Screwtape’s letter to Bitterwench
C.S. Lewis’ Screwtape Letters! Oft’ imitated. Never really rivaled.
If you haven’t read this book yet…. what on your planet at you waiting for?!?
My favorite method to absorb Lewis’ window is the audiobook reading by John Cleese. Imagine: John Cleese as Screwtape. UK audio cassettes HERE
Some of the imitations of the Letters are pretty good. I have in mind especially Peter Kreeft’s valiant attempt. US HERE UK HERE
However, I was notified about the effort at the blog Mercy For Marthas (which I admit I had not seen before… how many blogs are there, I wonder…). This time, nasty old Screwtape has written to a demon named Bitterwench who as as a patient a homeschooling mother.
I don’t follow many mommy bloggers, mind you. Yes, that’s a term. I rather enjoy One Mad Mom. Some mommy bloggers really need to be… expunged… if you get my recent reference. This one, however, is pretty good. Go spike her stats and see her essay into the genre of Screwtapism.
And, she has twist on the Letters in the form of an intercepted angelic, not demonic, letter. Check it out.
