The essays were written during a difficult time in Twain's life, and completed shortly before his death in 1910. There is nothing resembling it at home. Man is a marvelous curiosity. His daughter Clara, executor of her father's estate, refused to allow the manuscript to see the light of day, thinking she was protecting Twain's reputation. The people are all insane, the other animals are all insane, the earth is insane, Nature itself is insane. "This is a strange place, and extraordinary place, and interesting. So there was some aimless and halting conversation about matters of no consequence, and this dragged tediously along, arriving nowhere, until at last the archangel Satan gathered his courage together -- of which he had a very good supply -- and broke ground. Letters from the Earth (read by John Greenman) is one of Mark Twain's posthumously published works. 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). 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'S LETTER This is a strange place, and extraordinary place, and interesting. Letters From the Earth: Satan's Letter (1) Satan travels to Earth to view for himself the results of the creation. They say the letter is rambling and … There is nothing resembling it at home. When he is at his very very best he is a … It lacks his customary humor and seems to be written in a tone of outrage. Letters from the Earth came close to never being published - so controversial were Twain's views on the negative aspects of organized religions. This is a strange place, and extraordinary place, and interesting. "Letters from the Earth" is one of Mark Twain's final assaults on the stupidity and hypocrisy of man and an apparently capricious and malevolent God. He writes back to his friends Gabriel and Michael. There is nothing resembling it at home. The people are all insane, the other animals are all insane, the earth is insane, Nature itself is insane.” ― Mark Twain, Letters from the Earth: Uncensored Writings It comprises essays written during a difficult time in Twain's life (1904–09), when he was deeply in debt and had recently lost his wife and one of his daughters. Letters from the Earth are from Satan to two archangelic correspondents, and Satan's cosmic assumptions emphasize the pettiness of man and the inconsistencies of God. Introduction; Satan’s Letter; Letter II Satan's Letter . The group translated 15 lines of the letter and found that it discusses the relationship between humans, God and Satan. 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