About the book: The devil...the prowde spirite...cannot endure to be mocked. - Saint Thomas More (1478-1535)
On its first appearance, The Screwtape Letters (1942) was immediately recognized as a milestone in the history of popular theology. Now, after 82 years, and having sold over half a million copies and possibly about 150,000 copies every year, it is an iconic classic on spiritual warfare and the power of the devil.
The Screwtape Letters is a masterpiece of satire on Hell’s latest novelties and Heaven’s unanswerable answer. How do you train an apprentice demon? How best to assure the damnation of an ordinary young man?
C S Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters has entertained and enlightened millions of readerswith its sly and ironic portrayal of human life from the vantage point of Screwtape, a demon and highly placed assistant to “Our Father Below.” Written for J R R Tolkien, this masterpiece of satire is wildly comic, deadly serious, and strikingly original. Through the correspondence of worldly-wise Screwtape to his nephew Wormwood, a novice demon, C S Lewis shows us his darkest and most playful work.
About the author: Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably one of the most influential writers of his day. He was a Fellow and Tutor in English Literature at Oxford University until 1954, when he was unanimously elected to the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge University, a position he held until his retirement. He wrote more than thirty books, allowing him to reach a vast audience, and his works continue to attract thousands of new readers every year. His most distinguished and popular accomplishments include Mere Christianity, Out of the Silent Planet, The Great Divorce, The Screwtape Letters, and the universally acknowledged classics The Chronicles of Narnia.
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