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Title: They Stand Together by C. S. Lewis ISBN: 0-02-553660-5 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 December, 1979 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (3 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Have book publishers gone mad?
Comment: Why this collection of letters is not in print is a mystery. The writer whose letters this contains (C.S. Lewis)has sold books by now in excess of (estimated) two hundred million copies. And this is a collection of his writings,in this case to a boyhood friend, Arthur Greeves, from the time he was 17 until a couple of months before his death. Like reading C.S. Lewis? Like to know more about his life? This is the ultimate first hand account. Granted, most of the letters are before 1945 and most recount his own own academic and literary interests, and so will be of special interest to those of similar mind; still it is his letters to his lifelong friend that contain autobiographical details one can find in print nowhere else. Read lots of Lewis and want to read more? His letters -- the total number exceeding by one estimate "War and Peace" -- are the place to turn. If you love reading the man, this volume is indispensible. He never shared so much with anyone else in print.

Rating: 3
Summary: interesting letters but poorly edited
Comment: I looked for this book for quite a while before I finally got a library copy. I read it all, but was glad I hadn't actually bought it. (Note that I own more than 20 books by Lewis, including Letters and Letters to Children, and have read about 30 of his books; so one could safely say I am a fan.)

The book's idea is very interesting--letters from a man who wrote good letters, written to his lifelong best friend. Since Lewis greatly valued friendship (as I do), I wanted to see what he said. But the introduction was disappointing: Hooper spends pages telling Lewis's brother's faults in detail to the world, and only God knows whether he has done so honestly. It was also disappointing that Hooper chose to "scientifically restore" passages in the letters that talk about the correspondents' youthful indiscretions, passages that Greeves had carefully crossed out. In other words, the book fails to appropriately respect either Lewis's friendship or his loyalty to his brother--tabloid editing even if the restorations are accurate.

But the letters themselves are interesting and tell Lewis's story from a different angle than his other books. I'd say it's worth 3 1/2 stars.

Rating: 5
Summary: Highly entertaining and valuable correspondence
Comment: This book is a finely edited collection of letters from C.S. Lewis to one of his closest friends, Arthur Greeves. Besides the usual day to day chat, Lewis lets Arthur in on the three things he thinks should go into a letter: a person's readings, thinkings, and doings. Not only was this correspondence fun to read, but several specimens are as good as anything I've read in the way of sage advice to aspiring writers. Lewis's letters are candid, often whimsical and full of good humor, and entertaining in giving insightful commentary on the books he read. Walter Hooper has done a fine job of editing the correspondence and I strongly recommend obtaining a copy of the book if you can get hold of one.