02145cam a22003373u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000280011324500450014126400510018630000470023733600260028433700260031033800360033650000310037252010800040353400650148365300390154865300400158765300490162765300340167665300350171085600430174599900190178877568UtSlPG20260610134810.0mcr n260607r20251867utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPZ1 aA. L. O. E.,d1821-189314aThe straight road is shortest and surest 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2025-12-30  aThe straight road is shortest and surest by A. L. O. E. is a Victorian-era moral tale for young readers. Set in an English country house, it explores conscience, duty, and temptation, arguing that the path of obedience to God is safer than clever shortcuts.

On the eve of his sister Mina’s wedding at Cortley Hall, fourteen-year-old Wilfred Marsden discovers a hidden will in the Oak Room that leaves the estate to their frugal cousin, Tom Benson, not to Wilfred’s noble father. Dreading the ruin of his family’s happiness and charities, Wilfred tries to destroy the will—first by fire, then by burying it, and finally by sinking it in the river. Conscience dogs him; he falls into the water and is rescued by John Allfrey, who also retrieves the roll without reading it and later returns it to Mina. Tended through a feverish night, Wilfred recognizes God’s mercy, faces the terror of his deceit, and resolves to take the straight path of duty, learning that the honest road, however hard, is the shortest and surest. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cLondon: Frederick Warne and Co., 1867  aChristian life -- Juvenile fiction  aConduct of life -- Juvenile fiction  aYouth -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction  aObedience -- Juvenile fiction  aRepentance -- Juvenile fiction40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77568  c118288d118288