Painting Wonder: How Pauline Baynes Illustrated the Worlds of C. S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien Performance whose accomplishments-and subsequent obscurity-tell us

whose accomplishments-and subsequent obscurity-tell us much about the long and vexed relationship between conservative religion and modern feminism

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Painting Wonder: How Pauline Baynes Illustrated the Worlds of C. S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien Performance whose accomplishments-and subsequent obscurity-tell usYoung Pauline Baynes lives in India, a land of towering mountains, sparkling lakes, and bright flowers. She even has a pet monkey that joins her for tea. Then her life takes a turn, and Pauline is sent to dreary England. Books bring light and color to her world, so she sets out to paint the stories she loves. Years later, two iconic authors see her paintings and know she's the illustrator for their stories of fire breathing dragons, towering giants, a