FACT OF THE DAY:

The 20th letter from Screwtape was published in The Guardian today (9/12) in 1941. The main topic is sexual temptation.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

[Screwtape boasts:] “Our best weapon—the belief of ignorant humans, that there is no hope of getting rid of us except by yielding [to temptation].”

The Screwtape Letters – XX
(First published in The Guardian on 9/12/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What two books with similar titles dealing with fictional works by Lewis and/or articles he wrote about literature were published after his death this month?

TODAY’S ANSWER WILL BE POSTED TOMORROW.

ANSWER TO YESTERDAY’S QUESTION: He didn’t like having the Father Christmas character in a story that also had a Christ-figure.