Family & Relationships
Queen Hildegarde
City gal Hildegarde gets sent to live on a farm and is not happy about it. At first, she’s furious with her parents for 'abandoning' her and…
Private Sex Advice to Women
In this book the writer thereof seeks to convey to women—particularly to young wives and women expecting to be married—certain important fac…
Dad's Trip to Brisbane
Chapters XV through XIX of "Our New Selection""The wheat was in, and Dad decided to take a trip to Brisbane. For seven or eig…
Understood Betsy
Elizabeth Ann is a timid, sickly little girl who lives with her Aunt Frances and her Great-Aunt Harriet. When Great-Aunt Harriet becomes ill…
The Pioneers
The Pioneers is set against the background of pioneering life in the Gippsland region of Victoria in pre-Federation Australia. Mary and Dona…
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew tells the story of how the Peppers live, learn, and play in their little brown house. They are poo…
Little Sunbeam
Peggy, age eight, blind from birth, is the Little Sunbeam in her family. Following a serious accident in London, she is sent to spend time …
The Fairy of the Snows
Have you seen a human fairy? Meet Alice Morrow, the dainty fairy of the snows, who will dance her way right into your heart! Get ready to la…
Brother Jacob
Brother Jacob is a poignant short story by George Eliot that delves into the complexities of family dynamics and the nature of ambition. At …
Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue
Join Bunny Brown, a spirited six-year-old boy, and his cheerful five-year-old sister, Sue, as they embark on a series of charming adventures…
Eight Cousins
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…
Fairy Prince and Other Stories
A charming family story told from the viewpoint of a nine-year-old girl. “You don't seem to understand," I whispered. "It's Christ…
Bealby
Bealby is the comical story of the escapade of a thirteen-year-old boy when he rebels against his placement as a steward's-room boy in the g…
Married Love
"Married Love" is one of the most famous 'sex education' manuals. First published in 1918, it sold tens of thousands of copies, an…
Bud
Bud, a young and lively girl born in Chicago, arrives in a small Scottish town where she has been sent to stay with her Scottish relatives. …
Happy Homes and the Hearts that Make Them
Samuel Smiles was a Scottish author and government reformer, but he concluded that more progress would come from new attitudes than from new…
By The Turtles of Tasman
Turn of the century sibling rivalry between successful but uptight California businessman and his ne'er-do-well older brother, both widowers…
Petticoat Government
The lives and intrigues of the Jenkyns family and their neighbors, in the cathedral town of Westhampton, 1825. - Summary by Mark Leder
The Two Brothers
“The Two Brothers” (1842) is part of Balzac’s great life work, the novel series known as “The Human Comedy.” Balzac’s French title was “La R…
The Feast of St. Friend
In The Feast of St. Friend, a Christmas book, Arnold Bennett shares his views on Christmas as the season of goodwill. As always, Bennett's w…