Summary Of CS Lewis The Screwtape Letters

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The Screwtape Letters is a book written by CS Lewis. This book collects a series of thirty-one letters written by a senior demon named Screwtape, to his nephew, Wormwood, advising him on the various methods of corrupting a human being’s spiritual life. This human being is referred to as “the patient”. The patient is a young English man who has a journey to the heavenly city, although Screwtape is giving his nephew advice on how to block his salvation. Screwtape is not pleased when he finds out that the patient has become a Christian, nonetheless he still has hope and various strategies to prevent the patient from moving forward. “There is no need to despair; hundreds of these adult converts have been reclaimed after a brief sojourn in the Enemy’s

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