Screwtape Proposes a Toast
English
By (author): C. S. Lewis
The only official sequel, penned by Lewis himself, to the ever-popular Screwtape Letters published alongside other short essays.
One of the most popular books ever to come from the pen of C.S. Lewis was written in the name of Screwtape, a senior devil, experienced in the art of luring his patients on earth to their own damnation in service of our father below and training others to do the same.
Screwtapes correspondence with his nephew, an apprentice devil, came into Lewiss hands, he said, by a route he would not disclose, and many a reader has finished the collection longing for more of the insights they gained from its wisdom.
Much to Lewiss resistance, this after-dinner speech, given by Screwtape to a graduating class of demons at a college in hell, came to light a few years after the publication of the original letters. Now 75 years later, the speech is reproduced in full once more, along with a short collection of Lewiss other lesser-known, but perennial works.
Many people will have forgotten about the only official sequel that exists to Screwtape; the 75th anniversary of Screwtapes publication is the perfect opportunity to bring this back.
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