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The Screwtape Letters - by C S Lewis (Paperback)

The Screwtape Letters - by C S Lewis (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br> One of C.S. Lewis's most imaginative creations, this world-famous book is a humorous correspondence between the devil Screwtape and his apprentice Wormwood, whose job is to produce a human's soul for eternity in hell. Filled with astute insights into temptation, repentance, and grace, this wonderful tale intelligently explores what it means to live a good, honest life and is a favorite of Lewis fans. <p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br> <p><em>The Screwtape Letters</em> by C.S. Lewis is a classic masterpiece of religious satire that entertains readers with its sly and ironic portrayal of human life and foibles from the vantage point of Screwtape, a highly placed assistant to "Our Father Below." At once wildly comic, deadly serious, and strikingly original, C.S. Lewis's <em>The Screwtape Letters</em> is the most engaging account of temptation--and triumph over it--ever written. </p> <p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br> <p><em>This classic has entertained and enlightened readers</em> 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 worldly-wise devil to his nephew Wormwood, a novice demon in charge of securing the damnation of an ordinary young man. <em>The Screwtape Letters</em> is the most engaging account of temptation--and triumph over it--ever written.</p> <p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br> "[<i>The Screwtape Letters</i>] 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 </br></br>"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."--<i>The Washington Post Book World</i> </br></br>"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."--<i>New York Times Book Review</i> </br></br>"Excellent, hard-hitting, challenging, provoking."--<i>Observer</i> </br></br>"Why get a new <i>Screwtape Letters</i>? 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."--<i>Read the Spirit</i> </br></br>"C. S. Lewis understood, like few in the past century, just how deeply faith is both imaginative and rational."--Christianity Today </br></br>"This book is sparkling yet truly reverent, in fact a perfect joy, and should become a classic."--Guardian

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