Robert Hardy's Seven Days: A Dream And Its Consequences (1893)

Robert Hardy's Seven Days: A Dream And Its Consequences is a novel written by Charles Monroe Sheldon and published in 1893. The story follows Robert Hardy, a wealthy businessman who has a vivid dream in which he experiences the seven days leading up to his death. In the dream, he realizes that his life has been focused solely on accumulating wealth and that he has neglected his relationships with his family and friends.Upon waking up, Robert is deeply affected by the dream and decides to make significant changes in his life. He begins to prioritize his relationships and becomes more involved in charitable work, using his wealth to help those in need. However, his newfound focus on relationships and philanthropy leads to conflicts with his business partners, who are more concerned with profits than social responsibility.Robert's transformation also affects his family, particularly his daughter, who is engaged to a man he disapproves of. As Robert learns to prioritize love and compassion over material wealth, he must navigate these conflicts and find a way to reconcile his new values with his old way of life.Overall, Sheldon's novel explores themes of materialism, social responsibility, and the importance of relationships in a person's life. It offers a thought-provoking look at the consequences of prioritizing wealth over human connections and the potential for personal growth and redemption.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.