The great divorce is a novel by the british author c s lewis published in 1945 and based on a theological dream vision of his in which he reflects on the christian conceptions of heaven and hell the working title was who goes home but the final name was changed at the publishers insistence the title refers to william blakes poem the marriage of heaven and hell. The great divorce like lewiss till we have faces is his song of songs his great achievement tolkiens was lord of the rings adams watership down sinclair lewis main street these novels are generally regarded as their major works this little book published in a little periodical called the guardian is one such book it was this periodical that lewiss classic book the screwtape letters also appeared sadly screwtape though excellent in and of itself is often given much more . The great divorce like lewiss till we have faces is his song of songs his great achievement tolkiens was lord of the rings adams watership down sinclair lewis main street these novels are generally regarded as their major works this little book published in a little periodical called the guardian is one such book it was this periodical that lewiss classic book the screwtape letters also appeared sadly screwtape though excellent in and of itself is often given much more . Cs lewis the great divorce is a classic christian allegorical tale about a bus ride from hell to heaven an extraordinary meditation upon good and evil grace and judgment lewiss revolutionary idea in the the great divorce is that the gates of hell are locked from the inside using his extraordinary descriptive powers lewi