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Although C. S. Lewis published, as Peter J. Kreeft notes in his C. S. Lewis: A Critical Essay, "some sixty first-quality works of literary history, literary criticism, theology, philosophy, autobiography, Biblical studies, sermons, formal and informal essays, a spiritual diary, [and] short stories," as well as poetry, of particular interest to readers of fantasy and science fiction are Lewis's novels, which combine those elements with allegory, myth, romance, and satire. A professor who won awards for his academic work and received five honorary doctorates in England and France, Lewis was a gregarious man, known for his love of tobacco and alcohol. His biographer A. N. Wilson says that "his jolly, red, honest face was that of an intellectual bruiser"; his earlier biographers Roger Lancelyn Green and Walter Hooper write of his appearance at lectures: "There strode in a big man with shabby clothes, looking like nothing so much as a prosperous butcher, who began addressing his audience in a loud, booming voice and with tremendous gusto." Lewis's wit and honesty attracted a wide circle of friends and thousands of admirers but alienated others, including many of his fellow writers.
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