The Screwtape Letter is one of many great books by C.S. Lewis. As the publication of my book about it draws near I’m sharing a fact about it each day. Of the thirty-one letters to Wormwood, the 8th and 9th are essentially a two-part letter; in fact the final sentence of the former finds …
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The Screwtape Letter is one of many great books by C.S. Lewis. As the publication of my book about it draws near I’m sharing a fact about it each day. There are five other demons mentioned in the rest of the letters. They are Scabtree, Slubgob, Slumtrimpet, Triptweeze and Toadpipe (a scribe mentioned in …
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The Screwtape Letter is one of many great books by C.S. Lewis. As the publication of my book about it draws near I’m sharing a fact about it each day. There are five other demons mentioned in the rest of the letters. They are Scabtree, Slubgob, Slumtrimpet, Triptweeze and Toadpipe (a scribe mentioned in …
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The Screwtape Letter is one of many great books by C.S. Lewis. As the publication of my book about it draws near I’m sharing a fact about it each day. Glubose is the first demon mentioned (after Screwtape and Wormwood) in the 3rd letter. He is in charge of the patient’s mother. Learn more …
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The Screwtape Letter is one of many great books by C.S. Lewis. As the publication of my book about it draws near I’m sharing a fact about it each day. In the 24th letter to Wormwood, the phrase “inner ring” is used. In 1944 Lewis gave a talk on that topic and the essay …
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The Screwtape Letter is one of many great books by C.S. Lewis. As the publication of my book about it draws near I’m sharing a fact about it each day. While Lewis is also known for his 1952 book Mere Christianity, he actually used the expression in the 25th letter from Screwtape over a …
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The Screwtape Letter is one of many great books by C.S. Lewis. As the publication of my book about it draws near I’m sharing a fact about it each day. When the letters appeared weekly in The Guardian a year before the book came out, some of them had titles. For example, the 23rd …
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The Screwtape Letter is one of many great books by C.S. Lewis. As the publication of my book about it draws near I’m sharing a fact about it each day. Among the alterations to the text in the Lord and King Associates edition of The Screwtape Letters that many find objectionable is in the 15th …
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The Screwtape Letter is one of many great books by C.S. Lewis. As the publication of my book about it draws near I’m sharing a fact about it each day. One of the more understandable changes in the Lord and King Associates version of The Screwtape Letters is “war” for “European war.” Learn more about …
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The Screwtape Letter is one of many great books by C.S. Lewis. As the publication of my book about it draws near I’m sharing a fact about it each day. There are those who find the changes to The Screwtape Letters in the Lord and King Associates 1976 edition to be excessive. Learn more about …
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