Religious and moral tales

12 books

A Description of Millenium Hall And the Country Adjacent Together with the Characters of the Inhabitants and Such Historical Anecdotes and Reflections As May Excite in the Reader Proper Sentiments of Humanity, and Lead the Mind to the Love of VirtueSarah Scott · 1762An eighteenth-century epistolary novel in which a traveler, whose carriage breaks down near a mysterious country estate, describes the virtuous inhabitants of Millenium Hall and their pastoral community, written to inspire humanity and love of virtue in readers.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

A sailor's lassEmma Leslie · 1880A Victorian children's story by Emma Leslie, first published in 1880, about a fisherman's family living in a converted boat at Bermuda Point. After a shipwreck during a stormy night, the old fisherman and his son rescue a mysterious child found lashed to a spar amid the wreckage.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

A young man's storySarah Doudney · 1880An 1880 illustrated novella by Sarah Doudney, told as a first-person recollection of a young man recounting a supernatural experience, centering on his romance with a girl in a seaside village, his unhappiness as a London clerk, and their broken engagement.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Borrowed feathersRuth Lamb · 1880Borrowed Feathers, by Ruth Lamb, is an illustrated Victorian girls' story first published in 1880 as part of The Girl's Own Annual. It follows Annette Clifford, a lively young girl left in sole charge of her family's large house, managing the household alone while her mother and sister are away.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Frances Kane's FortuneL. T. Meade · 1886A collection of three Victorian stories by L. T. Meade, first published in 1886. The title story follows Frances Kane, a practical young woman who manages her father's mortgaged estate, as she awaits a letter from Australia and prepares to take in an orphaned cousin.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Grateful Peter's new year's giftRuth Lamb · 1880Grateful Peter's New Year's Gift, by Ruth Lamb (1880), is a children's religious story published by the Religious Tract Society. It follows Peter Grant, a poor twelve-year-old orphan selling baked potatoes on London streets, whose life changes after a kind gentleman urges him to keep the Sabbath.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

How It All Came RoundL. T. Meade · 1890An 1890 novel by L. T. Meade contrasting two young women both named Charlotte: wealthy Charlotte Harman, an accomplished writer awaiting marriage, and poor Charlotte Home, a struggling author working to support her family.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Phil's motherEglanton Thorne · 1890Phil's Mother, an 1890 children's story by Eglanton Thorne, follows Phil, a six-year-old London boy forced by his cruel, drunken mother Moll Dutton to beg in the streets, and traces his path through hardship toward hope, faith, and eventual pardon and peace.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Rasselas, Prince of AbyssiniaSamuel Johnson · 1759An 1759 philosophical tale by Samuel Johnson about Rasselas, a young Abyssinian prince confined with his family in a luxurious but sealed palace valley, who seeks happiness beyond his sheltered, pleasure-filled captivity.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The happiness of HazelbrookCharlotte Grace O'Brien · 1890A late Victorian children's moral tale about the Lawrence family, a poor widow and her six children in the village of Hazelbrook, focusing on young Katie, who struggles with idleness and duty while caring for her sickly sister Nelly and helping her hardworking mother.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Little Lame PrinceDinah Maria Mulock Craik · 1875A collection of Victorian fairy tales for children, including the title story about a prince born to the King and Queen of Nomansland who is secretly injured as an infant and later aided by a mysterious fairy godmother, along with several other princely tales.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come Delivered under the similitude of a dream, by John BunyanJohn Bunyan · 1678A 1678 religious allegory told as a dream, in which a pilgrim journeys from this world toward the world to come, seeking the everlasting prize of salvation on his path to glory.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية