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The Screwtape Letters

In his enduringly popular masterpiece The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis re-imagines Hell as a gruesome bureaucracy. With spiritual insight and wry wit, Lewis suggests that demons, laboring in a vast enterprise, have horribly recognizable human attributes: competition, greed, and totalitarian punishment. Avoiding their own painful torture as well as a desire to dominate are what drive demons to torment their "patients." The style and unique dark humor of The Screwtape Letters are retained in this full-cast dramatization, as is the original setting of London during World War II. The story is carried by the worldly-wise senior demon Screwtape played magnificently by award-winning actor Andy Serkis ("Gollum" in Lord of the Rings) as he shares correspondence to his nephew Wormwood, apprentice demon, in charge of securing damnation of an ordinary young man. All 31 letters lead into dramatic scenes, set in either Hell or the real world with humans, aka "the patient," as the demons say, along with his circle of friends and family.

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  • "Audio Literature presents"
  • "C.S. Lewis"
  • "Audio Literature presents The Screwtape letters"

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  • "In his enduringly popular masterpiece The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis re-imagines Hell as a gruesome bureaucracy. With spiritual insight and wry wit, Lewis suggests that demons, laboring in a vast enterprise, have horribly recognizable human attributes: competition, greed, and totalitarian punishment. Avoiding their own painful torture as well as a desire to dominate are what drive demons to torment their "patients." The style and unique dark humor of The Screwtape Letters are retained in this full-cast dramatization, as is the original setting of London during World War II. The story is carried by the worldly-wise senior demon Screwtape played magnificently by award-winning actor Andy Serkis ("Gollum" in Lord of the Rings) as he shares correspondence to his nephew Wormwood, apprentice demon, in charge of securing damnation of an ordinary young man. All 31 letters lead into dramatic scenes, set in either Hell or the real world with humans, aka "the patient," as the demons say, along with his circle of friends and family."@en
  • "A middle-management devil, Screwtape, is instructing his nephew in the fine art of tempting souls."
  • "In this humorous and perceptive exchange between two devils, C. S. Lewis delves into moral questions about good vs. evil, temptation, repentance, and grace."@en
  • "Correspondence of the worldly-wise old devil to his nephew Wormwood, a novice demon in charge of securing damnation of an ordinary young man."
  • "Correspondence of the worldly-wise old devil to his nephew Wormwood, a novice demon in charge of securing damnation of an ordinary young man."@en
  • "A series of congenial letters from Screwtape, an elderly devil, advising his nephew Wormwood, an apprentice devil, how to corrupt his earthly "patient.""@en
  • "A masterpiece of satire, this classic has entertained and enlightened readers the world over with its sly and ironic portrayal of human life and foibles from the 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 worldly-wise old devil to his nephew Wormwood, a novice demon in charge of securing the damnation of an ordinary young man."@en
  • "The Screwtape letters offers an exploration of the spiritual condition of mankind through a comic portrayal of human life. In this classic masterpiece, Screwtape, a middle-management devil, teaches his nephew the fine art of tempting souls."@en
  • "Using an utterly satirical approach to Christianity, C.S. Lewis gives the listener a series of letters written by Screwtape, a senior demon, to his nephew and junior tempter, Wormwood. Filled with insightful truths regarding the foibles and temptations of humankind, The Screwtape Letters is a captivating narrative on human nature and the manner in which Christianity and virtue play out in the lives of people."
  • "Lewis' comic portrayal of human life as seen from the vantage point of Screwtape, a middle-management devil instructing his nephew in the fine art of tempting souls."
  • "In a series of letters, an older, middle-management devil instructs his nephew in the fine art of tempting souls."@en
  • "A masterpiece of satire, this classic has entertained and enlightened readers the world over with its sly and ironic portrayal of human life and foibles from the 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 worldly-wise old devil to his Wormwood, a novice demon in charge of securing the damnation of an ordinary young man."@en
  • "A classic of Christian literature, this book consists of a series of letters from one of Satan's more experienced tempters to a junior "agent in the field", instructing him in the finer points of capturing souls."
  • "C. S. Lewis delves into moral questions about good vs. evil, temptation, repentance, and grace. The reader emerges with a better understanding of what it means to live a faithful life."
  • "A classic satire on human weakness features Screwtape, an elderly devil, who writes a series of letters to Wormwood, his apprentice and nephew."
  • "A classic satire on human weakness features Screwtape, an elderly devil, who writes a series of letters to Wormwood, his apprentice and nephew."@en
  • "In a series of letters, one of Satan's more experienced tempters writes to a junior agent in the field, instructing him in the finer points of capturing souls."@en
  • "In his enduringly popular masterpiece The Screwtape Letters, C. S. Lewis re-imagines Hell as a gruesome bureaucracy. With spiritual insight and wry wit, Lewis suggests that demons, laboring in a vast enterprise, have horribly recognizable human attributes: competition, greed, and totalitarian punishment. Avoiding their own painful torture as well as a desire to dominate are what drive demons to torment their "patients." The style and unique dark humor of The Screwtape Letters are retained in this full-cast dramatization, as is the original setting of London during World War II. The story is carried by the worldly-wise senior demon Screwtape played magnificently by award-winning actor Andy Serkis ("Gollum" in Lord of the Rings) as he shares correspondence to his nephew Wormwood, apprentice demon, in charge of securing damnation of an ordinary young man. All 31 letters lead into dramatic scenes, set in either Hell or the real world with humans, aka "the patient," as the demons say, along with his circle of friends and family."
  • "A shrewd old devil, Screwtape, writes letters of encouragement from hell to a less experienced devil who is on earth hunting for those susceptible to temptation."@en

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  • "Satire"@en
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