

He explains that this is fairy-tale tradition. The novel begins in a quite mundane manner “hum-drum” is Lewis’ word. This subtitle is regrettably left off the cover of my edition though it appears on the title page. The first is to pick on the fact that the novel is subtitled A Modern Fairy-Tale for Grown-Ups. Lewis makes a few notes in his Preface to That Hideous Strength that I think are noteworthy. That Hideous Strength: A Modern Fairy-Tale for Grown-Ups
