Unusually for Dickens, Hard Times is set, not in London, but in the imaginary mid-Victorian Northern industrial town of Coketown with its blackened factories, downtrodden workers and polluted environment. This is the soulless domain of the striet utihuarism Thomas Gradigrind and the heartless factory qwner Josiah Bounderby. However, human joy is not excluded thanks to Mr Sleary's Horse-Riding c…
Anthony Trollope, author of more than fifty books, including Barchester Towers, The Warden, and The Last Chronicle of Barset, was one of the most prolific and brilliant novelists of the Victorian Era. James Pope-Hennessy, biographer of Queen Mary - and the grandson of an Irish member of Parliament widely believed to have been the prototype fot he hero of Trollope's novel Phineas Finn - has writ…
From Cover-- "Intended 'for a theatre on Mars', with a cast of nearly five hundred and running to over two hundred scenes, Karl Kraus's apocalyptic tragedy The last days of mankind is the longest, most elaborate play ever written. It is also a bitingly satirical commentary on the outbreak and subsequent course of World War I. Kraus (1874-1936) ranks as one of the greatest twentieth-century sat…
For more than a half century Little Christian and Christiana have captivated children in their quest to reach the Celestial City. A journey fraught with danger, pitfalls and temptation, this retelling of John Bunyan's classic allegory, "Pilgrim's Progress", celebrates more than 60 years. This profound allegory will delight children ages 8 to 12, providing spiritually rich reading they will ador…
Davey The Donkey was never chosen to do anything - until the day he found himself carrying the King. After that, he felt proud of himself-until he saw what the King had to carry. Respected theologian, author, and educator R.C. Sproul offers a unique take on the passion of Jesus Christ to teach young children the essential message of the gospel - that the Lord bore our sins when He went to Ca…
In this classic story Dr. R.C. Sproul continues his project of illustrating theological concepts for children. The Priest with Dirty Clothes teaches the concept of imputation, which lies at the heart of the important biblical doctrine of justification. Using the story of Joshua the high priest (Zechariah 3:1–5) as his jumping–off point, Dr. Sproul weaves a classic tale about a young prie…