Dymer by C. S. Lewis audiobook.

Genre: poetry

Dymer is C. S. Lewis's early narrative poem, written in rich, mythic language and shaped like a modern fable. It follows Dymer, a restless young man raised in a gray, rule-bound city where imagination and desire are treated as threats. When he breaks away from the safety of conformity, Dymer sets out into a strange landscape of shifting kingdoms, seductive promises, and uncanny rites, driven by a hunger for freedom and a longing he cannot fully name. Along the way he encounters figures who offer order, pleasure, authority, and transcendence, each demanding a different kind of surrender. As Dymer's choices ripple outward, his private rebellion becomes entangled with public forces, and his search for selfhood turns into a perilous confrontation with the consequences of pride, power, and half-understood worship. By turns dreamlike, satirical, and solemn, Dymer explores themes Lewis would later revisit in his fiction and essays: the lure of false gods, the cost of isolation, and the complicated path from appetite to meaning. This is a lyrical journey through temptation and transformation, told with the intensity of a dark fairy tale.

For ad-free listening try our premium subscription

Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:13:38) Chapter 02

(00:27:11) Chapter 03

(00:40:33) Chapter 04

(00:55:22) Chapter 05

(01:08:38) Chapter 06

(01:23:20) Chapter 07

(01:37:16) Chapter 08

(01:48:14) Chapter 09

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices