Family & Relationships
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…
Ester Ried Yet Speaking
Authored by Isabella M. Alden under the pen name "Pansy." Fourth in the Chautauqua Girls series. Alfred Ried (brother of Ester Rie…
The Wheat Princess
Marcia Copley, an American Heiress, comes to Rome. Typically for the period, she may want to attract an aristocrat. He brings the title, she…
Pollyanna
Spinster Polly Harrington is perfectly content to be in control of her comfortable life, even if is she alone in a big house. But then a le…
The Chimes
The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In is the second of Charles Dickens' Christmas books, publ…
The Cricket on the Hearth
The tale of John Peerybingle, the good-hearted carrier, and his young wife Mary ('Dot'), interwoven with the story of poor toymaker Caleb Pl…
Household Puzzles
Household Puzzles peeks into the life of the Randolph family, four daughters and one son. They are financially strapped but must follow soci…
A Sevenfold Trouble
This story is an honest record of what we, who are all writers, and all very intimate friends, have seen and heard as we looked on at the li…
O Pioneers!
O Pioneers! tells the story of the Bergsons, a family of Swedish immigrants in the farm country near Hanover, Nebraska, (a fictional town ne…
Maezli
"Mäzli" may be pronounced the most natural and one of the most entertaining of Madame Spyri's creations. The atmosphere is cr…
A Girl of the Limberlost
Set in the Limberlost swamp of Indiana, A Girl of the Limberlost follows Elnora Comstock through struggles and triumphs as she seeks educati…
The Marriage of William Ashe
William Ashe, an up and coming politician, impulsively marries Kitty, a young, flighty and strange girl who, far from supporting her husband…
From Different Standpoints
How differently people view life, society, and religion, depending on their perspective! Perry, the often sick young man that is learning to…
Aunt Jane's Nieces
Jane Merrick is a wealthy, elderly, difficult invalid woman who is preparing for her approaching death. In her youth, she inherited her mone…
Ruth Erskine's Son
Seventh book in the Chautauqua Girls series. Written by Isabella Alden under the pseudonym “Pansy.” Erskine, Ruth's son (a 5-year-old at the…
The Empty Sack
The book follows the fortunes of Jennie Follett, a New York artist’s model, and Teddy, her brother. After their father’s dismissal from his …
Eight Cousins
Eight Cousins, or The Aunt-Hill was published in 1875 by American novelist Louisa May Alcott. It is the story of Rose Campbell, a lonely and…
The Pocket Measure
Three young women are the central characters in this story. Callie and her husband are poor, but they are frugal, spending using God's princ…
The Green Mirror
Three generations of the Trenchard family, ruled over by the indomitable Mrs Trenchard, live together in comfortable domesticity until Kathe…
Mother Carey’s Chickens
“When Captain Carey went on his long journey into the unknown and uncharted land, the rest of the Careys tried in vain for a few months to b…