Religious Fiction

The Cloister and the Hearth

Read by Tom Denholm


Charles Reade


'The Cloister and the Hearth', by Charles Reade, was published in 1861. It's a long and winding picaresque novel set in 15th century Europe,…

Lourdes

Read by Peter Tucker


Émile Zola


This book describes a five day national pilgrimage to the holy shrine of Lourdes, where miracle cures are hoped for. The central character i…

And Thus He Came

Read by David Wales


Cyrus Townsend Brady


These short stories, perhaps we might call them modern parables, are not the usual fare of warm and fuzzy Christmas stories (pleasing as tho…

The Golem: A legend of old Prague

Read by Adrian Praetzellis


Rudolf Lothar


Rabbi Loeb creates a clay man to house a perfect soul that he hopes will not be blighted by human prejudices. The plan does not go as he hop…

Trial and Triumph

Read by Jim Locke


Frances E. W. Harper


This novel, like two other novels that Harper serialized in The Christian Recorder, sets forth the principles which make for a meaningful, m…

La letra escarlata

Read by Lu


Nathaniel Hawthorne


Con un interesante prólogo, Hawthorne acerca al lector a conocer el ambiente, lugar y tiempo en que se basa la historia narrada en su…

The Golden Threshold

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Sarojini Naidu


Sarojini Naidu was a remarkable woman. Known as the Nightingale of India, she started writing at the age of thirteen and throughout her life…

The Story of Ahikar

Read by CJ Plogue


Ahikar


The Story of Ahikar is a fictional work. It is a colorful story but considered to be a work containing great wisdom. The story of Ahikar …

Rome

Read by Peter Tucker


Émile Zola


The Abbe Pierre Froment, after his experiences in Lourdes, has written a book expressing a vision of a new enlightened papacy. He visits Rom…

Nelly Channell

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Sarah Doudney


Another fascinating book by the author of A Vanished Hand. Rhoda returns home after the death of her employer to find out that her cousin He…

The Heidenmauer; or, The Benedictines. A Legend of the Rhine

Read by Joel Kindrick


James Fenimore Cooper


This is a story that is set in 16th century Germany. Characters representing the various classes of the remnants of feudalism and the rising…

A Woman Of Yesterday

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Caroline Atwater Mason


Anna is the daughter of a clergyman in a small town in Vermont. She is very happy with her lot. But when she goes to nurse a woman in the bi…

A Cathedral Singer

Read by David Wales


James Lane Allen


New York City in the early 20th century, a boy with an angelic voice, his devoted mother, the great Episcopal Cathedral of Saint John The Di…

The Children's Tabernacle; Or, Hand Work and Heart Work

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Charlotte Maria Tucker


Bored with whittling, embroidery and other amusements, five children and their mother set out to build a model of the tabernacle. As the pil…

Sowing and Reaping

Read by Jim Locke


Frances E. W. Harper


This novel is subtitled A Temperance Story, which identifies explicitly the focus of the work. Frances Harper is a Christian moralist and us…

Mr. Weston's Good Wine

Read by Jim Locke


T. F. Powys


This 1927 novel describes an evening in 1923 when Mr. Weston, who is apparently a wine merchant, but is evidently God, visits the fictional …

The Children's Book Of Christmas

Read by David Wales


J. C. Dier


This 1911 collection is of snippets from many different sources and genres: myths, songs. poems, hymns, book sections, etc. The sources are…

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