Family & Relationships

Social Life in England 1750-1850

Read by Pamela Nagami


F. J. Foakes-Jackson



In 1916, the Cambridge historian, F.J. Foakes-Jackson braved the wartime Atlantic to deliver the Lowell Lectures in Boston. In these wide-ra…

María

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Jorge Isaacs



María es la única novela del escritor colombiano Jorge Isaacs que se desarrolla en la exhuberancia del Valle del Cauca y que n…

Sons of Fire

Read by Jim Locke


Mary Elizabeth Braddon



"He was a stranger in Matcham, a 'foreigner' as the villagers called such alien visitors. He had never been in the village before, knew…

The Mother

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Pearl Buck and Pearl S. Buck



Life is difficult for The Mother, with a household of husband and children, when her crone of a mother-in-law comes to live with them. It is…

Palmetto Leaves

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Harriet Beecher Stowe



After the Civil War, Harriet and her husband Charles bought an Orange Plantation in Mandarin, on the upper east coast of Florida, where they…

Armand Durand

Read by Bruce Pirie


Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon



Armand Durand, published in 1868, was written by Rosanna Leprohon, an English-speaker with an insider’s knowledge of French Canada, thanks t…

Manners for Men

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Mrs. Humphry



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…

The Love Affairs of Pixie

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Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey



This is the third book of the Pixie O’Shaughnessy trilogy. In a story of love lost and found, Pixie matures from an inexperienced young lass…

The Blythe Girls: Helen, Margy and Rose

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Laura Lee Hope



The Blythe sisters, orphaned and near-penniless are completely on their own. With the last of their resources, they move from their lovely b…

Plain Living

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Rolf Boldrewood



Seemingly down-on-his-luck Australian sheep rancher and orchard grower kindly teaches his loving family the value of money through 'plain li…

The Teacup Club (Dramatic Reading)

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Eliza Armstrong and Elisa Armstrong



The Teacup Club (For the Advancement of Woman) is formed when Dorothy decides to found an intellectual club of her own - to teach her fiance…

Santa Claus's Partner

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Thomas Nelson Page



Livingstone has reached a pinnacle in his life. He is finally worth 7 figures, yet his bottom line requires that he cut back on charities th…

Hester: A Story of Contemporary Life, Volume 1

Read by Anne Erickson


Margaret O. Oliphant



Catherine Vernon has a firm hand on her family and on the family business. Her plans for her young protege Edward, whom she loves like a son…

The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor

Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016)


Annie Fellows Johnston



The Little Kentucky "Colonel," so much of a favorite with young readers, has reached the age for interest in other people's love a…

Bringing up the Boy

Read by Donald Cummings


Carl Werner



''Bringing up the Boy'' is, according to its subtitle, ''A Message to Fathers and Mothers from a Boy of Yesterday concerning the Men of To-m…

Children's Short Works, Vol. 021

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Various



LibriVox's Children's Short Works Collection 021: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…

Victorian Stories of Troubled Marriages

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Ella D'Arcy



Anyone who is, or has been, married knows that marriage takes work. While some marriages may be 'made in heaven', others, quite simply, are …

Dave Brings Home A Wife (dramatic reading)

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Steele Rudd



This is a self-contained story-arc over eight chapters from the pages of Steele Rudd's book "Back At Our Selection". The Synopsis…

Cradock Nowell Vol. 3

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Richard Doddridge Blackmore



Cradock Nowell: a Tale of the New Forest is a three-volume novel by R. D. Blackmore published in 1866. Set in the New Forest and in London, …

Diana of the Crossways

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George Meredith



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…

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