Radio Theatre: The Screwtape Letters : First Ever Full-cast Dramatization of the Diabolical Classic (CD-Audio)

from Kristelh

The Screwtape Letters was written by C.S.Lewis in 1942 with WW2 as the backdrop. This is a series of letters (epistolary style literary work) written by Screwtape to his young nephew, Wormwood, advising him on how to secure the soul of 'the patient'. It also contained the sequel, Screwtape Propos...

from ex_ottoyuhr

Excellent spiritual advice, memorable writing (sometimes extremely funny in a thoroughly deadpan way), and Calvin's first-grade teacher. I would say that the only problem with this book is that it isn't longer, but that would be a reflex -- it's diminuitive, at 209 pages of liberally-spaced type,...

from tuckerresearch

Sometimes I hold off on reviewing "classics" because everyone tells me how danged "classic" they are and I tend to not trust things that are "popular." So, the long wait (my whole life) before I finally read C. S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters and the appended "Screwtape Proposes a Toast." Wow!...

from Arctic-Stranger

Or, How To Drive the Living Hell Out of Thoughtful Christians. As a moral theologian, this is Lewis at his absolute best. Unlike his other more theological works, here he gets to mix in fiction and fantasy with his musings, and he does so wonderfully. The "plot," as you probably know, is the temp...

from ncgraham

I am not being facetious when I say that The Screwtape Letters is like nothing I have ever read before. Even for Lewis, who, after all, wrote everything from literary criticism to sci-fi, from practical theology to children's fiction, this is a unique and fascinating achievement. The book exists ...