C. S. Lewis and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Clive Staples Lewis was born on November 29, 1898 in Belfast, Ireland. C. S. Lewis is a writer, poet, and author of the popular book series, "The Chronicles of Narnia." He was best friends with J. R. R. Tolkien, and they both worked at Oxford University.

C. S. Lewis and his scholarly friends formed a sort of literary analysis group called the Inklings. The people who attended were J. R. R. Tolkien, Nevill Coghill, Lord David Cecil, Charles Williams, Owen Barfield, and Warren Lewis. C. S. Lewis married Joy Davidman in 1956. He died on the 22 of November, 1963.

While he was alive, C. S. Lewis wrote the Chronicles of Narnia. One of those is The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, published in 1952. The first edition of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader had 223 pages, which I think is cool to know. The US edition of the book has 52,038 words. It was the third book to published in the seven book series, though the order in which people chose to read the Chronicles varies. It is the fifth book chronologically in the story. So, some people chose to read it in that order. I haven't read all the books yet, and therefore I don't have an opinion on what order they go in yet.

Sources:

• "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Voyage_of_the_Dawn_Treader>.

• "C. S. Lewis." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._S._Lewis>.

By Aurora J. A. Pass