News for Jun. 14, 2006

C.S. Lewis letter donated to university

6/14/06, 7:57 pm EST - Xoanon

LONDON - The recipient of a handwritten letter from C.S. Lewis, in which the author explains the meaning of the "Chronicles of Narnia," has donated it to a university in the author's hometown of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Anne Jenkins was 10 when she wrote to Lewis with questions about a paragraph in one of the Narnia books, "The Silver Chair." Lewis failed to answer her questions exactly, but his 1961 reply provided insights into the magical Narnia story that has enchanted generations of children. The letter will be displayed in the C.S. Lewis Reading Room at Queen's University's new $80 million library when it opens in 2009. [More]