We learn right from the start two things: 1) that Screwtape is eager to impart his knowledge to Wormwood and 2) that Wormwood is not exactly the sharpest tool in the shed, courtesy of Slubgob, the incompetent director of his devil training school.
We count ourselves an inter-category (we don’t believe, but we do have an unhealthy interest in devils), so bring the good stuff, Lewis! The other is to believe, and to feel an excessive and unhealthy interest in them. There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. Lewis informs us that he has no intention of telling us how this correspondence fell into his hands. “The Screwtape Letters” is a collection of 31 letters written by a Senior Demon by the name of Screwtape, to Wormwood, his less experienced nephew, who is tasked with tempting a relatively young British man (called the Patient) away from the Enemy (God) and toward the Father Below (Satan). Lewis is also famous for his numerous Christian apologetics, such as “Mere Christianity,” “The Problem of Pain,” and “The Screwtape Letters.” Plot Lewis wrote more than 30 books during his life, the most famous of which are “The Chronicles of Narnia” and “The Space Trilogy.”Ī lay theologian, C. Tolkien, during parts of this time, he was an active member of an informal Oxford literary club called the Inklings.Ĭ. He was a professor at both Oxford and Cambridge University for most of his life – starting from when he was 27 years old to his death at 63. Lewis was a British novelist, Medievalist, academic, and literary critic. Lewis’ works entered the public domain in 50-year copyright countries a few years ago.Īnd before you say “Hail Canada” – we’ve provided the link for you!Ĭ. If the former, read this book for the funny bits and the intriguing insight into the nature of temptations and humans themselves if the latter – we guarantee you that you are about to read one of your favorite books.Īnd you can right now in its entirety: C. Which means whether you’ll like it or not depends on how do you like your Christianity: questioned and criticized, or defended and endorsed? “ The Screwtape Letters” is a masterpiece of religious satire by status, but it’s also a Christian apologetic epistolary novel by genre. Who Should Read “The Screwtape Letters”? And Why? Time for the diabolically droll – and divinely didactical – “ Screwtape Letters” by C. And when one includes letters exchanged between a senior Demon and a junior Tempter – you know you’re about to have a ball! There are few things we like more than a good satire.
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