The Parable Collection: Seven Books Full of Life Lessons
Seven Parabolic Tales of Conscience, Charity, Redemption, and Spiritual InsightBy Selma Lagerlöf, Gilbert Parker, I. Lilias Trotter, William Arnot, Gertrude P. Dyer, Elizabeth Rundle Charles
Length37h 25m
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The Parable Collection: Seven Books Full of Life Lessons gathers fiction, devotional reflection, religious instruction, and morally resonant narrative around the enduring interpretive power of the parable. Its selections range from imaginative tales shaped by social observation to meditations on spiritual growth, duty, suffering, and compassion. The volume situates the parable not merely as a biblical form but as a flexible literary mode: a means of making ethical and theological questions vivid through character, image, and story. Standout passages of symbolic landscape, domestic conscience, and quietly transformative encounter demonstrate the genre's capacity to unite instruction with literary pleasure. The contributors bring together Scandinavian literary realism, Anglo-Canadian popular fiction, evangelical preaching, missionary writing, Victorian religious culture, and women's moral and domestic fiction. Selma Lagerlöf's imaginative moral vision and Gilbert Parker's narrative breadth converse fruitfully with I. Lilias Trotter's spiritually attentive prose, William Arnot's scriptural exposition, Gertrude P. Dyer's instructive sensibility, and Elizabeth Rundle Charles's faith-centered storytelling. Collectively, these voices reflect nineteenth- and early twentieth-century traditions in which literature served spiritual, social, and educational ends. This collection rewards readers seeking multiple approaches to life's persistent moral questions. It offers an illuminating course in parabolic thought, inviting comparison across genres, cultures, and theological emphases while fostering a rich dialogue between story and reflection.
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GenreSpirituality and Religion, Christian & Inspirational
Length37 hrs 25 mins
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Publish dateMar 4, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Christ Legends
23XXIV. THE PRODIGAL SON.
2THE HOLY NIGHT
24XXV. THE PRUDENT STEWARD.
3BETHLEHEM’S CHILDREN
25XXVII. UNPROFITABLE SERVANTS.
4IN NAZARETH
26XXIX. THE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN.
5ROBIN REDBREAST
27The Parables of the Saviour
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6THE SACRED FLAME
28PREFACE.
7Parables of the Christ-life
29Parables from Flowers
8The Parables of Our Lord
30Parables from Flowers
9INTRODUCTION.
31PARABLES FROM FLOWERS.
10THE PARABLES OF OUR LORD.
32PARABLE FOURTH.
11II. THE TARES.
33PARABLE SEVENTH.
12III. THE MUSTARD-SEED.
34The Ravens and the Angels, with Other Stories and Parables
13V. THE HIDDEN TREASURE.
35A STORY OF THE MIDDLE AGES.
14VII. THE DRAW-NET.
36The Cottage by the Cathedral.
15IX. THE VINEYARD LABOURERS.
37The Cathedral Chimes.
16GROUP—THE TWO SONS, THE WICKED HUSBANDMEN, AND THE MARRIAGE OF THE KING’S SON. Matt.xxi.28; xxii.14
38The Jewel of the Order of the King's Own.
17XII. THE ROYAL MARRIAGE FEAST.
39Thorns and Spines.[3]
18THE TEN VIRGINS AND THE ENTRUSTED TALENTS. Matt.xxv. 1–30
40Thou and I[4]
19XV. THE SEED GROWING SECRETLY.
41Parables of a Province
20XVII. THE GOOD SAMARITAN.
42THE GOLDEN PIPES
21XIX. THE RICH FOOL.
43THE TENT OF THE PURPLE MAT
22THE LOST SHEEP, THE LOST COIN, AND THE PRODIGAL SON. Lukexv.
44THE FORGE IN THE VALLEY
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