Perelandra

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Perelandra is the title of 1943 published the second novel of the same name Perelandra trilogy , a science-fiction - the trilogy of British literature professor and writer CS Lewis . The allegorical work describes the principle of the Fall .

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Perelandra is the name of the planet Venus visited by the linguist Ransom on his second interplanetary journey. He is sent there to stop his adversary Weston, who wants to rob the planet in a paradisiacal state of its innocence. Because on Perelandra there are only two people who live before the Fall. Through the conversations between Ransom and Weston and both conversations with the woman, Lewis shows the reasons for the original sin that led to the evil of man and could lead to Perelandra. Furthermore, the essence of God is described from a Christian perspective.

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