Surprised by Joy. The shape of my early life
By C. S. Lewis
Length7h 17m
About this audiobook
"Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life" is an autobiography by C. S. Lewis in 1955. Yet, it's not the complete story of his life. The biography describes Lewis's life from early childhood until his conversion to Christianity in 1931 but does not go beyond that date. Anyway, it gives a reader a chance to get into this wonderful author's thoughts and early life.
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir
Length7 hrs 17 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 9, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
18The Great Knock
2The First Years
19Fortune's Smile
3[Footnote 1]
20Check
4[1]
21[Footnote 5]
5[Footnote 2]
22[5]
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6[2]
23Guns and Good Company
7Concentration Camp
24The New Look
8[Footnote 3]
25[Footnote 6]
9[3]
26[6]
10Mountbracken and Campbell
27Checkmate
11I Broaden my Mind
28[Footnote 7]
12Renaissance
29[7]
13Bloodery
30[Footnote 8]
14[Footnote 4]
31[8]
15[4]
32The Beginning
16Light and Shade
33[Footnote 9]
17Release
34[9]
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