As for the man, he is about 52.

Of humble origin, there are still traces of cockney in his voice.

Ugly as a chimpanzee, but so radiant, he emanates more love than any man I've ever known,

that as soon as he begins talking, whether in private or in a lecture, he has transfigured and looks like an angel.

He sweeps some people quite off their feet and has many disciples.

Women find him so attractive that if he were a bad man, he could do what he liked,

either as a Dom Juan or a charlatan.

This is Pines with Jack, Season 7, Episode 21.

Jack's Bookshelf, Charles Williams,

after hours with Serena Higgins.

Welcome, everyone. Here on Pints with Jack, we're reading our way to the works of C.S. Lewis.

But this month, we've been snooping through Jack's bookshelf,

looking at the authors and books which shaped the life and writing of C.S. Lewis.

And today we wrap things up with an author who was a contemporary of Lewis,

also a friend and also a fellow inkling, Charles Williams. And to help us navigate this complex, bizarre, interesting character,

I'm joined by Serena Higgins. Serena Higgins is an editor, writer, English teacher,

and scholar of British modernist literature. In 2022, she founded the Sygnum University Press

and worked as its first editor-in-chief.

She has taught courses in literature, creative writing and academic writing for over two decades in a variety of settings.

She is a writing consultant over at Word Horde, and you can hire her to help you with your writing.

She previously edited an academic essay collection entitled

The Inklings and King Arthur. She is also the author of the blog The Oddest Inkling,

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