Wallace, Lew – Ben-Hur, A Tale of the Christ
Fiction
Macdonald, George – Adela Cathcart Volume 1-3
Macdonald, George – Adela Cathcart Volume 1-3
Adelia Cathcart has an illness of the spirit — perhaps an illness of the soul. No one can scry the secret of her malady. Until someone notices Adelia seems for a moment to come back to life as someone tells a story. We should read her stories, he says. Beautiful, beautiful stories. And these are the stories that bring Adelia back from her deathbed: stories like the tale o…more Adelia Cathcart has an illness of the spirit — perhaps an illness of the soul. No one can diagnose the secret of her malady. Until someone notices, Adelia seems for a moment to come back to life as someone tells a story. We should read her stories, he says. Beautiful, beautiful stories. And these are the stories that bring Adelia back from her deathbed: stories like the tale of the Light Princess, the tale of a cursed girl like Cinderella or Sleeping Beauty who weighs no more than a breeze. She has an illness of the spirit, too — an illness both like and unlike Adelia’s.
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MacDonald, George – Princess and the Curdie
The Princess and Curdie is a children’s classic fantasy novel by George MacDonald from late 1883.
The book is the sequel to The Princess and the Goblin. The adventure continues with Princess Irene and Curdie a year or two older. They must overthrow a set of corrupt ministers who are poisoning Irene’s father, the king. Irene’s grandmother also reappears and gives Curdie a strange gift. A monster called Lina aids his quest. from Wikipedia
MacDonald, George – Lilith
Lilith is considered among the darkest of MacDonald’s works, and among the most profound. It is a story concerning the nature of life, death, and salvation. In the story, MacDonald mentions a cosmic sleep that heals tortured souls, preceding the salvation of all. MacDonald was a Christian universalist, believing that all will eventually be saved. However, in this story, divine punishment is not taken lightly, and salvation is hard-won — from Wikipedia.
Hawker, Robert – Zion’s Pilgrim
Hawker described the Christian Life as a pilgrimage to Zion. In many ways, it is similar to Pilgrim’s Progress.