Letters from Hell

Letters from Hell (Danish: Breve fra Helvede) is a didactic Christian novel by the Danish priest and author Valdemar Adolph Thisted (1815–1887),[1] The work was published in Copenhagen in 1866 and went through 12 editions in its first year.

An English edition of Letters from Hell appeared in 1866, under the pseudonym of M Rowel.

The book's title caused it to be banned by Mudie's circulating library.

Letters from Hell went through several editions in the 19th century, one of which (1884) contained a preface by George MacDonald.

[3] Hans Christian Andersen was absorbed by the book and found details reminiscent of his own fairy-tales.