The American Civil War, John Wilkes Booth, and, in keeping with its author's other books, 'One learns from what one does. A parable shows one what one is. It is inevitable, but each time we experience it, the times have changed, we have changed, and so also changes the meaning of the parable itself. Such is the malice of events. The whole world is a parable.'
![The Benefactress by [von Arnim, Elizabeth]](/images/books/cover/51651_2022420142911_the_benefactress.jpg "The Benefactress by [von Arnim, Elizabeth]")
