An edition of Letters from the Earth (1962)

Letters from the earth

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An edition of Letters from the Earth (1962)

Letters from the earth

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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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Publisher
Merchant Books
Language
English
Pages
43

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Letters from the Earth
2014, John Greenman
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Letters from the earth
2013, Merchant Books
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Letters from the earth
2009, Www.ezreads, net
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Letters from the earth: uncensored writings
2004, Perennial Classics
in English - Perennial Classics ed.
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Letters from the Earth
November 1991, Perennial
in English
Cover of: Letters from the earth
Letters from the earth
1974, Perennial Library
in English - 1st Perennial Library ed.
Cover of: Letters from the Earth
Letters from the Earth
1962, Not Identified
in English
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Letters from the earth
1962, Harper & Row
in English - [1st ed.]
Cover of: Letters from the earth
Letters from the earth
1962, Amereon House
in English
Cover of: Letters from the earth
Letters from the earth
1962, Harper & Row
in English

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Edition Notes

"Merchant Books1909."

Digitalized by Watchmaker Publishing.

This is a collection of essays and stories written by Mark Twain after the death of his wife and one of his daughters. Satan writes a probing letter to his fellow archangels Michael and Gabriel about the inconsistencies of human religious faith.

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Dewey Decimal Class
818.6

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Pagination
43 pages
Number of pages
43

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL32766974M
Internet Archive
lettersfromearth0000twai_z5p3
ISBN 10
1603865683
ISBN 13
9781603865685
OCLC/WorldCat
923887659

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