by Sven » May 8th, 2010, 2:34 pm
I have that CD. It records Lewis introducing a BBC radio dramatic presentation of The Great Divorce, aired on 27 February 1948.
Changes from the Preface as written:
"But in some sense or other people are always trying to make that marriage."
The next sentence starts with "Reality presents us..."
In the same sentence, instead of "that, granted...enough, some way" he says "they think that some way"
Same sentence, after saying "embracing both alternatives" he adds "both Good and Evil"
Instead of "This belief I take to be a disastrous error." he says "I think they're wrong."
Skips over the next couple of sentences, then makes a slight change "Even on the biological level, life is not like a river, but like a tree."
The second paragraph skips and starts with the sentence "If we insist on keeping Hell..." continues as written until "...who reaches Heaven will find what he has abandoned has not been lost, but we must not try to anticipate that retrospective vision."
Skips all the way down to "There's one more thing to be said about this program, that it is a fantasy, not even a guess or a speculation about what may be awaiting us. The last thing I wish to arouse is curiosity about he details of the after world."
Rat! he found breath to whisper, shaking. Are you afraid?
Afraid? murmured the Rat, his eyes shining with unutterable love.
Afraid! Of Him? O, never, never! And yet -- and yet -- O, Mole, I am afraid!
Then the two animals, crouching to the earth, bowed their heads and did worship.