragged on and the second could have been drawn out longer than it was
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- ian naftel
- 06-07-20
Enjoyed it very much
It is a long book but was must enjoyable.
The story is full of ups and downs.
Having not read any of C S Lewis before I am keen to read some more of his books
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- neil
- 15-04-18
good insight on a journey of discovery.
lewis' knowledge and intellect shines through the words. a personal journey and historical document in one.
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- David J James
- 31-10-22
"They've spoiled Whipsnade since then"
Couldn't agree more.
Excellent autobiography.
CS Lewis and Peter Noble did a great job.
An important Christian book and a joyful surprise in itself.
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