The Inklings: C.S.Lewis, J.R.R.Tolkien, Charles Williams and Their Friends - Softcover

Carpenter, Humphrey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0048090131 ISBN 13: 9780048090133

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1981

Synopsis

C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and their friends were a regular feature of the Oxford scenery in the years during and after World War II. They drank beer on Tuesdays in the "Bird and Baby" and on Thursday nights they met in Lewis's Magdalen College rooms to read aloud from the books they were writing: jokingly they called themselves "The Inklings". C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien first introduced "The Screwtape Letters" and "The Lord of the Rings" to an audience in this company. This biography draws upon unpublished letters and diaries to tell their story.

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About the Author

Humphrey Carpenter was born in Oxford in 1946 and has spent most of his life in that city. He read English Language and Literature at Keble College, Oxford, and met Professor J.R.R. Tolkien on a number of occasions. For some years he worked for the BBC as a radio producer and broadcaster and has won acclaim as a top biographer, including the recent and controversial biography of Robert Runcie.

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
• Publication date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0048090131
• ISBN 13: 9780048090133
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304