{"product_id":"the-gospel-in-dickens-9780874868418","title":"The Gospel in Dickens","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWish you had time to re-read and enjoy that daunting stack of Charles Dickens novels? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTake heart: Dickens enthusiast Gina Dalfonzo \u003c\/b\u003ehas done the heavy lifting for you. In short, readable excerpts she presents the essence of the great novelist's prodigious output, teasing out dozens of the most memorable scenes to reveal the Christian vision and values that suffuse all his work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDickens can certainly entertain, but \u003c\/b\u003ehis legacy endures because of his power to stir consciences with the humanity of his characters and their predicaments. While he could be ruthless in his characterization of greed, injustice, and religious hypocrisy, again and again the hope of redemption shines through.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn spite of  or perhaps because of  his own failings, \u003c\/b\u003eDickens never stopped exploring the themes of sin, guilt, repentance, redemption, and restoration found in the gospel. In some passages the Christian elements are explicit, in others implicit, but, as Dickens himse","brand":"Plough Publishing House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866138259799,"sku":"9780874868418","price":13.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-gospel-in-dickens-9780874868418","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}