Family & Relationships
Vassar Studies
Read by Daryl Wor
Julia Augusta Schwartz
Published in 1899, Vassar Studies is a collection of twelve realistic glimpses into the character of attending students at Vassar College. I…
Teddy's Button (Version 3)
Read by Kylie Goodfellow
Amy Le Feuvre
Teddy is a little boy who cares about his father's button more than anything in the world. He wants to be in the Queen's army when he grows …
Civil War Women, North And South
Read by David Wales
Various
This recording comprises two narratives. One is by Cora Mitchel who in 1861 was a girl in her mid-teens. Her Unionist family escaped the C…
Selected Works of E. Boyd Smith
Read by Barry Eads
E. Boyd Smith
A sampling of the children's books written and illustrated by E. Boyd Smith. The first story is Mr. Smith's version of the Story of Noah's …
Domestic Bliss
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
This scene of 'Domestic Bliss' is from Poems of Cheer by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. (Pub 1914) - Summary by David Lawrence
On Angel's Wings
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Louisa Lilias Plunket Greene
Louisa Lilias Plunket Greene was an Irish author of children's books. However, like any good book for children, this book is also for adults…
Eight Cousins (Version 4 Dramatic Reading)
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Louisa May Alcott
When frail, sickly Rose Campbell is left an orphan following the death of her father, she moves with her eccentric bachelor uncle to a place…
Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Big Woods
Read by Nan Dodge
Laura Lee Hope
Bunny Brown and his little sister, Sue, have been having adventures and fun, and getting into scrapes, since the early 1900s. From Chapter O…
Tante
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Anne Douglas Sedgwick
It is a common trend, up until this very day, to reveal the difficult side of being a great artist. Madame Okraska is no different. Great ar…
Policy and Passion
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Rosa Campbell Praed
"Policy and Passion, a Novel of Australian Life" tells the story about a father and daughter, torn between the policy of the count…
Peeps at People - Being Certain Papers from the Writings of Anne Warrington Wit…
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John Kendrick Bangs
Written by a fictitious first-person narrator, this book puts a humorous spin on encounters with several famous people of the time. "I …
Hester: A Story of Contemporary Life, Volume 2
Read by Anne Erickson
Margaret O. Oliphant
Catherine Vernon has a firm hand on her family and on the family business. Her plans for her young protege Edward, whom she loves like a son…
Sunshine and Snow
Read by Laurie Banza
Harold Bindloss
A harrowing and dramatic story of four siblings from Scotland who are poor and orphaned. The eldest brother, Arthur, is guardian to his two …
The Story of a Plush Bear
Read by Nan Dodge
Laura Lee Hope
Tenth in a series of 12 Make Believe Stories, this charming tale of a Christmas toy bear and its adventures is an old fashioned delight. - …
Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue at Camp Rest-a-While
Read by Nan Dodge
Laura Lee Hope
Number 5 in the Bunny Brown series. This charming volume sees Bunny Brown, his sister Sue, their parents, Uncle Tad, and Bunker Blue (along …
Pollyanna's Debt of Honor
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Harriet Lummis Smith
This is the fifth Pollyanna Glad Book. Pollyanna is kept busy teaching her famous "glad game" to others and thus spreading her own…
The Heavenly Twins
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Sarah Grand
First published in 1893, this novel came to question many subjects which were considered taboo. Through a few interconnected plots and sub p…
Virginia
Read by Jim Locke
Ellen Glasgow
Virginia does everything right: she attends a finishing school, marries the first man who proposes, and devotes her life to her husband and …
Broken Barriers
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Meredith Nicholson
Life abruptly changes for young socialite, Grace Durland., when her father goes bankrupt and she is forced to earn a living. Thrust into a n…