C.S. Lewis's The Great Divorce: A Dream is a fantasy novel and Christian allegory that explores moral choices and the eternal consequences of one's actions, presenting a unique view of Heaven and Hell. Lewis argues that the doors of Hell are locked from the inside; souls there choose to remain because of pride or attachment to their earthly sins. The story is narrated as a dream, in which the unnamed Lewis finds himself in a gloomy, gray, constantly rainy city—a representation of Hell or a kind of limbus (a place of waiting). The city's inhabitants are ghosts, imperfect shadows of their true selves, who are increasingly distant from each other due to their quarrels and selfishness. The book emphasizes that worldly values, such as fame, power, or hatred, mean nothing in the face of eternity; only love and humility are eternal.