Topic · Society · 9 books
Christian Allegories
Stories that carry their meaning underneath: Bunyan's pilgrims, Comenius's labyrinth, Defoe's castaway.
The Shepherd of Hermas
Hermas · 160 AD — the apocalyptic text that was nearly included in the New Testament.
Utopia
Thomas More · 1516 AD — Raphael Hythloday's account of an island with no money and no private property.
The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart
Jan Amos Comenius · 1623 AD — a pilgrim's guided tour of the world's vanities and his heart's true rest.
The Life and Death of Mr. Badman
John Bunyan · 1680 AD — Bunyan's companion to The Pilgrim's Progress, the life of a man who walks the road to destruction told as a dialogue.
Christiana's Journey
John Bunyan · 1684 AD — Christiana and her sons follow Christian's road, guided by Mr. Great-heart.
Solomon's Temple Spiritualized
John Bunyan · 1688 AD — what each part of Solomon's temple, from its foundation stones to its mercy seat, shows about Christ, the church, and heaven.
Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe · 1719 AD — a shipwrecked mariner's twenty-eight years of solitude read as the work of providence.
Parables from Nature
Margaret Gatty · 1855 AD — Victorian allegories in which a caterpillar, a bee, and a dragonfly grub learn faith.
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