The Screwtape Letters

A Masterpiece of Satire on Hell's Latest Novelties and Heaven's Unanswerable Answer

C.S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters has entertained and enlightened readers 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 wordly-wise devil to his nephew Wormwood, a novice demon in charge of securing the damnation of an ordinary young man. The Screwtape Letters is the most engaging account of temptation--and triumph over it--ever written.

Author: C. S. Lewis
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: HarperOne
Published: 02/06/2001
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.4lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780060652937

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 8.8
Point Value: 7
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 747 / Screwtape Letters


Review Citation(s):
Newsweek 11/02/2009 pg. 28
Christianity Today 11/01/2015 pg. 71

About the Author
Lewis, C. S.: -

Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably one of the most influential writers of his day. He was a Fellow and Tutor in English Literature at Oxford University until 1954, when he was unanimously elected to the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge University, a position he held until his retirement. He wrote more than thirty books, allowing him to reach a vast audience, and his works continue to attract thousands of new readers every year. His most distinguished and popular accomplishments include Out of the Silent Planet, The Great Divorce, The Screwtape Letters, and the universally acknowledged classics in The Chronicles of Narnia. To date, the Narnia books have sold over 100 million copies and have been transformed into three major motion pictures.