In The Screwtape Letters, which C. S. Lewis originally published in 1942, a fictitious demon named Screwtape wrote a series of letters to his “nephew,” Wormwood, as he tried to convince a British man to sin and, ultimately, to disown his faith in God. Although The Screwtape Letters aids readers in recognizing many of the temptations which plagued both British culture and, in differing degrees, all of humanity, Lewis’ writing style also makes readers sympathetic to the plight of Screwtape and Wormwood…
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