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The Screwtape Letters
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Binding: Audio CD
Dewey Decimal Number: 200
EAN: 9780060093662
Edition: Unabridged
Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
ISBN: 0060093668
Label: HarperAudio
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageEnglishUnknownEnglishPublished
Manufacturer: HarperAudio
Number Of Items: 1
Publication Date: October 01, 2002
Publisher: HarperAudio
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Release Date: October 08, 2002
Studio: HarperAudio
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Editorial Review:Now available unabridged on cassette and CD--C.S. Lewis’ classic Screwtape Letters--the engaging correspondence between two devils. Read by Joss Ackland.
Who among us has never wondered if there might not really be a tempter sitting on our shoulders or dogging our steps? C.S. Lewis dispels all doubts. In The Screwtape Letters, one of his bestselling works, we are made privy to the instructional correspondence between a senior demon, Screwtape, and his wannabe diabolical nephew Wormwood. As mentor, Screwtape coaches Wormwood in the finer points, tempting his "patient" away from God. Each letter is a masterpiece of reverse theology, giving the reader an inside look at the thinking and means of temptation. Tempters, according to Lewis, have two motives: the first is fear of punishment, the second a hunger to consume or dominate other beings. On the other hand, the goal of the Creator is to woo us unto himself or to transform us through his love from "tools into servants and servants into sons." It is the dichotomy between being consumed and subsumed completely into another's identity or being liberated to be utterly ourselves that Lewis explores with his razor-sharp insight and wit. The most brilliant feature of The Screwtape Letters may be likening hell to a bureaucracy in which "everyone is perpetually concerned about his own dignity and advancement, where everyone has a grievance, and where everyone lives the deadly serious passions of envy, self-importance, and resentment." We all understand bureaucracies, be it the Department of Motor Vehicles, the IRS, or one of our own making. So we each understand the temptations that slowly lure us into hell. If you've never read Lewis, The Screwtape Letters is a great place to start. And if you know Lewis, but haven't read this, you've missed one of his core writings. --Patricia Klein
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Great service - however, item was a newer edition than item pictured. I was looking for an older edition.
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I was delighted to find after 9 years or so an existing copy for sale of C. S. Lewis' Screwtape Letters narrated by John Cleese. A library I was near had it that time ago and on reflecting and hoping I found it through Amazon and through this excellent vendor. The cassette tapes are in excellent condition and the case for it was also in very good condition. Despite the Christmas time busyness I received my order in a very timely fashion. I would recommend this vendor for excellent product and ... Read More
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I just got it so I can't review the book, but it came like it was suppose to.
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I must read for all Christians. Though this book might be a little difficult to read/get into/understand, once you finally "get it" your mind will be blown away. Cleverly written,Screwtape gives such an outlandish observation into the dark forces around us and how they operate...yet, at the same time, it seems to fit so perfectly into our understanding of the spiritual world. About 1/4 of the way through i was kinda scared cause it all seems too real. This is a book that I have personally handed off ... Read More
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"The Bible" is by far my favorite book. "Pilgrim's Progress" is #2. Everything else is much farther down the totem pole. "Was" that is! Why I never read "The Screwtape Letters" beats me (maybe the name threw me?). Anyway, on a whim, I ordered a copy thru Amazon, and I have been entranced ever since. "The Screwtape letters" is now my #3 favorite book. Gives you an idea about Satan's tactics ... and also how WE ourselves are often our own worst enemy. A superb book in my opinion. And, by the way, ... Read More
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