A Grief Observed
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| name = A Grief Observed
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| image = [[Image:Agriefobservedcover.jpg|200 px]]
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| author = [[C. S. Lewis]]
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| country = [[United Kingdom]]
| language = [[English language|English]]
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| publisher = Faber and Faber
| release_date = [[1961]]
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| media_type = Paperback
| pages = 160
| isbn = 0553274864
| preceded_by = [[An Experiment in Criticism]]
| followed_by = [[Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer|Letters to Malcolm]]
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'''''A Grief Observed''''', first published in [[1961]], is a collection of [[C. S. Lewis]]'s reflections on the experience of [[bereavement]], after his wife, [[Joy Gresham]], had died from [[bone cancer]].
In order to avoid identification as the author, Lewis published the book under the [[pseudonym]] ''N.W. Clerk'', referring to his wife throughout as ''H'' (her first name being Helen). The book consists of the contents of four manuscript books (or notebooks) in which Lewis expounds on his grief, from the everyday difficulties of his life without Joy to deep-set questions of [[faith]].
The indefinite article in the title serves to make it clear that Lewis' is not the quintessential grief experience at the loss of a loved one, but one individual perspective among countless others.
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[[Category:1961 books]]
[[Category:Books by C. S. Lewis]]
[[Category:Philosophy books]]
[[Category:Works published anonymously]]