Christian Guides to the Classics
10 total works
Guides readers through Dickens's quintessential coming-of-age novel, Great Expectations, exploring perennial themes related to the nature of love, justice, and heroism.
Guides readers through Homer's The Odyssey and highlights the universal theme of longing for redemption as displayed in this epic tale of a man trying to find his way home.
Guides readers through the last of Shakespeare's magnificent tragedies, Macbeth, and explores the keys to virtuous behavior as well as the psychology of guilt.
A literary expert guides readers through Augustine's classic spiritual autobiography, Confessions, exploring the book's historical context, key themes, and overarching message.
Guides readers through the signature book of American literature, Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, and unpacks its universal themes of sin, knowledge, and the human condition.
Guides readers through the paramount epic in the English language, Milton's Paradise Lost, and showcases Milton's understanding of crime and punishment in the events of creation, the fall, and redemption.
Leads readers through Bunyan's classic Christian allegory, The Pilgrim's Progress, with insights into the nature of faith, the reality of temptation, and the glory of salvation.
A literary expert guides readers through Shakespeare's classic tragedy Hamlet, exploring the play's historical context, key themes, and overarching message.
A literary expert guides readers through the devotional poetry of three seventeenth-century poetic geniuses: John Donne, George Herbert, and John Milton.
Helping readers understand, engage with, and enjoy the classics of Western literature, this volume answers basic questions and provides practical tips for reading some of the greatest works of the last 2,000 years.