Family & Relationships
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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
Read by Son of the Exiles
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…
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…
Emily Climbs
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Lucy Maud Montgomery
Emily Byrd Starr longs to attend Queen's Academy to earn her teaching license, but her tradition-bound relatives at New Moon refuse. She is …
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…
The Girls of Gardenville
Read by Betsie Bush
Carroll Watson Rankin
It is pleasant to have another book about a group of merry, natural girls, who have the attractions of innocence and youthful faults. "…
The Wishing Horse of Oz
Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020)
Ruth Plumly Thompson
Magic wishing emeralds mysteriously arrive in the little kingdom of Skampavia. King Skamperoo immediately confiscates them and wishes to bec…
Emily's Quest
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Lucy Maud Montgomery
This is the third and final book in the "Emily of New Moon" trilogy.This is the story of Emily Starr's uneven climb from success i…
A Son of the Middle Border
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Hamlin Garland
In all the region of autobiography, so far as I know it, I do not know quite the like of Mr. Garland's story of his life, and I should rank …