Family & Relationships
Fireside Christmas Short Stories
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Various
A collection of Christmas-themed short stories, intended to warm the heart and share with the family. Each story or poem in this collection …
The Vicar of Wakefield (version 2)
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Oliver Goldsmith
First published in 1766, the loveable and innocent Dr Primrose and his family have given pleasure to all that have read it. The story opens …
Peter and Wendy
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J. M. Barrie
Peter and Wendy tells the classic story of Peter Pan, a mischievous little boy who can fly, and his adventures on the island of Neverland wi…
Old Granny Fox
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Thornton W. Burgess
Old Granny Fox and grandson Reddy Fox must use all their cunning to hunt up enough food to survive the long winter. Food in the Green Meadow…
Miss Billy Married
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Eleanor H. Porter
At the opening to this second sequel to Miss Billy (Miss Billy, Miss Billy's Decision, Miss Billy Married), we find Bertram and Billy finall…
Sex: Avoided Subjects Discussed in Plain English (version 2)
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Henry Stanton
Henry Stanton was appalled at the shocking lack of information given to young people about sex and reproduction in his time. He felt this wa…
Five Little Peppers Midway
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Margaret Sidney
Five Little Peppers Midway is the joyous continuation of the Pepper family's story. A snooty cousin comes to stay with the Peppers, and yet …
An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving (Dramatic Reading)
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Louisa May Alcott
When a neighbor brings word that Grandma is sick, Mr. and Mrs. Bassett hurry off to tend to her, leaving their seven children to prepare for…
The Chimes
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Charles Dickens
The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In is the second of Charles Dickens' Christmas books, publ…
The Cricket on the Hearth (Version 2)
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Charles Dickens
The tale of John Peerybingle, the good-hearted carrier, and his young wife Mary ('Dot'), interwoven with the story of poor toymaker Caleb Pl…
An Unwilling Guest
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Grace Livingston Hill
A young society woman travels to the country to visit her aunt, only to end up as the unwilling guest of a neighboring family. The daughter …
The Road to Understanding
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Eleanor H. Porter
"If Burke Denby had not been given all the frosted cakes and toy shotguns he wanted at the age of ten, it might not have been so diffic…
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2
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Havelock Ellis
The second of six volumes, this volume covers in extensive detail the topic of "Sexual Inversion", or homosexuality to give it a m…
Eight Cousins (Version 2)
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Louisa May Alcott
This is the story of Rose Campbell, a rich but lonely and sickly girl who has been recently orphaned and sent to live with her maiden aunts.…
The Prophet
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Kahlil Gibran
The prophet Al Mustafa, before leaving the city where he has been living twelve years, stops to address the people. They call out for his wo…
The Brothers Karamazov (version 2)
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Described as the Great Book of Wonders by Arthur Miller, this everyday tale of fraternal affection, sibling rivalry, obsession, lust, parric…
Pride and Prejudice: A Play
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Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice, a comedy of manners and marriage, is the most famous of Jane Austen's novels. In this dramatic adaption by Mary Keith M…
A Fair Barbarian
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Frances Hodgson Burnett
The setting is a small English village in the 19th century. When her niece shows up on her doorstep unexpectedly, a quiet spinster finds her…
Die Familie Pfäffling
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Agnes Sapper
Humorvolle Geschichte einer Musikerfamilie mit sieben Kindern zu Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts (Summary by Wolfgang)
Old Christmas
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Washington Irving
A tale of the quaint and old English traditions of celebrating Christmas. Irving travels to the English countryside and meets an old schoolm…