{"product_id":"the-life-of-our-lord-written-for-his-children-during-the-years-1846-to-1849","title":"The Life of Our Lord: Written for His Children During the Years 1846 to 1849","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9780684865379\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCharles Dickens's\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e other \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eChristmas classic, with a new introduction by Dickens's great-great-grandson, Gerald Charles Dickens.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCharles Dickens wrote \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Life of Our Lord\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e during the years 1846-1849, just about the time he was completing \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDavid Copperfield.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e In this charming, simple retelling of the life of Jesus Christ, adapted from the Gospel of St. Luke, Dickens hoped to teach his young children about religion and faith. Since he wrote it exclusively for his children, Dickens refused to allow publication.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor eighty-five years the manuscript was guarded as a precious family secret, and it was handed down from one relative to the next. When Dickens died in 1870, it was left to his sister-in-law, Georgina Hogarth. From there it fell to Dickens's son, Sir Henry Fielding Dickens, with the admonition that it should not be published while any child of Dickens lived.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJust before the 1933 holidays, Sir Henry, then the only living child of Dickens, died, leaving his father's manuscript to his wife and children. He also bequeathed to them the right to make the decision to publish \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Life of Our Lord.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e By majority vote, Sir Henry's widow and children decided to publish the book in London. In 1934, Simon \u0026amp; Schuster published the first American edition, which became one of the year's biggest bestsellers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INGRAM INDUSTRIES COMPANY","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48529731190989,"sku":"9780684865379","price":32.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0593\/2109\/0253\/files\/cvr9780684865379_9780684865379_hr.jpg?v=1770068603","url":"https:\/\/universalchurchsupplies.ca\/products\/the-life-of-our-lord-written-for-his-children-during-the-years-1846-to-1849","provider":"Universal Church Supplies Inc","version":"1.0","type":"link"}