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A Severe Mercy
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A Severe Mercy (1980) (edit title/settings)

by Sheldon Vanauken (Author) (edit contributors)

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Beloved, profoundly moving account of the author's marriage, the couple's search for faith and friendship with C. S. Lewis, and a spiritual strength that sustained Vanauken after his wife's untimely death.

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THE COUNTRY ROAD STRETCHED ahead white in the moonlight and deserted.

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1. Prologue: Glenmerle Revisited
2. The Shining Barrier (the Pagan Love)
3. The Shadow of a Tree
4. Encounter with Light
5. Thou Art the King of Glory
6. The Barrier Breached
7. The Deathly Snows
8. The way of Grief
9. The Severe Mercy
10. Epilogue: The Second Death

An Afterword on the Genesis of A Severe Mercy

Dates of the C.S. Lewis Letters

Index of poems by title and first line

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  • The Shining Barrier: A metaphor for the 'wall' that Sheldon and Davy construct around their love in an effort to keep it alive, pure, and ever-growing.

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  1. Sheldon Vanauken (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Harper & Row
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Publication Date: 1980
ISBN: 0060688211
Page Count: 240

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