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Character · Ransom · 3 books

Elwin Ransom

Cambridge philologist taken to Mars and Venus · C. S. Lewis

Elwin Ransom is a Cambridge philologist who travels to Mars and Venus and becomes caught up in a struggle between good and evil.

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Character facts

First appearance
Out of the Silent Planet (1938)
Latest appearance
That Hideous Strength (1945)
Books
3 (2 as lead, 1 major)
Series
Space Trilogy
Author
C. S. Lewis
Circle
Ransom

Where to meet Elwin Ransom

Elwin Ransom first appears in Out of the Silent Planet (1938), as the lead, book 1 of the Space Trilogy series.

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Every book with Elwin Ransom

In publication order, with the size of their role in each.

  1. 1938LOut of the Silent Planetlead · Space TrilogyBuy
  2. 1943LPerelandralead · Space TrilogyBuy
  3. 1945MThat Hideous Strengthmajor role · Space TrilogyBuy