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Facsimile of 1937 Edition. In this provocative, classic metaphysical thriller, a group of suburban amateur actors plagued by personal demons and terrors explore the pathways to heaven and hell. Certain inhabitants of Battle Hill, a small community on the outskirts of London,... Read Full Overview

The key to Williams' mystically oriented theological thought, Descent into Hell (arguably Williams' greatest novel) is a multidimensional story about human beings who shut themselves up in their own narcissistic projections, so that they are no longer able to love, to 'co-inhere.'... Read Full Overview

"Descent Into Hell" is a novel by Charles Williams, first published in 1937. On Battle Hill, just outside London, a group of townspeople are performing a new play by Peter Stanhope. This hill, however, appears to be positioned at a pivotal place in space and time, as people from... Read Full Overview

In every moment, we choose between Heaven and Hell...

The good people of Battle Hill are getting ready to put on a play by the renowned playwright, Peter Stanhope. As the rehearsals continue and the date of the premier draws closer, many things... Read Full Overview

Descent Into Hell is a novel written by Charles Williams, first published in 1937.

Williams wrote a series of novels which combine elements of fantasy fiction and Christian symbolism. Forgoing the detective fiction style of most of his earlier supernatural novels, most... Read Full Overview

Descent deals with various forms of selfishness, and how the cycle of sin brings about the necessity for redemptive acts. In it, an academic becomes so far removed from the world that he fetishizes a woman to the extent that his perversion takes the form of a succubus. Characters... Read Full Overview

Descent Into Hell is a novel written by Charles Williams, first published in 1937.

Williams wrote a series of novels which combine elements of fantasy fiction and Christian symbolism. Forgoing the detective fiction style of most of his earlier supernatural novels, most... Read Full Overview

Descent Into Hell is a novel written by Charles Williams, first published in 1937.

Williams wrote a series of novels which combine elements of fantasy fiction and Christian symbolism. Forgoing the detective fiction style of most of his earlier supernatural... Read Full Overview

The Descent into Hell also contains an ascent into heaven. It takes place on Battle Hill which is symbolic of the spiritual struggle of human life in the material realm. Time in this book is not linear but rather a setting where past, present, and future intersect and can interact,... Read Full Overview

The key to Williams' mystically oriented theological thought, "Descent into Hell" (arguably Williams' greatest novel) is a multidimensional story about human beings who shut themselves up in their own narcissistic projections, so that they are no longer able to love, to 'co-inhere.'... Read Full Overview

Descent deals with various forms of selfishness, and how the cycle of sin brings about the necessity for redemptive acts. In it, an academic becomes so far removed from the world that he fetishizes a woman to the extent that his perversion takes the form of a succubus. Characters... Read Full Overview

Descent deals with various forms of selfishness, and how the cycle of sin brings about the necessity for redemptive acts. In it, an academic becomes so far removed from the world that he fetishizes a woman to the extent that his perversion takes the form of a succubus. Characters... Read Full Overview

While a troupe of actors rehearses for a play, their small town transforms into the stage for another kind of drama: it is haunted by ghosts of the dead seeking deliverance, and by evil doppelg

Descent deals with various forms of selfishness, and how the cycle of sin brings about the necessity for redemptive acts. In it, an academic becomes so far removed from the world that he fetishizes a woman to the extent that his perversion takes the form of a succubus. Characters... Read Full Overview

Descent deals with various forms of selfishness, and how the cycle of sin brings about the necessity for redemptive acts. In it, an academic becomes so far removed from the world that he fetishizes a woman to the extent that his perversion takes the form of a succubus. Characters... Read Full Overview

Descent Into Hell is a novel written by Charles Williams, first published in 1937.

Williams wrote a series of novels which combine elements of fantasy fiction and Christian symbolism. Forgoing the detective fiction style of most of his earlier supernatural novels,... Read Full Overview