The Magician's Nephew CD (The Chronicles of Narnia)
Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably one of the most influential writers of his day. He was a Fellow and Tutor in English Literature at Oxford University until 1954, when he was unanimously elected to the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge University, a position he held until his retirement. He wrote more than thirty books, allowing him to reach a vast audience, and his works continue to attract thousands of new readers every year. His most distinguished and popular accomplishments includeMere Christianity,Out of the Silent Planet,The Great Divorce,The Screwtape Letters, and the universally acknowledged classics The Chronicles of Narnia. To date, the Narnia books have sold over one hundred million copies and have been transformed into three major motion pictures.Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) fue uno de los intelectuales m&#225;s importantes del siglo veinte y podr&#237;a decirse que fue el escritor cristiano m&#225;s influyente de su tiempo. Fue profesor particular de literatura inglesa y miembro de la junta de gobierno en la Universidad Oxford hasta 1954, cuando fue nombrado profesor de literatura medieval y renacentista en la Universidad Cambridge, cargo que desempe&#241;&#243; hasta que se jubil&#243;. Sus contribuciones a la cr&#237;tica literaria, literatura infantil, literatura fant&#225;stica y teolog&#237;a popular le trajeron fama y aclamaci&#243;n a nivel internacional. C. S. Lewis escribi&#243; m&#225;s de treinta libros, lo cual le permiti&#243; alcanzar una enorme audiencia, y sus obras a&#250;n atraen a miles de nuevos lectores cada a&#241;o. Sus m&#225;s distinguidas y populares obras incluyenLas Cr&#243;nicas de Narnia, Los Cuatro Amores, Cartas del Diablo a Su Sobrino y Mero Cristianismo.Kenneth Branagh, was already a celebrated stage actor when, in 1988, he made his debut as a film director withHenry V; among other films he has directed areDead Again,Peter's Friends,Much Ado About Nothing,Mary Shelley's Frankenstein,In Bleak Midwinter,Hamlet, andLove's Labour's Lost; as a performer he has been seen inConspiracy,Celebrity, andHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.