Laredith, when I said to children, I didn't mean down to, I meant for. The Chronicles are certainly designed for children, but Lewis wrote as one who was still in love with all the joys and troubles of childhood. Indeed, I can't imagine him writing otherwise.
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"'You," he said, "tell her all. What good came to you? Do you rejoice that Maleldil became a man? Tell her of your joys, and of what profit you had when you made Maleldil and death acquainted.'" -Perelandra, by C.S. Lewis
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