Stories from Switzerland

audiobook

Stories from Switzerland

by César Malan

EN·~2 hours·15 chapters

Chapters

15 total
1

STORIES FROM SWITZERLAND.

0:14
2

THE PLEASURE OF BEING ABLE TO READ.

6:24
3

ARE YOU HAPPY WHEN YOU ARE CROSS?

6:43
4

MAURICE; Or, the Way of the Slothful is a Hedge of Thorns.

8:38
5

THE REAL FRIEND.

11:00
6

IDLE DICK.

31:27
7

THE LADY-BIRD.

6:36
8

THE LOST CHILD.

9:17
9

REAL CHARITY.

11:06
10

PROVIDENCE; Or, the Mother and her Child.

22:17

Description

A modest yet heartfelt collection of Swiss vignettes, this book invites listeners into quiet rural scenes where everyday chores intersect with quiet devotion. Each tale gently highlights the simple pleasures of literacy, the comfort of scripture, and the quiet generosity that threads through small communities. The narratives are rooted in the rhythms of farm life, offering a calm backdrop for timeless moral reflections.

In one early story, a wandering farmer encounters a young shepherd boy who has never learned to read. The farmer’s kindness leads him to share a Bible, suggesting that the boy’s idle hours could become moments of learning and spiritual growth. Nearby, a small girl reads the Parable of the Sower aloud to a blind elderly woman, demonstrating how even the youngest can become vessels of comfort and teaching.

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Language

en

Duration

~2 hours (171K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Charlene Taylor, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

2020-07-06

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

César Malan

César Malan

1787–1864

A Swiss Protestant minister and hymn writer, he became one of the best-known voices in the French-speaking evangelical revival of the 19th century. His legacy endures above all through hymns that traveled far beyond Geneva, including the much-loved Christmas carol “It Came Upon the Midnight Clear” in French translation and tune traditions connected with his work.

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