Descent into Hell: A Novel

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Description: Amazon.com Review In Charles Williams's novel Descent into Hell, Hell turns out to be nothing other than a refusal to see things as they really are. Arguably his finest novel, the "descent" in the title happens to an ordinary (if extraordinarily selfish) historian named Wentworth, whose daily choices to cheat on the truth slowly but surely lead him into a terrifying state of isolation and egotism. Heaven, by contrast, is increasingly inhabited by the novel's heroine, Pauline Anstruther, who as the book proceeds learns to face her fears (and her ancestors!) and to love the truth exactly as it is. The plot turns around t ... (more)

Manufacturer: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Release date: 18 April 1980
ISBN-10 : 0802812201 | ISBN-13: 9780802812209

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