Family & Relationships

Mother

by Kathleen Norris • Read by Megan Kunkel • 4.8★

Mother by Kathleen Norris explores the profound relationship between a daughter and her mother through the lens of domestic life. As Margare…

One Day More

by Joseph Conrad • Read by LibriVox Volunteers • 3.5★

A one-act play. Eccentric (crazy?) Captain Hagberd has been waiting for years for his son to come home from the sea. He has scrimped and sav…

Brother Jacob

by George Eliot • Read by Lynne T • 4.3★

Brother Jacob is a poignant short story by George Eliot that delves into the complexities of family dynamics and the nature of ambition. At …

A Son of the Middle Border

by Hamlin Garland • Read by LibriVox Volunteers • 4.9★

A Son of the Middle Border is Hamlin Garland's evocative memoir that captures the essence of life in the American Midwest during a transform…

The Egoist

by George Meredith • Read by LibriVox Volunteers • 2.9★

The Egoist is a tragi-comical novel by George Meredith published in 1879. The novel recounts the story of self-absorbed Sir Willoughby Patte…

The Cinder Pond

by Carroll Watson Rankin • Read by Betsie Bush • 4.8★

Years ago, a manufacturer built a great dock, jutting out from and then turning parallel to the shore of a northern Michigan town. The facto…

The Heron Nest

by W. Bert Foster • Read by Bellona Times • 4★

Pleasant family drama set in early 1900's or late 1890's upstate New York. The Herron clan, led by heroic, inventive, handicapped older bro…

Liliecrona's Home

by Selma Lagerlöf • Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) • 4.9★

Liliecrona's Home was published in Sweden 1911, translated into English by Anna Harwell and published in London in 1913. The story is set in…

The Spirit of Christmas

by Henry van Dyke • Read by David Leeson • 4.5★

The Spirit of Christmas is a heartwarming collection of short stories and reflections that capture the essence of the holiday season. Writte…

Magic Words

by Emilie Maceroni • Read by Sean McGaughey • 3.7★

Magic Words is a Victorian tale of a community and how a few women bring a special kind of Christmas magic to the community-- Magic that can…

Her Benny

by Silas Hocking • Read by Larraine Paquette • 4.5★

A very heart touching story about two homeless children, a brother and sister, living on the streets of Liverpool, England during Victorian …

Proeve over de opvoeding

by Betje Wolff • Read by Edith van der Have-Raats

"De Proeve van de Opvoeding" van Betje Wolff (1738-1804) is een boekje uit het einde van de achttiende eeuw, gericht aan moeders. …

Old Santeclaus

by Clement Clarke Moore • Read by LibriVox Volunteers • 4.5★

Clement Clarke Moore (July 15, 1779 – July 10, 1863) was an American Professor of Oriental and Greek Literature, as well as Divinity and Bib…

One and Two

by Will Carleton • Read by LibriVox Volunteers

This was the Fortnightly Poetry for November 10, 2013.William McKendree Carleton was an American poet, best known for his poems about his ru…