The Great Divorce
1945 novel by C. S. Lewis / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Great Divorce is a novel by the British author C. S. Lewis, published in 1945, based on a theological dream vision of his in which he reflects on the Christian conceptions of Heaven and Hell.
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Author | C. S. Lewis |
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Original title | Who goes home? |
Language | English |
Genre | Religious, Christian |
Publisher | Geoffrey Bles (UK) |
Publication date | 1945 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | Hardcover & paperback |
Pages | 118 (hardback) |
Text | The Great Divorce online |
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The working title was Who Goes Home? but the final name was changed at the publisher's insistence. The title refers to William Blake's poem The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. The Great Divorce was first printed as a serial in an Anglican newspaper called The Guardian in 1944 and 1945 and soon thereafter in book form.