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Author:	C. S. Lewis
Title:	The Screwtape Letters
Publisher:	Geoffrey Bles
Country:	UK
Date:	1942
Format:	Hardcover
Genre:	Fiction, Fantasy, Religion
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ppint. 26th Sep 2023		Review thirty-one letters, thirty of advice; one.... not, from a senior devil to his nephew, wormwood, a junior devil, on how best and most easily to tempt the mortal in his charge, ''the patient'', into sin, pitfalls to be avoided along the way that might afford the soul entrusted to his care the chance to avoid eventual eternal damnation, and suggestions for how to recover from setbacks to his shepherding his charge down the slippery slope to hell - with occasional expressions of shock and horror at wormwood's naïvety and/or downright negligence at having allowed his charge to regain some measure of grace. if in the right mood, ''the screwtape letters'' is a good read - the humour is incisive, but mayn't lead to too much self-criticism - as well as at least potentially conducive of self-improvement... though c. s. lewis stated the letters were hard work, not fun to write, and that he was resolved to not write any further such, he did compose a further lengthy essay, ''screwtape proposes a toast'' in the form of an after-dinner speech, that was published in 1959 and appeared in omnibus edition together with the letters, as ''the screwtape letters & screwtape proposes a toast'' in 1961, q.v 1 person found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?



ppint. 26th Sep 2023		geoffrey bles - the centenary press h/cvr first printing, first edition cover (d-j) art none: typographical cover cover (d-j) price 5/- (source: lloyd currey) 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards distinguish from near-identical(?) reprints: second printing 1942 third printing also 1942; title page states geoffrey bles : the centenary press 37 essex street, strand, london (the founder-owner of the centenary press introduced c. s. lewis to geoffrey bles and vice-versa, so that bles might take over publishing his works - and, presumably, the century press.°) and, quite probapossibly, further reprintings ° - geoffrey bles went on to publish much by c. s. lewis, including all but the last two of the narnia books.

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