Family & Relationships
Children of the Ghetto
In this 1892 novel of London's Jewish East End, Israel Zangwill sets the apparently irrational and decidedly indecorous religious practices …
What Maisie Knew
What Maisie Knew is a poignant exploration of childhood innocence amidst the turmoil of adult relationships. When young Maisie Farange is ca…
Veronica
Published in 1886, this novel encompasses a small community wherein Veronica, having lost her own mother, is “adopted” by a neighbour, Gertr…
Elsie's Widowhood
Elsie's Widowhood continues the poignant journey of Elsie Dinsmore as she navigates the profound changes brought by the loss of her beloved …
Margy's Queer Inheritance
Helen, Margy and Rose Blythe, displaced from their family home in Long Island, have struggled to carve out a new life in their tiny apartmen…
Washington Square
Washington Square is a short novel by Henry James. Originally published in 1880 as a serial in Cornhill Magazine and Harper's New Monthly Ma…
Mothering on Perilous
Cecelia Loring is alone in the world after the death of her mother and has come to the Kentucky mountains in search of work. Although very d…
Betty Gordon at Bramble Farm
Betty Gordon found herself an orphan at age twelve. She became the ward of her uncle, Richard Gordon. She immediately came to love her uncle…
Understood Betsy
Sickly and sheltered, nine-year-old Elizabeth Ann is horrified to hear she must be sent away to live with the "Putney cousins." Ac…
The Diary of a Provincial Lady
“Notice, and am gratified by, large clump of crocuses near the front gate. Should like to make whimsical and charming reference to these and…
The Bobbsey Twins at Meadow Brook
The Bobbseys are home from their adventure on the houseboat and now they're off to visit their cousins at Meadow Brook Farm. But they haven'…
Elsie's Children
In "Elsie's Children," the beloved characters from the "Elsie Dinsmore" series return, now as parents navigating the com…
Peter and Wendy
Peter and Wendy tells the classic story of Peter Pan, a mischievous little boy who can fly, and his adventures on the island of Neverland wi…
Sons and Lovers
This intimate portrait of a coal-miner's family fastens on each member in turn: Walter Morel, the collier; Gertrude, his wife; and the child…
The Little Colonel
The scene of this story is laid in Kentucky. Its heroine is a small girl, who is known as the Little Colonel, on account of her fancied rese…
The Blythe Girls
The Blythe sisters, orphaned and near-penniless are completely on their own. With the last of their resources, they move from their lovely b…
The Little Girl Next Door
A delightful story of true and genuine friendship between an impulsive little girl in a fine New York home and a little blind girl in an apa…
Winnie-the-Pooh
A charming collection of 10 relaxing tales, come along into the Forest as Winnie-the-Pooh tries to get some honey, the search is on for Eeyo…
Toni, the Little Woodcarver
Toni is a little boy who discovers a love for woodcarving. When tragedy strikes and his father dies, Toni does all he can to help his mother…
Daddy-Long-Legs
Jerusha Abbott was brought up at the John Grier Home, an old-fashioned orphanage. The children were wholly dependent on charity and had to w…