Family & Relationships
Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper
Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper offers a humorous glimpse into the life of Mrs. Smith, a housekeeper who navigates the challenges an…
Oliver's Bride
Betrothed to one woman but married to another whose heart will be broken. Summary by Michele Eaton
Glitter Girl
One grown daughter is a flagrant San Francisco lesbian who has won and lost an international journalism award only to reinvent herself as a …
The Teacup Club
The Teacup Club (For the Advancement of Woman) is formed when Dorothy decides to found an intellectual club of her own - to teach her fiance…
Tio Jorge
Tio Jorge is a novel about a young woman caught between two worlds, that of her affluent, fair-haired mother and her brooding Mexican father…
Bee and Butterfly
The wonderful evolution of a caterpillar, or grub, into a beautifully winged creature must inspire admiration in everyone. More marvelous st…
A Little Queen of Hearts
A charming children's story following the trials and tribulations of the simple life of Marie-Celeste as she endears herself to everyone who…
Brennendes Geheimnis
Während der Sommerfrische mit seiner Mutter am Semmering, freundet sich der 12-jährige Edgar mit einem im selben Hotel verweilende…
A Christmas Miscellany
A selection of eight short works, chapters, or poems about Christmas. - Summary by david wales
The Paying Guest
George Gissing was one of the most accomplished writers of realism in the Victorian Era. Also The Paying Guest is a great example of realism…
Helen in the Editor's Chair
After her father, Hugh Blair, falls ill from exhaustion as editor of the town newspaper, The Rolfe Herald, and leaves for a rest cure in the…
Tommy and Grizel
This book continues Sentimental Tommy, also in the Librivox catalogue. Tommy grows up and marries Grizel. But life is not only roses and rai…
Anne of Green Gables
In the first book of this classic series, Anne Shirley is an 11 year-old orphan girl who has never had a true home. Through an adoption mist…
The Visioning
"The Visioning, Susan Glaspell's second novel, tells about Katie Jones, a young woman who lives in the comfortable world she knows with…
Tom and Some Other Girls
Impetuous, self-centered Rhoda goes to boarding school and learns hard lessons. This is a story of recklessness and forgiveness. (Summary b…
The Portion of Labor
This is the story of Ellen Brewster, pretty little daughter of shoe-mill workers in a Northeastern US town of the late 19th century. After t…
Our Little English Cousin
Our Little English Cousin invites young listeners to explore the charming world of a young English child, offering a delightful glimpse into…
The Doctor's Christmas Eve
The Doctor's Christmas Eve offers a reflective glimpse into the life of a fictional country doctor as the year comes to a close. Set against…
The Garies and their Friends
The book which now appears before the public may be of interest in relation to a question which the late agitation of the subject of slavery…
Lodore
The author of Frankenstein returns with her take on an Austen novel. The mother is proud, the father has many vices, yet the aristocratic na…