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The Touch of Abner: A Rural Canadian Story of Faith, Forgiveness, and Small-Town Redemption - Softcover
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The Touch of Abner is a characteristic work of H. A. Cody's morally purposeful fiction: a narrative in which character, conscience, and community matter more than sensational incident. Centred on the quietly transformative presence suggested by its title, the book explores how one life may redirect others through sympathy, integrity, and spiritual steadiness. Cody's prose is plain, earnest, and warmly descriptive, belonging to the early twentieth-century tradition of Canadian popular fiction shaped by Protestant ethics, rural memory, and the reforming optimism of the Social Gospel era. Hiram Alfred Cody (1872–1948), a New Brunswick-born Anglican clergyman, educator, and novelist, wrote from within the moral and social worlds he depicted. His ministerial experience, including work among scattered communities and an abiding interest in service, sacrifice, and redemption, gave his fiction its pastoral authority. Cody's books often translate clerical insight into narrative form, presenting ethical dilemmas through accessible plots and emotionally legible characters. Readers drawn to thoughtful, humane fiction will find The Touch of Abner rewarding. It is especially recommended to those interested in Canadian literary history, Christian humanism, and novels that regard goodness not as naivety, but as a disciplined and consequential force.
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The Touch of Abner is a characteristic work of H. A. Cody's morally purposeful fiction: a narrative in which character, conscience, and community matter more than sensational incident. Centred on the quietly transformative presence suggested by its title, the book explores how one life may redirect others through sympathy, integrity, and spiritual steadiness. Cody's prose is plain, earnest, and warmly descriptive, belonging to the early twentieth-century tradition of Canadian popular fiction shaped by Protestant ethics, rural memory, and the reforming optimism of the Social Gospel era. Hiram Alfred Cody (1872-1948), a New Brunswick-born Anglican clergyman, educator, and novelist, wrote from within the moral and social worlds he depicted. His ministerial experience, including work among scattered communities and an abiding interest in service, sacrifice, and redemption, gave his fiction its pastoral authority. Cody's books often translate clerical insight into narrative form, presenting ethical dilemmas through accessible plots and emotionally legible characters. Readers drawn to thoughtful, humane fiction will find The Touch of Abner rewarding. It is especially recommended to those interested in Canadian literary history, Christian humanism, and novels that regard goodness not as naivety, but as a disciplined and consequential force. Seller Inventory # 9788027297351
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. The Touch of Abner | A Rural Canadian Story of Faith, Forgiveness, and Small-Town Redemption | H. A. Cody | Taschenbuch | Englisch | Good Press | EAN 9788027297351 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: OK Publishing s.r.o., 20a, Kosíre, Zahradníckova 1220, 150 00 PRAGUE, TSCHECHIEN, obrody[at]gmail[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu. Seller Inventory # 126494171