Isabella Alden

Ester Ried


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Authored by Isabella M. Alden under the pen name "Pansy."Ester Ried's life is a dull monotony of toiling at her family's boardingh…

The King's Daughter


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Dell Bronson has been reared in Boston by her refined uncle and aunt until, at age 18, she is called home by her father, a coarse tavern own…

Mag and Margaret: A Story for Girls


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Little Mag Jessup is an orphan girl who works hard as a servant in Mrs. Perkins' boarding house to earn her keep. She has no education, exce…

Four Girls at Chautauqua


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Authored by Isabella M. Alden under the pen name “Pansy.” First in the Chautauqua Girls series.Four friends - spoiled, quirky Ruth; fun-lovi…

Tip Lewis and His Lamp


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Tip Lewis is a mischievous, unpromising scamp. One Sunday, a visiting Sunday school teacher tells his mission class how her minister had gro…

Julia Ried


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Authored by Isabella M. Alden under the pen name "Pansy." Sequel to "Ester Ried." Julia Ried must take a job as a bookke…

Wise and Otherwise


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Immature Mr. Tresevant (from "The King's Daughter") comes to Newton with his spoiled wife to be the new pastor of the church atten…

Links in Rebecca's Life


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Rebecca Harlowe is a young woman who strives to apply Christ's instructions in the Bible to her daily life and relationships. In this book w…

Interrupted


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Alternately titled Out in the World. Claire Benedict is a capable, responsible, solid young Christian woman. Everyone leans on her for suppo…

The Chautauqua Girls at Home


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Sequel to Four Girls at Chautauqua. Ruth, Flossy, Eurie, and Ruth return home as new Christians, eager to begin working. Their new faith cla…

Ruth Erskine's Crosses


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Third book in the Chautauqua Girls series. Written by Isabella Alden under the pseudonym Pansy.

Ester Ried Yet Speaking


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Authored by Isabella M. Alden under the pen name "Pansy." Fourth in the Chautauqua Girls series. Alfred Ried (brother of Ester Rie…

Little Fishers and Their Nets


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Thirteen year old Nettie Decker is called home after having lived with another family for 7 years, to find that her father is a drunkard and…

Ester Ried's Namesake


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Esther Ried Randall tries to live up to her parents' expectations and the name she's been given, but her religion is a chore. Will she learn…

Judge Burnham's Daughters


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>Fifth in the Chautauqua Girls series. Ruth Erskine Burnham has helped raise her husband's two daughters, but all have rejected her faith…

One Commonplace Day


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A temperance lecturer misses his train and ends up attending a town picnic. It was a common enough picnic on a commonplace day. But the disc…

Workers Together, or, An Endless Chain


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Sixth in the Chautauqua Girls series. It picks up the characters of Dr. Stuart Everett and Joy Saunders introduced in "Ester Ried Yet S…

Ruth Erskine's Son


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Seventh book in the Chautauqua Girls series. Written by Isabella Alden under the pseudonym “Pansy.” Erskine, Ruth's son (a 5-year-old at the…

Four Mothers at Chautauqua


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Final book in the Chautauqua Girls series. The four original girls return to Chautauqua on the 25 year anniversary of the trip that changed …

Divers Women


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A collection of short stories, highlighting some of the best and worst characteristics we women are capable of in our Christianity and in ou…