Mary Herndon Bell
22 books
Family Life
465
Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler - Concerning Isabel Carnaby
Isabel Carnaby returns from India. She starts looking for a place in upper class British society. At the begining, people are sceptical of her because she is an orphan. But she will surprise everybody. — Summary by...
11 hours 39 minutes
General Fiction
435
Wilkie Collins - Heart and Science: A Story of the Present Time
Heart and Science is one of Wilkie Collins' didactic novels. It is the story of young doctor Ovid Vere, who fights for his love against all resistance of his family and their immediate circle of acquaintances. The...
14 hours 32 minutes
Family Life
517
Charlotte Turner Smith - Emmeline, the Orphan of the Castle
This book was written about 150 years ahead of its time. It tells the story of Emmeline Mobwray who grows up in a dysfunctional family and has to find herself against all odds. Orphaned at a young age, she has to stay...
23 hours 25 minutes
General Fiction
509
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - Exemplary Novels of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Originally compiled by Cervantes himself in 1613 as a collection of «exemplary» stories, this translated version from 1881 brings these stories to the English reader. Included in the collection are twelve stories...
18 hours 10 minutes
