Religious Fiction
Pemaquid
The structure of this book is altogether unique, and has a charm of its own. It is not a continuous narrative, but the characters are made t…
Hymn VII for the Nativity of Christ in the Flesh
A hymn talking about Jesus' ancestors, and how they awaited the Messiah's coming. Entertainingly, the hymn focuses on the spicier side of th…
Sowing and Reaping
This novel is subtitled A Temperance Story, which identifies explicitly the focus of the work. Frances Harper is a Christian moralist and us…
Jesus as a Fetus
This excerpt from St. Zeno of Verona's Tractatus talks about the unborn Jesus' time in Mary's womb. (Lib. ii., Tractatus viii. et ix., Patro…
Mr. Weston's Good Wine
This 1927 novel describes an evening in 1923 when Mr. Weston, who is apparently a wine merchant, but is evidently God, visits the fictional …
A Cathedral Singer
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…
Jerusalem to Revelations
A Four Quartets for the End of Time, these works stretch from the death and rebirth of a living land, England/Albion, to the death of the wo…
Trial and Triumph
This novel, like two other novels that Harper serialized in The Christian Recorder, sets forth the principles which make for a meaningful, m…
The Prince of India
The protagonist of this novel is "The Wandering Shoemaker" a figure from medieval Christian folklore whose legend began to spread …
The Vatican Swindle
Set during the pontificate of Leo XIII, this book is a blend of humor and tragedy in the quest for understanding one’s place in a world mark…