Family & Relationships
Aunt Crete's Emancipation
Aunt Lucretia — 'Crete' to her family — is a sweet, patient older woman, who lives with her narrow-minded sister and spoilt niece, acting as…
The Enchanted Barn
The Hollisters, a bright, spirited, wholesome family, are compelled to move into the country. After many efforts to secure a home, Shirley, …
Cloudy Jewel
Julia Cloud, the oldest--and most responsible--child of her family, helped raise her four siblings due to their mother's long-time illness a…
A Girl of the Limberlost
A Girl of the Limberlost follows the journey of Elnora Comstock, a young girl living in the enchanting yet challenging environment of the Li…
Wives and Daughters
Elizabeth Gaskell's last novel was serialized in Cornhill Magazine from 1864 to 1866, and completed by her editor posthumously. It looks at …
Miss Billy Married
In Miss Billy Married, the beloved characters Bertram and Billy take the next step in their journey as they stand at the altar, ready to emb…
An Unwilling Guest
A young society woman travels to the country to visit her aunt, only to end up as the unwilling guest of a neighboring family. The daughter …
Eight Cousins
This is the story of Rose, a rich but lonely and sickly girl who has been recently orphaned and sent to live with her maiden aunts. When Ros…
Phoebe Deane
Second book in the Marcia Schuyler trilogy. Phoebe Deane lives almost as a servant in her brother's home, tormented by her hateful sister-in…
Laddie
Based on the author's own life, this book tells the story of "little sister". The youngest of eleven, she is unwanted in the begin…
Rose in Bloom
Opening several years after the close of "Eight Cousins", we find Rose coming home fresh from a voyage overseas, to find much chan…
The Search
“On the day the drafted men march away, Ruth MacDonald catches John Cameron's eye and waves to him. In the excitement of the moment they bot…
Miss Dee Dunmore Bryant
The Bryant family - widowed Mrs. Bryant and her children Benjamin, Caroline ("Line" for short), and little Daisy - is on the thin …
The Vicar of Wakefield
First published in 1766, the loveable and innocent Dr Primrose and his family have given pleasure to all that have read it. The story opens …
Dawn
Dawn (also known in England as "Keith’s Dark Tower"), was published in 1919, and is set during World War I. Keith Burton is going …
Five Little Peppers Midway
Five Little Peppers Midway is the joyous continuation of the Pepper family's story. A snooty cousin comes to stay with the Peppers, and yet …
Eleanor's Victory
Only 15-years-old, Eleanor Vane is very happy with her lot: educated in an expensive finishing school in Paris, the apple of her father's ey…
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm tells the charming story of a spirited young girl named Rebecca Randall, who is sent to live with her two strict …
The Road to Understanding
"If Burke Denby had not been given all the frosted cakes and toy shotguns he wanted at the age of ten, it might not have been so diffic…
Old Granny Fox
Old Granny Fox and grandson Reddy Fox must use all their cunning to hunt up enough food to survive the long winter. Food in the Green Meadow…