Part 1 : Prelude. The soft hills of down : an Irish childhood, 1898-1908
The ugly country of England : schooldays, 1908-1917
The vasty fields of France : war, 1917-1918

Part 2 : Oxford. Deceptions and discoveries : the making of an Oxford don, 1919-1927
Fellowship, family, and friendship : the early years at Magdalen College, 1927-1930
The most reluctant convert : the making of a mere Christian, 1930-1932
A man of letters : literary scholarship and criticism, 1933-1939
National acclaim : the wartime apologist, 1939-1942
International fame : the mere Christian, 1942-1945
A prophet without honour? : postwar tensions and problems, 1945-1954

Part 3 : Narnia. Rearranging reality : the creation of Narnia
Narnia : exploring an imaginative world

Part 4 : Cambridge. The move to Cambridge : Magdalene College, 1954-1960
Bereavement, illness, and death : the final years, 1960-1963

Part 5 : Afterlife. The Lewis phenomenon.