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The Screwtape Letters is a Christian apologetic novel by C. S. Lewis and dedicated to J. R. R. Tolkien.It is written in a satirical, epistolary style and, while it is fictional in format, the plot and characters are used to address Christian theological issues, primarily those to do with temptation and resistance to it.
Screwtape appears as a fictional demon in The Screwtape Letters (first published in The Guardian 1941, collected and published in book form 1942) and in its sequel short story Screwtape Proposes a Toast (1959), both written by the Christian author C. S. Lewis.
The Screwtape Letters (1942) "Screwtape Proposes a Toast" (1961) (an addition to The Screwtape Letters) The Great Divorce (1945) The Chronicles of Narnia; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Geoffrey Bles. 1950. Prince Caspian. Geoffrey Bles. 1951. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Geoffrey Bles. 1952. The Silver Chair. Geoffrey Bles. 1953.
The books contain Christian ideas intended to be easily accessible to young readers. In addition to Christian themes, Lewis also borrows characters from Greek and Roman mythology, as well as traditional British and Irish fairy tales. [97] [98] Lewis's last novel, Till We Have Faces, a retelling of the myth of Cupid and Psyche, was published in ...
The volume also contains a follow-up to Lewis' 1942 novel The Screwtape Letters in the form of "Screwtape Proposes a Toast." The second, fourth and fifth pieces were published in the U.K. in a volume called Screwtape Proposes a Toast and other pieces (1965); the first, sixth and seventh were published in the U.K. in Fern-seed and Elephants and ...
Wormwood, a character in C. S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters; Matilda Wormwood, the title character of the children's novel Matilda by Roald Dahl; Harry Wormwood, Zinnia Wormwood, Michael Wormwood, other characters in Matilda
The Great Divorce is a novel by the British author C. S. Lewis, published in 1945, based on a theological dream vision of his in which he reflects on the Christian conceptions of Heaven and Hell. The working title was Who Goes Home? but the final name was changed at the publisher's insistence.
There is another work based on The Screwtape Letters called To My Dear Slimeball. It is a spin-off that is meant mostly for youth, but I think it should be on the "Other literary sequels" list. The book is written by Rich Miller, in 1995. 120.29.112.93 ( talk ) 10:53, 30 January 2018 (UTC) [ reply ]