The Screwtape Letters (14 page)

CLIVE STAPLES LEWIS
(1898–1963) was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably the most influential Christian writer of his day. He was a Fellow and tutor in English literature at Oxford University until 1954 when he was unanimously elected to the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance English at Cambridge University, a position he held until his retirement. He wrote more than thirty books, allowing him to reach a vast audience, and his works continue to attract thousands of new readers every year. His most distinguished and popular accomplishments include
The Chronicles of Narnia, Out of the Silent Planet, The Four Loves, The Screwtape Letters,
and
Mere Christianity.
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A Grief Observed

George MacDonald: An Anthology

Mere Christianity

Miracles

The Abolition of Man

The Great Divorce

The Problem of Pain

The Screwtape Letters
(with
“Screwtape Proposes a Toast”)

The Weight of Glory

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Preface to the Screwtape Letters
. Copyright © 1961, restored 1996 C. S. Lewis Pte. Ltd.

Screwtape Proposes a Toast
. Copyright © 1959, renewed 1987 C. S. Lewis Pte. Ltd.

From
The World's Last Night
by C. S. Lewis. Reprinted by permission of Harcourt Inc.

Preface to Screwtape Proposes a Toast
. Copyright © 1982 by C. S. Lewis Pte. Ltd.

THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS
. Copyright © 1942, C. S. Lewis Pte. Ltd. Copyright restored © 1996 C. S. Lewis Pte. Ltd. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

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