Family & Relationships
Rosemary in Search of a Father
Rosemary lives at home with her mother. She hopes to find her father one day. - Summary by ShrimpPhish
His First and Last Appearance
The scene of the story is laid partly in Milwaukee, partly in New York. It describes the trials of the orphaned Lachance children. The boy h…
Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill
Brave, adventurous and loyal, recently-orphaned Ruth Fielding is sent to live with her estranged Uncle Jabez at the Red Mill in Cheslow, New…
Katie Robertson
Katie Robertson is a tale of a girl who takes on factory work as a means of assisting her widowed mother. The novel introduces the reader to…
Armand Durand
Armand Durand, published in 1868, was written by Rosanna Leprohon, an English-speaker with an insider’s knowledge of French Canada, thanks t…
The House by the Medlar Tree
In a nineteenth century Sicilian fishing village, the Malavoglia family gambles everything on being able to profit from a cargo of lupin nut…
A Family Well-Ordered
An essay to render parents and children happy in one another handling two very important cases: I. What are the duties to be done by pious p…
Five Minute Stories
Another collection of poems and short stories by Laura Richards. Yes, these are all short and mostly all delightfully innocent and sweet. So…
Manners for Men
Many men who go out into the world while still very young to earn their living have few opportunities of acquiring a knowledge of social obs…
Anne's House of Dreams
The book begins with Anne and Gilbert's wedding, which takes place in the Green Gables orchard. After the wedding, they move to their first …
The Misses Mallett
The arrival of the eligible Francis Sales disturbs the calm existence of the four Misses Mallett in this social satire. Three women love him…
Jean Craig, Graduate Nurse
As Jean Craig finished her training and prepared for graduation, illness struck—first in her own family, and later in epidemics that swept t…
The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless
Betsy Thoughtless is about an intelligent and strong-willed woman who marries under pressure from the society in which she lives. Betsy lear…
Miss Lochinvar
At breakfast, Mr. Graham drops the bombshell that his niece -- Joan, Jane or Janet, he's not sure which, will be arriving from the west to l…
Her Benny
A very heart touching story about two homeless children, a brother and sister, living on the streets of Liverpool, England during Victorian …
A Summer in a Canyon
A group of friends spend a summer camping in a canyon in Southern California. Fun camp adventures, breath-taking scenery, and a little state…
The Able McLaughlins
The Able McLaughlins won the Pulitzer Prize for a novel in 1924 in Margaret Wilson's debut work. Aptly described as "Little House on th…
Daddy Takes Us To The Garden
The stories tell of a little boy and girl who go to various places with their dear Daddy. Each book contains something of value regarding na…
The Little Colonel's Hero
In this sixth volume of “The Little Colonel Series” for girls, Lloyd is surprised with a gift for her twelfth birthday, of a summer trip to …
Home Education
In proposing these lectures, my original notion was to popularize and amplify the valuable educational hints contained in some two or three …