The Screwtape Letters (The C.S. Lewis Signature Classics)

A Masterpiece of Satire on Hell’s Latest Novelties and Heaven’s Unanswerable Answer

C.S. Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters has entertained and enlightened readers the world over with its sly and ironic portrayal of human life and foibles from the unique vantage point of Screwtape, a highly placed assistant to “Our Father Below.” At once wildly comic, deadly serious, and strikingly original, C.S. Lewis gives us the correspondence of the wordly-wise devil to his nephew Wormwood, a novice demon in charge of securing the damnation of an ordinary young man. The Screwtape Letters is the most engaging account of temptation—and triumph over it—ever written. 

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224 pages

Average rating: 8.09

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njk
Apr 10, 2025
1/10 star
It was very hard to read and understand. I only read 15% before I quit.
spoko
Oct 21, 2024
10/10 stars
One of the funniest, most interesting books I have read in some time.
eatonphil
Aug 16, 2024
6/10 stars
Easier to read than some of his other stories but overly simplistic in theme so not that rewarding.

Also left wondering, to what afterlife do failed devils go?
yoanareads
Mar 23, 2024
10/10 stars
immaculate! absolutely perfect
heesuhill
Aug 24, 2023
8/10 stars
CS Lewis brings out the insights in morals and Christianity through his writing and this satire was a very fun to read.

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