Letters from the earth
by Mark Twain
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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 10 featured editions. View all 29 editions?
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Letters from the earth: uncensored writings
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Letters from the earth
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"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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