- 411 pages
- English
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About this book
What happens when the beliefs that once defined your life begin to fall apart—and the truth you seek demands that you leave everything behind?
In Loss and Gain: The Story of a Convert, John Henry Newman delivers a profound and moving exploration of faith, doubt, friendship, and the courage to follow one's conscience, even when the cost is devastating.
Set in nineteenth-century England, the novel follows Charles Reding, a thoughtful young university student whose religious convictions are shaken by the intellectual and spiritual controversies surrounding him. As he encounters competing doctrines, passionate arguments, and conflicting loyalties, Charles is forced to confront the deepest questions of his existence: What is truth? Where does genuine faith lead? And what must a person be willing to sacrifice in order to remain faithful to conscience?
Caught between the expectations of his family, the influence of his friends, and the growing demands of his spiritual journey, Charles discovers that the search for truth is rarely comfortable. Every step forward brings uncertainty, every decision carries a price, and every apparent loss opens the possibility of an unexpected gain.
With remarkable psychological insight and a keen understanding of the human heart, Newman transforms a religious controversy into a timeless story of intellectual awakening, personal sacrifice, and spiritual transformation.
Loss and Gain is more than a novel about conversion. It is an invitation to examine what we believe, why we believe it, and whether we possess the courage to follow the truth wherever it leads.
For readers drawn to classic literature, philosophical fiction, religious history, and stories of profound personal change, this enduring work offers a deeply human portrait of the price of conviction—and the extraordinary freedom that may await on the other side of doubt.
Sometimes, what we lose is precisely what allows us to discover what matters most.
Table of contents
- LOSS AND GAIN:
- CHAPTER X.
- CHAPTER III.
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- CHAPTER VII.
- CHAPTER VIII.
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