Excerpt from Nora: A Novel Taken From the GermanIt has often been said, and with reason, that a novel written with a marked tendency - religious or political - is tedious.If we want instruction or enlightenment, we had rather seek both in bond fide treatises, than have to wade through long controversial dialogues, or be preached at by a novel-writer. We take up a novel in. a moment of leisure, when we feel unfitted for more serious study, and we seek to be amused or touched.On the other hand, it is natural that those authors whose noble desire is to gain admiration for their Faith, by showing it under its real colours - in its beneficial influence upon daily life - should not give up the task because they do not feel equal to deeper or more serious works.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.