UClive Staples wazalwa ngoNovemba 29, 1898 e-Ireland. Xa wayesemncinci, ubomi bakhe bunokuthiwa unoyolo kwaye ungakhathazeki. Wayenomzalwana nomama obalaseleyo. Umama wafundisa u-Clive omncinci kwiilwimi ezahlukileyo, ngaphandle kokulibala iLatini kwaye, ngaphezu koko, wamkhuphula ukuze akhulele umntu wangempela, ngeembono eziqhelekileyo nokuqonda ubomi. Kodwa ke kwenzeka intlungu kwaye umama wafa xa uLias engeneminyaka elishumi ubudala. Kule nkwenkwe, kwakubetha kakhulu. Emva koko uyise, ongazange abe nomntu onothando kunye novuyo, wanika le nkwenkwe esikolweni esivaliweyo. Kwaba yinto enye yokuvutha kwayo. Wayemthiyile isikolo kunye nemfundo de waya ku-profesa Kerkpatrick. Kufuneka ukuba uqaphele ukuba lo mprofesa wayengakholelwa kuThixo, ngoxa uLias wayehlala ekholelwa. Kwaye, u-Clive wamthanda nje utitshala wakhe. Wamphatha njengesithixo, umgangatho. Unjingalwazi naye wayethanda umfundi wakhe waza wazama ukumbonisa konke ulwazi lwakhe. Kwaye uprofesa wayeyindoda enobulumko kakhulu. Wafundisa le ntombazana ye-dialectics kunye nezinye i-sayensi, ehambisa lonke ulwazi lwakhe nezakhono kuye.
Ngomnyaka we-1917, uL Lewis wakwazi ukuya eOxford, kodwa ke waya phambili waza walwa eFrench. Ngebudeni bemfazwe, umbhali wayenxeba kwaye wanyiswa esibhedlele. Ufumene uChesterton, owayemthanda, kodwa, ngelo xesha, wayengenakuqonda kwaye amthande izimvo zakhe kunye neengcamango zakhe. Emva kwemfazwe nesibhedlele, uLuka waphindela e-Oxford, apho wahlala khona ngo-1954. UClive wayemthanda kakhulu abafundi. Inyaniso kukuba wayenomdla kakhulu ekufundeni iintetho kwiincwadi zesiNgesi, kangangokuthi abaninzi beza kuye ngokuphindaphindiweyo, ukuze baphinde baye kwiiklasi zakhe. Ngexesha elifanayo uClave wabhala amanqaku amaninzi, waza wazithabatha iincwadi. Umsebenzi wokuqala wokuqala wawuyincwadi epapashwe ngo-1936. Kwabizwa ngokuba yi-Allegory of Love.
Yintoni esinokuyithetha ngoLuke njengokholo. Enyanisweni, ibali lokukholwa kwakhe alisoloko lilula. Mhlawumbi yikho kutheni akazange azame ukunyanzelisa umntu ukholo lwakhe. Kunoko, wayefuna ukuyibeka ukuze umntu ofuna ukumbona akwazi ukubona. Ekubuntwaneni, uClive wayengumntu onomusa, onobubele kunye nonqulo, kodwa emva kokufa kukaMama, ukholo lwakhe lwanyakazela. Emva koko wadibana nomfundisi othile, ongakholelwa kuThixo, wayengumntu onobuqili nangomnene kunamakholwa amaninzi. Kwaye kwafika iminyaka eyunivesithi. Kwaye, njengoko u Lewis ngokwakhe wathi, abantu abangazange bakholelwe kuyo baphoqelelwa ukuba bakholelwe kwakhona, omnye umntu ongakholelwa kuThixo. E-Oxford, uClave wayenabangane ababenokuqhelana, bafunde kakuhle kwaye banomdla njengoko naye. Ukongeza, aba bantu bamkhumbuza ngeengcinga zesazela nobuntu, kuba, befikile e-Oxford, umbhali sele ekhohliwe malunga nale miqondo, ekhumbule kuphela loo mntu akanako ukukhohlakele. Kodwa abahlobo abatsha bakwazi ukutshintsha iimbono zakhe, waza waphinde wafumana ukholo lwakhe waza wakhumbula ukuba ngubani yena kunye noko wayekufunayo ebomini.
UClive Lewis wabhala amanqaku amnandi, amabali, intshumayelo, amabali, amabali. Le yile "Iincwadi zeBalamut" kunye ne "Chronicles of Narnia", kunye ne-trilogy space, kunye neveveli "Ukuze singayifumananga nomntu", oko uClive wabhala ngexesha apho umfazi wakhe othandekayo wayegula kakhulu. U-Lewis wadala amabali akhe, engazami ukufundisa abantu indlela yokukholelwa kuThixo. Wazama nje ukubonisa apho kulungile khona, kwaye kukuphi ububi, ukuba yonke into iyahlawulwa kwaye emva kwexesha elide kakhulu ebusika liza ehlobo, njengoko kwafika kwincwadi yesibini, iI Chronicles of Narnia. UL Lewis wabhala ngoThixo, malunga nabahlobo bakhe, etshela abantu ngehlabathi elihle. Enyanisweni, njengomntwana, kunzima ukuhlukanisa phakathi kwesimboli kunye nesimboli. Kodwa kunomdla kakhulu ukufunda ngehlabathi, eyadalwa yingonyama-ngonyama i-Aslan, apho ungakwazi ukulwa nokulawula, ukuba ngumntwana, apho izilwanyana zithetha, kwaye emahlathini ziphila ngezidalwa ezahlukahlukeneyo zamathambo. Ngendlela, abanye abalungiseleli beeCawa babephatha uLee ngokungafanelekanga. Ingongoma yayikukuba wayexutyanya ubuhedeni kunye nenkolo. Kwiincwadi zakhe, i-naiads and dryads, ngokwenene, babengabantwana bakaThixo abafana nezilwanyana kunye neentaka. Ngako oko, icawa yaqwalasela ukuba iincwadi zakhe azivumelekanga ukuba zikhangelwe kwicala lokholo. Kodwa oku kwakuboniswa ngabakhonzi abambalwa becawa. Abantu abaninzi baphatha kakuhle iincwadi zika Lewis kwaye banike abantwana babo, kuba, eneneni, nangona iimbali kunye neempawu zentsapho, okokuqala, uLe Lewis wayehlala ehlambulula kakuhle kwaye ubulungisa. Kodwa okulungileyo akuphelelanga. Uyazi ukuba kukho ububi obuya kuhlala bubi. Kwaye, ngoko, oku kubi kufanele kubhujiswe. Kodwa akuyimfuneko ukwenza oku ngaphandle kwenzondo nokuziphindezela, kodwa kuphela ngenxa yobulungisa.
UClave Staples wayehlala ixesha elide, nangona kungekho ubomi obufutshane. Wabhala imisebenzi emininzi enokuziqhayisa ngayo. Ngo-1955, umbhali wathuthela eCambridge. Kulapho waba yintloko yeSebe. Ngowe-1962, uL Lewis wavunyelwa kwi-British Academy. Kodwa ke impilo yakhe iyancipha ngokukhawuleza, uyasula phantsi. Kwaye ngoNovemba 22, 1963, uClive Staples wafa.