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The Pilgrim's Regress
by C.S. Lewis
Lewis's first Christian book, an allegory of his own conversion through philosophies and temptations. Dense and dated, with flashes of greatness.
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you are a Lewis completist.
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Skip it if…
you are new to him.
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Three things you will actually use
- Longing points home.
- Philosophies are stations.
- Return by the hard road.
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Read with his later preface and the map.
Our verdict
Lewis's allegory.
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