Surprised by Joy
Partial autobiography about the author's conversion to Christianity by C.S. Lewis / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about a book by C. S. Lewis. For the 19th-century poem that inspired the book's title, see William Wordsworth.
Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life is a partial autobiography published by C. S. Lewis in 1955. The work describes Lewis's life from very early childhood (born 1898) until his conversion to Christianity in 1931, but does not go beyond that date.[1]
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Author | C. S. Lewis |
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Language | English |
Genre | Autobiography |
Publisher | Geoffrey Bles (UK) Harcourt Brace (US) |
Publication date | 1955 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | Paperback |
Pages | 252 |
OCLC | 28289338 |
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The title comes from William Wordsworth's poem "Surprised by Joy".