Family & Relationships
Marriage
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Susan Edmonstoune Ferrier
Lady Juliana is the daughter of the Earl of Courtland. She receives a marriage proposal from a wealthy Duke but much to the horror of her fa…
The Daisy Chain
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Charlotte Mary Yonge
Join the endearing May family in small-town England as each member lives through some pivotal years. How will they face the changes that sha…
Little Susy's Little Servants
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Elizabeth Prentiss
“As Little Susy had a kind mamma to take care of her, you will, perhaps, wonder why God gave her also, a great many servants of her own. He …
Eddie of Jackson's Gang
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Brother Ernest Ryan
Eddie. That is the only name our young, musically talented hero knew for himself. After being left at a Catholic orphanage as a young child,…
Liliecrona's Home
Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
Selma Lagerlöf
Liliecrona's Home was published in Sweden 1911, translated into English by Anna Harwell and published in London in 1913. The story is set in…
The Fairchild Family
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Mary Martha Sherwood
The adventures of Lucy, Emily and Henry are described in this short novel, written and set in Regency England. Their naughtiness, their acti…
Mildred at Roselands
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Martha Finley
In order to recover her health, Mildred Keith goes to visit her mother's extended family, the Dinsmores, in the South. Mildred makes new fri…
Peace on Earth, Good-Will to Dogs
Read by Phil Chenevert
Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
If you don't like Christmas stories, don't read this one!And if you don't like dogs I don't know just what to advise you to do!For I warn yo…
Tea Drinking In 18th-Century America
Read by David Wales
Rodris Roth
The title of this 1961 Smithsonian Institution bulletin says it all. “In 18th-century America, the pleasant practice of taking tea at home …
The Spirit of Christmas
Read by David Leeson
Henry van Dyke
A collection of short Christmas works by the author of The Story of the Fourth Wise Man (Summary by D. Leeson).
The Heel of Achilles
Read by CJ Plogue
E. M. Delafield
After a difficult childhood, Lydia Raymond, a lower middle class girl, decides to explore her own individuality and climbs the social ladder…
The Confessions of a Daddy
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Ellis Parker Butler
The wry humor of Ellis Parker Butler, who gave us the classic Pigs Is Pigs, takes us into his own married life where Marthy and Hiram live q…
Magic Words
Read by Sean McGaughey
Emilie Maceroni
Magic Words is a Victorian tale of a community and how a few women bring a special kind of Christmas magic to the community-- Magic that can…
Odd
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Amy Le Feuvre
He found the word for her, and she read with difficulty, 'Trouble, distress, great affliction.''Do they all mean tribulation?' she asked.'Tr…
Lodore
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Mary Shelley
The author of Frankenstein returns with her take on an Austen novel. The mother is proud, the father has many vices, yet the aristocratic na…
Mildred and Elsie
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Martha Finley
Mildred returns home from visiting her mother's relatives. She continues to grow in wisdom and beauty and receives many proposals of marriag…
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
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James Otis
Toby Tyler tells the story of a ten year-old orphan who runs away from a foster home to join the traveling circus only to discover his new e…
Leave it to Doris
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Ethel Hueston
The Reverend Mr. Artman is a widower of three years and is worried he might not be able to escape the clutches of Miss Carlton, his housekee…
So Big
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Edna Ferber
The story of Selina DeJong and her son Dirk, whom she affectionately calls So Big. After the death of her husband, Selina raises So Big on h…
Jan Of The Windmill
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Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing
There were two storms: one within and one without. The windmiller's wife was starting to be very unhappy, and the rain was pouring down as f…