Excerpt from The Prodigal Son Ten Years LaterIt may be that this boy was the prodigal in real life from whom the Author of a famous parable sketched the character of the Prodigal Son. But if so, he has ceased to live in any one age, and dwells now in all time. And this is not only because he appears in a literary production that is immor tal, but because as a matter of fact he is a character of all ages. Like the (wandering Jew, every century has seen him.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.