About this title: This is a series of letters from Screwtape, a devil high in the Infernal Civil Service, to his nephew Wormwood, a junior colleague engaged in his first mission on Earth trying to secure the damnation of a young man who has just become a Christian. Although the young man initially looks to be a willing victim, he changes his ways and is "lost" to the young devil.
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Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780020867401ISBN:0020867409
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Free upgrade to First Class mail. Clean and glossy as new. Appears unread. Near new. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Incorporated
Date Published: 1996-07-01
ISBN-13:9781557488114ISBN:1557488118
Description: Good. Binding is tight and square. Has some highlighting. P/O name and notes are on FFEP. Crease infront cover and along spine. Has some light edge and corner wearWe recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: Edition Unstated
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Macmillan Pub Co, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780020867401ISBN:0020867409
Description: Good+ As issued No Jacket. Corner bump, spine lean, corner creases to the covers, gift inscription on the inside cover, handling creases to the covers, and some light to moderate shopwear. "The definitive edition, containing the C.S. Lewis Preface of 1960, Screwtape Proposes a Toast, and the never-before-published Lewis Preface to the Toast. " read more
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Collins Fount Paperbacks, London
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780006245650ISBN:000624565X
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. 1987 40th impression unmarked, we hate to say "no" but no cover wear. Pulp-y, downright newsprint-y "Penguin Books grade paper" offered as Fine. 160p. read more
Description: Fair + Paperback in fair + condition. The cover has a few creases, and some edge rubbing. The pages are browning, and there is a little under lining, but this is still a good reading copy, [Satisfaction Guaranteed! ]. read more
Edition: Twenty-eighth Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing, New York
Date Published: 1980
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Very good clean flat paperback with only very light general wear. pages clean and unmarked. 172 pages. read more
Description: Very Good. B000NXDCGS Great condition Soft Cover book, clean pages, mild creases to spine, light edge/corner rubs, this book is GREAT! Shop & Save With US. read more
"Definite must read! You will see things in a totally different light, and it's amazing to glimpse how easily satan uses our everyday actions for his works!!!! Makes you realize how much we have to really make an effort to stay on guard against his evil plans...we can't do it alone, but have to rely on God for His strength and guidance!"
"If I didn't know anything about C.S. Lewis, and if he hadn't written a foreword to this book making his status as a Christian more than clear, I would have thought that this book was a satire.
Screwtape is an epistolary novel, a series of letters written by a senior devil of hell to his younger, more inexperienced nephew. The correspondence deals chiefly with advice to the younger devil, Wormwood, about how best to tempt his "patient" (the human to which he has been assigned) away from virtue in general and Christianity in particular. Screwtape, the elder demon, has very specific notions about human virtue and vice, and it's indicated fairly clearly that atheists go straight to hell in this either/or world, no passing Go, no collecting $200.
As a fairly ardent non-believer and frequent critic of Christianity myself, I found a lot of this a little heavy-handed. I still enjoyed the book, however, as a well-written piece about the nature of man, good, evil, and God."
"Such an interesting book! I actually listened to this on disc during my daily commute and I will listen to it again to glean more from it. Very thought-provoking approach to understanding how temptation works and what tactics the devil uses to drag mortals down to his misery.
One take-away I valued, even though it has no doctrinal foundation, was the thought of having a specific demon assigned to me by the Father Below to get to know my every flaw and strength and exploit that knowledge. Then, consider the thought of multiple demons working in concert - on me and on my spouse or on a colleague or child - to confuse, tempt, and ultimately damn. That concept and perspective helps me see temptations differently and more consciously try to overcome them."
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