Family & Relationships
The Ordeal of Elizabeth
An unforgettable family saga which revolves around the beautiful young Elizabeth. Elizabeth is orphaned and raised by her spinster aunts. As…
Children's Book of Patriotic Stories
Here is a book of Patriotic Stories for children, to stand beside the similar collections of Christmas Stories and Thanksgiving Stories, whi…
The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd
Mrs. Holroyd is married to a loutish miner, who drinks, apparently patronizes prostitutes, and apparently brutalizes her. When a gentlemanly…
Policy and Passion
"Policy and Passion, a Novel of Australian Life" tells the story about a father and daughter, torn between the policy of the count…
Woman and Labour
I should like to say to the men and women of the generations which will come after us—“You will look back at us with astonishment! You will …
Steve and the Steam Engine
Young Stephen Tolman disobeys his father and takes the family car out for a ride with a group of classmates, resulting in scratches and ding…
The Pathway of the Pioneer
The story of seven girls who have banded themselves together for mutual help and cheer under the name of "Nous Autres." They repre…
Love's Coming-of-Age
"The little god of Love is generally represented as a child; and rightly, perhaps, considering the erratic character of his ways among …
Winifred
Following the death of his wife Rachel, Rayleigh Stern spent the next six months in therapy group, trying to find ways to cope. Having lost …
Father
A tribute to fatherhood by a little known author, - Summary by David Lawrence
Five Mice in a Mouse-trap
There are five of these children, and I call them my Five Mice; and the queer house that they live in I call the Mouse-trap. They are such f…
The Barbadoes Girl
Matilda Sophia Hanson, whose father has recently died in their country of Barbadoes in the West Indies, must live for a time with family fri…
The Romance of a Shop
Praised by Oscar Wilde amongst other contemporaries, Amy Levy's first novel tells the story of the four Lorimer sisters, who decide to open …
Doctor Luttrell's First Patient
Doctor Markus Luttrell and his new wife Olivia, a former governess, are trying to start building their nest. Problems arise when doctor Lutt…
The Heavenly Twins
First published in 1893, this novel came to question many subjects which were considered taboo. Through a few interconnected plots and sub p…
The Friendship of Anne
This is the story of Sydney Stuart who is sent to a girls' boarding school (to her disgust) with all its difficulties and adventures. Sydney…
Lisbeth Longfrock or Sidsel Sidsærkin
Lisbeth Longfrock - (Sidsel Sidsærkin in its original Norwegian) was seen by the author as a book written for adults, telling the stor…
Vassar Studies
Published in 1899, Vassar Studies is a collection of twelve realistic glimpses into the character of attending students at Vassar College. I…
Diana of the Crossways
Inspired by the real life story of Caroline Norton, a friend of the author's, this book tells about a lively woman who is trapped in a miser…
Human Toll
Ursula (Ursie) Ewart, orphaned as a young child, is sent away from her home in the Australian bush. While Ursie was previously doted on by s…