Magnificent Obsession

di Lloyd C. Douglas (Autore)

Waking Lion Press, 2026

Robert "Bobby" Merrick, a college-aged only child from a wealthy Michigan family, is neither expected nor inclined to do anything with his life except "loaf." But when he indirectly causes the death of an esteemed Detroit brain surgeon, Bobby decides to change his ways dramatically to compensate for his role in the tragedy. In the course of this he discovers the deceased surgeon's secret journal, which reveals a spiritual obsession that will transform Bobby's life even further. Lutheran Christian minister Lloyd C. Douglas began working on Magnificent Obsession, his first novel, at the age of fifty. It was initially marketed as a work of religious literature, but was a commercial failure until eighteen months later when it was instead marketed as a romance novel. In the years that followed, Douglas received many letters from readers about the novel's spiritual ideas; this compelled him to write a prequel, entitled Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal, which presents in full the fictional journal featured in this novel. Magnificent Obsession combines standard tropes of romance with an unusual reinterpretation of the message of the Christian gospels. In the preface to Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal, Douglas wrote that its main theme "derived from a little handful of verses midway of the Sermon on the Mount" in the Gospel of Matthew. It explores the possibility of self-interested altruism and the compatibility of religious zeal with a scientific worldview. While the novel has never been admired by critics, the popularity it once achieved testifies to the enduring appeal of the notion of a hidden formula for success in life. Readers drawn to stories of redemption, quiet romance, and the search for meaning will find this once-beloved bestseller a compelling and thought-provoking read. The source for this public-domain ebook is Standard Ebooks (standardebooks.org). Ebooks from other sources often have typos, inconsistent spelling, missing accent marks, and missing punctuation. Ebooks from Standard Ebooks are proofread line by line against a scan of the original printed pages, then proofread again from cover to cover. They are also formatted and typeset following a professional-grade style manual, resulting in new editions supporting state-of-the-art ereader technology: automatic hyphenation, popup footnotes, complete and consistent metadata, high-resolution and scalable vector graphics, and ereader-compatible tables of contents. All of this makes the finished ebooks accurate, functional, and beautiful, a pleasure to read. (Waking Lion Press is not affiliated with or endorsed by Standard Ebooks.)

• Autore: Lloyd C. Douglas
• Anno edizione: 2026
• Editore: Waking Lion Press
• Formato: EPUB3 con Adobe DRM
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9781434124319