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The eponymous story, “Letters from the Earth,” is a set of eleven letters written by Satan to the archangels Gabriel and Michael about his travels. Satan finds human beliefs about themselves almost insane, pointing out that their conception of heaven leaves out everything humans find most pleasurable in life (particularly sex). He also considers God’s hypocrisies: not forgiving Adam and Eve even though humans are supposed to forgive transgressors; forbidding jealousy but then calling himself a jealous God; killing all the large animals during Noah’s flood even though they weren’t guilty of anything; allowing cruelty and misery to torment the innocent.
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Etiquette, Humor, Specimens, Miniature books, Religion, American wit and humor, American fiction (fictional works by one author), American literature, Science fiction, Humor, general, American letters, Satire, Collected works (single author, multi-form), Fiction, humorous, general, Wit and humor, Twain, mark, 1835-1910Showing 11 featured editions. View all 29 editions?
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Letters from the earth: uncensored writings
2004, Perennial Classics
in English
- Perennial Classics ed.
0060518650 9780060518653
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Letters from the Earth
February 1985, Truth Seeker, Fawcett Crest
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Letters from the earth
1974, Perennial Library
in English
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0060803312 9780060803315
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"The Creator sat upon the throne, thinking."
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