The Screwtape Letters

By: C. S. Lewis

Narrated by: Ralph Cosham

Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins

Publisher's summary

A masterpiece of satire, this classic has entertained and enlightened readers the world over with its sly and ironic portrayal of human life and foibles from the vantage point of Screwtape, a highly placed assistant to "Our Father Below". At once wildly comic, deadly serious, and strikingly original, C.S. Lewis gives us the correspondence of the worldly-wise old Devil to his nephew, Wormwood, a novice demon in charge of securing the damnation of an ordinary young man.

The Screwtape Letters is the most engaging account of temptation, and triumph over it, ever written.

(P)2006 Blackstone Audio Inc.

Critic reviews

Audie Award Finalist, Inspirational/Spiritual, 2007

Known for The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis wrote the wittiest defense of Christianity ever. Humorist John Cleese won AudioFile Earphones for his 1999 enactment of the correspondence between two devils plotting the damnation of one man's soul. Ralph Cosham is a slightly less demented fiend, but the text itself remains hilarious.... Cosham's organ-like voice also lends resonance.... This is, therefore, the best audio ever spoken of the funniest defense of Christianity ever written." (AudioFile magazine)

"Lewis' satire is a Christian classic....[his] take on human nature is as on-target as it was when the letters were first published in 1941." (Library Journal)

Great Listening!

Great writing and great narration. An Edifying Work! Highly Recommended! Now more than ever. Listen to it.

Great wisdom even for atheists

Any additional comments?

CS Lewis was way ahead of his time. If we take

fascinating story

my two high School daughters and I read and listened to this book. even though it was written 50 years ago, it is still on point and even seems prophetic of the times we live in. it really got us thinking about different things and hopefully has brought changes to our lives.

The Other Side of the Story

interesting perspective, worthy of serious consideration and spiritual reflection. We need to examine ourselves to see if we are on the faith.

genius

this is an absolute work of genius. CS Lewis has translated the truths of the spiritual world in a beautiful backwards way.

Timeless

The discourse of Screwtape with his nephew Wormwood is uncanny representation of even our current times. I hold the opinion that most, if not all, of my contemporaries would benefit from listening to Lewis’ timeless lessons concerning the soul and spiritual realm in light of war, temptation, and education. The reader was perfect fit for such a reading. His expressiveness was exemplary in certain parts of conveying disgust of devils against the pious. Overall, incredibly good read and I look forward to listening several times over in the future.

Love this book

This story is very deep and I wish there was another point of view to balance out the darker parts of it when your done reading it my suggestion is to find a lighter more humorous book I suggest the Jesus story book bible, thoughts to make your heart sing or something of that ilk

Incredibly Relevant

It is amazing that a book written almost a hundred years ago should be so true today, but in it you can see all the same things happening today that he discussed in it. It is almost as if he really had letters from demons as sources. The attitudes and opinions of men today are exactly as he describes and further more even the political systems play out as described. If we don't get on the ball and start educating ourselves on this, we will lose not only our nation, but our very souls.

Great narration

Very fitting narration and excellent story for anyone, even if they are not expressly Christian. CS Lewis clearly has some ideas about British hegemony. This is not a knock on the work or narration. It is an acknowledgement of the brilliant choice of narrarator. Thank you, Brother Jauffre.

Excellent, C.S. Lewis is stellar as always

I had tried reading the Screwtape Letters when I was younger but I think perhaps I was too young to understand all that was going on. Now that I'm in my 20s and have read some of his other works I think I am able to appreciate the depth of this book as it discusses the various tactics demons can use to lead Christians off the straight and narrow path. This was actually a really good book because it identified some of the habitual sins I commit every day without even realizing it. I bet I will be reading this again when I'm 30 and 40 and 50 and be able to get even more out of it with each pass