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24 titles for readers of Ben-Hur by Lew Wallace, selected for shared themes: Classic & Allegory, Christian, Classics, and Literary.

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The Pilgrim’s Progress — John Bunyan

The Pilgrim’s Progress

Themes: Classic & Allegory • Christian • Classics

A Christmas Carol With Original Illustrations — Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol With Original Illustrations

Charles Dickens

Themes: Classic & Allegory • Christian • Classics

A Simple Soul — Gustave Flaubert

Gustave Flaubert

Themes: Classic & Allegory • Christian • Classics

Death Comes for the Archbishop — Willa Cather

Death Comes for the Archbishop — Willa Cather

Themes: Classic & Allegory • Christian • Classics

Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ — Lew Wallace

Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ

Themes: Classic & Allegory • Christian • Classics

The Man Who Was Thursday — G K Chesterton

The Man Who Was Thursday — G K Chesterton

G. K. Chesterton

Themes: Classic & Allegory • Christian • Classics

The Passage — Michael Hurley

Themes: Classic & Allegory • Christian • Classics

The Damnation of Theron Ware Or Illumination — Harold Frederic

The Damnation of Theron Ware Or Illumination

Harold Frederic

Themes: Classic & Allegory • Christian • Classics

Phantastes A Faerie Romance for Men and Women — George MacDonald

Phantastes A Faerie Romance for Men and Women

George MacDonald

Themes: Classic & Allegory • Christian • Classics

The Place of the Lion — Charles Williams

The Place of the Lion

Charles Williams

Themes: Classic & Allegory • Christian • Classics

A Christmas Carol With Original Illustrations In Full Color — Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol With Original Illustrations In Full Color

Charles Dickens

Themes: Classic & Allegory • Christian • Classics

Pilgrim’s Progress — John Bunyan

Pilgrim’s Progress

Themes: Classic & Allegory • Christian • Classics

The Bridge of San Luis Rey — Thornton Wilder

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Thornton Wilder

Themes: Classic & Allegory • Christian • Classics

The Death Of Ivan Ilych — Leo Tolstoy

The Death Of Ivan Ilych

Themes: Classic & Allegory • Christian • Classics

Barlaam and Josaphat A Christian Tale of the Buddha — Gui de Cambrai

Barlaam and Josaphat A Christian Tale of the Buddha

Themes: Classic & Allegory • Christian • Classics

The Horse and His Boy (adult) — C. S. Lewis

The Horse and His Boy (adult)

Themes: Classic & Allegory • Christian • Classics

The Silver Chair (adult) — C. S. Lewis

The Silver Chair (adult)

Themes: Classic & Allegory • Christian • Classics

The Black Ship With Other Allegories and Parables — ELIZABETH RUNDLE. CHARLES

The Black Ship With Other Allegories and Parables

ELIZABETH RUNDLE. CHARLES

Themes: Classic & Allegory • Christian • Classics

A Fable — William Faulkner

William Faulkner

Themes: Classic & Allegory • Christian • Classics

The Pilgrim’s Progress A Readable Modern-Day Version of John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress (Revised and Easy-to-read) — Alan Vermilye

The Pilgrim’s Progress A Readable Modern-Day Version of John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress (Revised and Easy-to-read)

Themes: Classic & Allegory • Christian • Classics

The Divine Comedy Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso — Dante Alighieri

The Divine Comedy Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso

Dante Alighieri

Themes: Classic & Allegory • Christian • Classics

Hinds’ Feet On High Places — Hannah Hurnard

Hinds’ Feet On High Places

Themes: Classic & Allegory • Christian • Classics

The Red Tent — Anita Diamant

Themes: Classic & Allegory • Christian • Classics

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall — Anne Bronte

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Themes: Classic & Allegory • Christian • Classics

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Classic & Allegory, Christian, Classics — the same threads that run through Ben-Hur by Lew Wallace. Among the authors featured: John Bunyan, Charles Dickens, Gustave Flaubert, WILLA. CATHER, and others.

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