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Henry James - What Maisie Knew

When Beale and Ida Farange are divorced, the court decrees that their only child, the very young Maisie, will shuttle back and forth between them, spending six months of the year with each. The parents are immoral...

Elizabeth Klett 8 hours 50 minutes

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Grace Livingston Hill - Enchanted Barn

The Hollisters, a bright, spirited, wholesome family, are compelled to move into the country. After many efforts to secure a home, Shirley, eldest of the Hollisters, contrives a way out by renting a magnificent old...

Gail Mattern 8 hours 19 minutes

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Henry van Dyke - Spirit of Christmas (version 2)

A collection of short Christmas works by the author of The Story of the Fourth Wise Man (Summary by D. Leeson).

David Leeson 35 minutes

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Pansy - Judge Burnham's Daughters

Fifth in the Chautauqua Girls series. Ruth Erskine Burnham has helped raise her husband's two daughters, but all have rejected her faith and values. The constant pressure to compromise has weakened her walk and made...

TriciaG 8 hours 9 minutes The Chautauqua Girls Series by Pansy

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Jerome K. Jerome - They and I

A man and his three children leave the “Little Mother” at home in the city and set up temporary housekeeping in a country cottage to supervise the remodeling of the house he has just purchased there. The story is...

Debra Lynn 6 hours 13 minutes

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George Meredith - Egoist

The Egoist is a tragicomical novel by George Meredith published in 1879. The novel recounts the story of self-absorbed Sir Willoughby Patterne and his attempts at marriage; jilted by his first bride-to-be, he...

Martin Geeson and 9 more 22 hours 18 minutes

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Grace Livingston Hill - Phoebe Deane

Second book in the Marcia Schuyler trilogy. Phoebe Deane lives almost as a servant in her brother's home, tormented by her hateful sister-in-law. Schemes to marry her off swirl around her. Her fate seems to be...

TriciaG 10 hours 27 minutes

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Grace Livingston Hill - Marcia Schuyler

A compelling love triangle. Marcia is young & sweet. Her older sister Kate is vain & selfish. Marcia deeply admires the man that Kate is to marry: handsome & respected David Spafford. But on the eve of the wedding,...

TriciaG 12 hours 4 minutes

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Mark Twain - Dog's Tale

This short novel of Twain’s, from 1903, is told from the point of view of a loyal and beloved family pet. Themes of heroics, valor and heart-wrenching tenderness fill this work. The story is also filled with happy...

Aaron Elliott 29 minutes

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Kathleen Norris - Mother

With seven children and a home to take care of, Margaret wondered how her Mother could be so happy living a life that seemed all drudgery. As Margaret has new experiences, she comes to realize that «her mother was...

Megan Kunkel 2 hours 48 minutes

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Marshall Saunders - Beautiful Joe

Beautiful Joe is a real dog, and «Beautiful Joe» is his real name. He belonged during the first part of his life to a cruel master, who mutilated him in the manner described in the story. He was rescued from him,...

Allyson Hester 10 hours 2 minutes

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Lucy Maud Montgomery - Rainbow Valley

Rainbow Valley, the seventh book in the Anne of Green Gables series explores the world of Anne & Gilbert’s six children along with the exploits of the Merediths, the children of the town’s new minister. With no mother...

Robin Cotter 8 hours 51 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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