C. S. Lewis, or "Jack," as he was known to friends and family, was born Clive Staples Lewis on November 29, 1898, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. His father, Albert Lewis, was a successful lawyer. Albert and Flora Lewis brought up their two sons in a Protestant household. Warren, or "Warnie," was Lewis's older brother, and the two were very close. The family home was affectionately nicknamed "Little Lea," and was a treasure trove of books in which Lewis' imagination blossomed. The stability and happiness of Lewis' childhood, however, was shattered by his mother's death in 1908 from abdominal cancer. Lewis was nine years old at the time.
The death of Lewis's mother proved incredibly...
