Family & Relationships
The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd
Mrs. Holroyd is married to a loutish miner, who drinks, apparently patronizes prostitutes, and apparently brutalizes her. When a gentlemanly…
The Paying Guest
George Gissing was one of the most accomplished writers of realism in the Victorian Era. Also The Paying Guest is a great example of realism…
The Maid of Maiden Lane
The Maid of Maiden lane is a wonderful love story in which Mrs. Barr intertwines the hot political and social issues that were occurring in …
The Ordeal of Elizabeth
An unforgettable family saga which revolves around the beautiful young Elizabeth. Elizabeth is orphaned and raised by her spinster aunts. As…
Lisbeth Longfrock or Sidsel Sidsærkin
Lisbeth Longfrock - (Sidsel Sidsærkin in its original Norwegian) was seen by the author as a book written for adults, telling the stor…
I Malavoglia
I Malavoglia è il titolo del romanzo più conosciuto dello scrittore siciliano Giovanni Verga, pubblicato a Milano dall'editore…
Vic and Sade
Vic and Sade is a classic radio series that aired from 1945 to 1957, showcasing the everyday life and humorous interactions of the Gook fami…
Anne of Green Gables
In the first book of this classic series, Anne Shirley is an 11 year-old orphan girl who has never had a true home. Through an adoption mist…
Peñas arriba
Marcelo, un joven abogado de Madrid de ambiente cosmopolita, tiene que viajar a un remoto pueblo en la montaña cántabra (Tabla…
Prodigal Daughters
A frank look at the revolt of the younger generation following World War I, the book follows the Trelawney family. The father looks eagerly …
The Barbadoes Girl
Matilda Sophia Hanson, whose father has recently died in their country of Barbadoes in the West Indies, must live for a time with family fri…
Mollie's Prince
Mr. Ward is a failing artist. His two daughters, Mollie and Waveney, are very close. However when the financial situation becomes insufferab…
Leonora
Leonora Stanway is 40 and lives a comfortable middle-class life with her unsympathetic and dull husband, John. Her three daughters are rapid…
Sentimental Tommy
"J. M. Barrie is most noted for being the author of Peter Pan, the beloved book about a child who does not want to grow up. The two Tom…
Human Toll
Ursula (Ursie) Ewart, orphaned as a young child, is sent away from her home in the Australian bush. While Ursie was previously doted on by s…
A Coffee Crusade
Bridget Hall is a driven & successful entrepreneur running a non-profit company named the Coffee Exchange Alliance. She’s working to est…
Helen in the Editor's Chair
After her father, Hugh Blair, falls ill from exhaustion as editor of the town newspaper, The Rolfe Herald, and leaves for a rest cure in the…
Vassar Studies
Published in 1899, Vassar Studies is a collection of twelve realistic glimpses into the character of attending students at Vassar College. I…
Tio Jorge
Tio Jorge is a novel about a young woman caught between two worlds, that of her affluent, fair-haired mother and her brooding Mexican father…
Le Mari de Charlotte
En Bretagne, puis en Bourgogne et à Paris. Voici Charlotte, son cousin Georges, et Emmanuel, ami de Georges.Monsieur de la Hér…