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 24m
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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 24 mins
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Publish dateMar 4, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Christ Legends
26XXV. THE PRUDENT STEWARD.
2Christ Legends
27XXVII. UNPROFITABLE SERVANTS.
3THE HOLY NIGHT
28XXIX. THE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN.
4BETHLEHEM’S CHILDREN
29The Parables of the Saviour
5IN NAZARETH
30The Parables of the Saviour
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6ROBIN REDBREAST
31PREFACE.
7THE SACRED FLAME
32Parables from Flowers
8Parables of the Christ-life
33Parables from Flowers
9The Parables of Our Lord
34PARABLES FROM FLOWERS.
10The Parables of Our Lord
35PARABLE FOURTH.
11INTRODUCTION.
36PARABLE SEVENTH.
12THE PARABLES OF OUR LORD.
37The Ravens and the Angels, with Other Stories and Parables
13II. THE TARES.
38The Ravens and the Angels, with Other Stories and Parables
14III. THE MUSTARD-SEED.
39A STORY OF THE MIDDLE AGES.
15V. THE HIDDEN TREASURE.
40The Cottage by the Cathedral.
16VII. THE DRAW-NET.
41The Cathedral Chimes.
17IX. THE VINEYARD LABOURERS.
42The Jewel of the Order of the King's Own.
18GROUP—THE TWO SONS, THE WICKED HUSBANDMEN, AND THE MARRIAGE OF THE KING’S SON. Matt.xxi.28; xxii.14
43Thorns and Spines.[3]
19XII. THE ROYAL MARRIAGE FEAST.
44Thou and I[4]
20THE TEN VIRGINS AND THE ENTRUSTED TALENTS. Matt.xxv. 1–30
45Parables of a Province
21XV. THE SEED GROWING SECRETLY.
46Parables of a Province
22XVII. THE GOOD SAMARITAN.
47THE GOLDEN PIPES
23XIX. THE RICH FOOL.
48THE TENT OF THE PURPLE MAT
24THE LOST SHEEP, THE LOST COIN, AND THE PRODIGAL SON. Lukexv.
49THE FORGE IN THE VALLEY
25XXIV. THE PRODIGAL SON.
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