Family & Relationships
By The Turtles of Tasman
Read by Bellona Times
Jack London
Turn of the century sibling rivalry between successful but uptight California businessman and his ne'er-do-well older brother, both widowers…
Driven Back To Eden
Read by DavidG
Edward P. Roe
Frustrated with life in the tenements generally and the negative influences on his children specifically, a father decides to move his famil…
Mother
Read by Megan Kunkel
Kathleen Norris
With seven children and a home to take care of, Margaret wondered how her Mother could be so happy living a life that seemed all drudgery. A…
An Englishwoman's Love-Letters
Read by Esther
Laurence Housman
It need hardly be said that the woman by whom these letter were written had no thought that they would be read by anyone but the person to w…
Harry Heathcote of Gangoil
Read by Simon Evers
Anthony Trollope
Harry Heathcote is an English ‘squatter’ who runs a huge sheep station at Gangoil in Queensland, Australia. His wife Mary and her older sist…
The Diary of a Provincial Lady
E. M. Delafield
“Notice, and am gratified by, large clump of crocuses near the front gate. Should like to make whimsical and charming reference to these and…
One Day More
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Joseph Conrad
A one-act play. Eccentric (crazy?) Captain Hagberd has been waiting for years for his son to come home from the sea. He has scrimped and sav…
Stories of Successful Marriages
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Walter Besant
A collection of short stories by celebrated authors on the subject of successful marriages. Pieces originally appeared in other publications…
The Christmas Hirelings
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Mary Elizabeth Braddon
It is the Christmas season once again and things are, well, boring for the adults at Penlyon Castle. "...if somehow or other I had a pa…
Our Little English Cousin (Version 2)
Read by Cori Samuel
Blanche Mcmanus
Find out about the life of Edith, a little English child living at the turn of the last century. This is a fictionalised account of her dai…
Little Miss Grasshopper
Read by Devorah Allen
Johanna Spyri
The Feland family go on a holiday in Switzerland. While there, their impulsive younger daughter gets into a scrape that teaches the whole fa…
Pollyanna of the Orange Blossoms
Read by Claire Schreuder
Harriet Lummis Smith
Pollyanna marries sweetheart Jimmy Pendleton, and together they move to start their married life in Boston. The book follows their many adve…
Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue
Read by Abigail Rasmussen
Laura Lee Hope
This book follows the adventures of Bunny Brown, a 6-year old lively little boy, and his Sister Sue, a happy 5-year old little girl. You wil…
The Rover Boys Out West
Read by Bellona Times
Arthur M. Winfield
Despite the title, the Rover Brothers spend several chapters -- over half the book -- back East, against arch-nemeses Josiah Crabtree and th…
Little Meg's Children
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Hesba Stretton
This is the touching and endearing story of Little Meg and her trials and difficulties as she does her best to look after 'her children' aft…
On Our Selection
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Steele Rudd
The humorous account of Dad and Dave and the rest of the Rudd clan as they attempt to carve a farming 'selection' out of the Australian wild…
Eight Cousins (Version 3)
Read by Marina
Louisa May Alcott
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…
Neighbors
Read by Anne Fletcher
Florence Morse Kingsley
The final story featuring the inhabitants of the growing township of Innisfield: Mrs Philura Pettibone’s story reaches its long-awaited conc…
Brother Jacob
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George Eliot
Brother Jacob is a short story by George Eliot, in which she explores the relationship between the selfish, self-centered and ambitious Davi…
Mabel Ross, the Sewing Girl
Read by Jennifer Fournier
Unknown
Orphaned Mabel struggles to raise her sisters by working as a sewing girl for long hours and low wages. She meets her challenges with a calm…