Synopsis
A masterpiece of satire, this classic has entertained and enlightened readers the world over with its sly and ironic portrayal of human life from the vantage point of Screwtape, a senior tempter in the service of ‘Our Father Below.’ At once wildly comic, deadly serious, and strikingly original, C. S. Lewis gives us the correspondence of the worldly-wise old 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 and humorous account of temptation—and triumph over it—ever written.
Review
"I read Lewis for comfort and pleasure many years ago, and a glance into the books revives my old admiration."--John Updike"If wit and wisdom, style and scholarship are requisites to passage through the pearly gates, Mr. Lewis will be among the angels."--"The New Yorker"Lewis, perhaps more than any other twentieth-century writer, forced those who listened to him and read his works to come to terms with their own philosophical presuppositions."--"Los Angeles Times
"This book is sparkling yet truly reverent, in fact a perfect joy, and should become a classic."--Guardian
"Why get a new "Screwtape Letters"? I love the feel and look of this annotated edition. ...I love the addition of red ink inside this book for the notes. There are a couple of hundred helpful annotations that first-time and veteran readers will find intriguing."--"Read the Spirit"
"["The Screwtape Letters"] show[s] his ability to dramatize: to set forth an attractive vision of the Christian life, proceeding by means of character and plot to narrate an engaging story, everything colorful, vibrant, and active."--Christianity Today
"C. S. Lewis understood, like few in the past century, just how deeply faith is both imaginative and rational."--Christianity Today
Why get a new "Screwtape Letters"? I love the feel and look of this annotated edition. I love the addition of red ink inside this book for the notes. There are a couple of hundred helpful annotations that first-time and veteran readers will find intriguing. --"Read the Spirit""
This book is sparkling yet truly reverent, in fact a perfect joy, and should become a classic. --Guardian"
["The Screwtape Letters"] show[s] his ability to dramatize: to set forth an attractive vision of the Christian life, proceeding by means of character and plot to narrate an engaging story, everything colorful, vibrant, and active. --Christianity Today"
C. S. Lewis understood, like few in the past century, just how deeply faith is both imaginative and rational. --Christianity Today"
Why get a new Screwtape Letters? I love the feel and look of this annotated edition. I love the addition of red ink inside this book for the notes. There are a couple of hundred helpful annotations that first-time and veteran readers will find intriguing. --Read the Spirit"
Excellent, hard-hitting, challenging, provoking. --Observer"
C.S. Lewis is the ideal persuader for the half-convinced, for the good man who would like to be a Christian but finds his intellect getting in the way. --New York Times Book Review"
Apparently this Oxford don and Cambridge professor is going to be around for a long time; he calls himself a dinosaur but he seems to speak to people where they are. --The Washington Post Book World"
[The Screwtape Letters] show[s] his ability to dramatize: to set forth an attractive vision of the Christian life, proceeding by means of character and plot to narrate an engaging story, everything colorful, vibrant, and active. --Christianity Today"
"Why get a new Screwtape Letters? I love the feel and look of this annotated edition. ...I love the addition of red ink inside this book for the notes. There are a couple of hundred helpful annotations that first-time and veteran readers will find intriguing."--Read the Spirit
"Excellent, hard-hitting, challenging, provoking."--Observer
"C.S. Lewis is the ideal persuader for the half-convinced, for the good man who would like to be a Christian but finds his intellect getting in the way."--New York Times Book Review
"Apparently this Oxford don and Cambridge professor is going to be around for a long time; he calls himself a dinosaur but he seems to speak to people where they are."--The Washington Post Book World
"[The Screwtape Letters] show[s] his ability to dramatize: to set forth an attractive vision of the Christian life, proceeding by means of character and plot to narrate an engaging story, everything colorful, vibrant, and active."--Christianity Today
-Why get a new Screwtape Letters? I love the feel and look of this annotated edition. ...I love the addition of red ink inside this book for the notes. There are a couple of hundred helpful annotations that first-time and veteran readers will find intriguing.---Read the Spirit
-This book is sparkling yet truly reverent, in fact a perfect joy, and should become a classic.---Guardian
-Excellent, hard-hitting, challenging, provoking.---Observer
-C.S. Lewis is the ideal persuader for the half-convinced, for the good man who would like to be a Christian but finds his intellect getting in the way.---New York Times Book Review
-Apparently this Oxford don and Cambridge professor is going to be around for a long time; he calls himself a dinosaur but he seems to speak to people where they are.---The Washington Post Book World
-[The Screwtape Letters] show[s] his ability to dramatize: to set forth an attractive vision of the Christian life, proceeding by means of character and plot to narrate an engaging story, everything colorful, vibrant, and active.---Christianity Today
-C. S. Lewis understood, like few in the past century, just how deeply faith is both imaginative and rational.---Christianity Today
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