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- Kategorie: Religion und Spiritualität
- Serie: Classics
- Sprache: Englisch
"A tender testament of faith from one of the greatest storytellers of all time." Written in 1849 for the eyes of his children alone, The Life of Our Lord reveals a deeply personal side of Charles Dickens. Known for his sharp social critique and unforgettable characters, Dickens steps away from fiction to offer this gentle and heartfelt retelling of the life of Jesus Christ. Unpublished during his lifetime, this simple and sincere narrative brings the story of the Gospel to life through Dickens's compassionate voice. Free of doctrine and full of warmth, it captures both his deep admiration for Christ's teachings and his desire to pass on those values to the next generation.
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This is a W. Books publication, a division of Grupo Ciranda Cultural.
© 2025 Ciranda Cultural Editora e Distribuidora Ltda.
Text: Charles Dickens
First Publication: 1849
Graphic Design: Linea Editora
Cover: Ana Dobón
Dados Internacionais de Catalogação na Publicação (CIP) de acordo com ISBD
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Dickens, Charles
The Life of Our Lord [recurso eletrônico] / Dickens, Charles. – Jandira, SP : W. Books, 2025.
64 p. ; ePUB.
ISBN: 978-65-5294-223-4 (Ebook)
1. Literatura Cristã. 2. Contos cristãos. 3. Religião. 4. Cristianismo. 5. Fé. I. Magri, Amanda. II. Título.
2025-1494
CDD 240
CDU 24
Elaborado por Vagner Rodolfo da Silva - CRB-8/9410
Índice para catálogo sistemático:
1. Religião : Cristianismo 240
2. Religião : Cristianismo 24
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Contents
Foreword to the first edition
Chapter The First
Chapter The Second
Chapter The Third
Chapter The Fourth
Chapter The Fifth
Chapter The Sixth
Chapter The Seventh
Chapter The Eighth
Chapter The Nineth
Chapter The Tenth
Chapter The Eleventh
Foreword to the first edition
By Lady Dickens
“This book, the last work of Charles Dickens to be published, has an individual interest and purpose that separate it completely from everything else that Dickens wrote.
Quite apart from its Divine Subject, the manuscript is peculiarly personal to the novelist, and is not so much a revelation of his mind as a tribute to his heart and humanity, and also, of course, his deep devotion to Our Lord.
It was written in 1849, twenty-one years before his death, expressly for his children.
The simple manuscript is entirely handwritten and is in no sense a fair copy but a spontaneous draft. In order to preserve its personality, the manuscript has been followed faithfully in every detail. This accounts for the varying use of capital letters, and other peculiarities.
Charles Dickens frequently told his children the Gospel Story, and made mention of the Divine Example in his letters to them.
This life of Our Lord was written without thought of publication, in order that his family might have a permanent record of their father’s thoughts.
After his death, this manuscript remained in the possession of his sister-in law, Miss Georgina Hogarth.
On her death in 1917 it came into the possession of Sir Henry Fielding Dickens.
Charles Dickens had made it clear that he had written The Life of Our Lord in a form which he thought best suited to his children, and not for publication. His son, Sir Henry, was averse to publishing the work in his own lifetime, but saw no reason why publication should be withheld after his death.
Sir Henry’s will provided that, if the majority of his family were in favour of publication, The Life of Our Lord should be given to the world. It was first published, in serial form, in March 1934.
Marie Dickens
April 1934
Chapter The First
My dear children, I am very anxious that you should know something about the History of Jesus Christ. For everybody ought to know about Him. No one ever lived, who was so good, so kind, so gentle, and so sorry for all people who did wrong, or were in anyway ill or miserable, as he was. And as he is now in Heaven, where we hope to go, and all to meet each other after we are dead, and there be happy always together, you never can think what a good place Heaven, is without knowing who he was and what he did.
He was born, a long long time ago—nearly Two Thousand years ago—at a place called Bethlehem. His father and mother lived in a city called Nazareth, but they were forced, by business to travel to Bethlehem. His father’s name was Joseph, and his mother’s name was Mary.
And the town being very full of people, also brought there by business, there was no room for Joseph and Mary in the Inn or any house; so they went into a Stable to lodge, and in this stable Jesus Christ was born. There was no cradle or anything of that kind there, so Mary laid her pretty little boy in what is called the Manger, which is the place the horses eat out of. And there he fell asleep.
While he was asleep, some Shepherds who were watching Sheep in the Fields, saw an Angel from God, all light and beautiful, come moving over the grass towards Them. At first they were afraid and fell down and hid their faces. But it said “There is a child born to-day in the city of Bethlehem near here, who will grow up to be so good that God will love him as his own son; and he will teach men to love one another, and not to quarrel and hurt one another; and his name will be Jesus Christ; and people will put that name in their prayers, because they will know God loves it, and will know that they should love it too.” And then the Angel told the Shepherds to go to that Stable, and look at that little child in the Manger. Which they did; and they kneeled down by it in its sleep, and said “God bless this child!”
Now the great place of all that country was Jerusalem—just as London is the great place in England—and at Jerusalem the King lived, whose name was King Herod. Some wise men came one day, from a country a long way off in the East, and said to the King “ We have seen a Star in the Sky, which teaches us to know that a child is born in Bethlehem who will live to be a man whom all people will love.” When King Herod heard this, he was jealous, for he was a wicked man. But he pretended not to be, and said to the wise men, “Whereabouts is this child?” And the wise men said “We don’t know. But we think the Star will shew us; for the Star has been moving on before us, all the way here, and is now standing still in the sky.” Then Herod asked them to see if the Star would shew them where the child lived, and ordered them, if they found the child, to come back to him. So they went out, and the Star went on, over their heads a little way before them, until it stopped over the house where the child was. This was very wonderful, but God ordered it to be so.
When the Star stopped, the wise men went in, and saw the child with Mary his Mother. They loved him very much, and gave him some presents. Then they went away. But they did not go back to King Herod; for they thought he was jealous, though he had not said so. So they went away, by night, back into their own country. And an Angel came, and told Joseph and Mary to take the child into a Country called Egypt, or Herod would kill him. So they escaped too, in the night—the father, the mother, and the child—and arrived there, safely.
But when this cruel Herod found that the wise men did not come back to him, and that he could not, therefore, find out where this child, Jesus Christ, lived, he called his soldiers and captains to him, and told them to go and Kill all the children in his dominions that were not more than two years old. The wicked men did so. The mothers of the children ran up and down the streets with them in their arms trying to save them, and hide them in caves and cellars, but it was of no use. The soldiers with their swords killed all the children they could find. This dreadful murder was called the Murder of the Innocents. Because the little children were so innocent.
King Herod hoped that Jesus Christ was one of them. But He was not, as you know, for He had escaped safely into Egypt. And he lived there, with his father and mother, until Bad King Herod died.
Chapter The Second
