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To Belbury or St. Anne’s? A Vision for Moral Education in C.S. Lewis’ That Hideous Strength

Jul 26, 2025

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Kolby Atchison

in Classical Tradition

Note: This article contains spoilers from C.S. Lewis’ That Hideous Strength. In the final book of the Ransom trilogy, That Hideous Strength (Scribner, 1945), C.S. Lewis presents his readers with a stark contrast between two communities: the residents of St. Anne’s on the Hill and the conspirators of the N.I.C.E. in Belbury. In doing so,…