Publisher: Booklassic
Daughters of the Vicar was written in the year 1914 by David Herbert Lawrence. This book is one of the most popular novels of David Herbert Lawrence, and has been translated into several other languages around the world. This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.
Tara is carrying a baby she can barely afford with her fiancé in London, where she escaped her over attached mother years ago. When she learns she's having a girl and starts hallucinating, she fears her mother may have tracked her down—and that her own traumatic birth is back to haunt her.Show book
When Ralph, the new cabin boy joins the schooner ship Susan-Jane, which is carrying a cargo of gunpowder, he finds to his surprise that he has not signed up for a life as a swashbuckling pirate.Instead of romance and adventure, he finds himself having to scrub decks and wash dishes. Worse still, any subordinance is punished harshly by the crew and the skipper.Ralph decides to take his revenge on the Skipper and his crew, and devises an ingenious plan...Show book
Engaging, profound, beautifully narrated, these stories explore the hope and sorrow wrapped in the challenge of finding our way home.Story 1: "The Long Drive Home"Story 2: "Crossing Over"Story 3: "The Farm"Show book
Six-year-old April is very sad. She dearly loves her silky black cat, Sheba, and its three newborn kittens. But April and her parents live in a small New York apartment where there is room for only one cat. Which one should she choose? Listeners of all ages will be delighted by the gentle solution to April's problem. A wonderful antidote to the sharp edges of everyday life, Clare Turlay Newberry's award-winning book is filled with tenderness, longing and joy. Narrator Barbara Caruso's warm tones convey all the spirit and love of this unforgettable tale. First published more than fifty years ago, April's Kittens has become a classic that has warmed the hearts of children and their parents for several generations. Through this unabridged audio production, it can be savored again and again, especially as a treasured bedtime story.Show book
L.M. Montgomery was a Canadian author, best known for a series of novels that began with Anne of Green Gables, published in 1908. Once published, Anne of Green Gables was an immediate success. The central character, Anne, an orphaned girl, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following. The first novel was followed by a series of sequels with Anne as the central character. Montgomery went on to publish 20 novels as well as 500 short stories and poems. Because many of the novels were set on Prince Edward Island in Canada, Canada and the Canadian province became literary landmarks. (Introduction by Wikipedia)Lucy Maud Montgomery short stories, 1896 to 1901Lucy Maud Montgomery short stories, 1902 to 1903Lucy Maud Montgomery short stories, 1904Lucy Maud Montgomery short stories, 1905 to 1906Lucy Maud Montgomery short stories, 1907 to 1908Lucy Maud Montgomery short stories, 1909 to 1922Show book
The quiet Dutch community of Sleepy Hollow lay in the Adirondack mountains on the western shore of the mighty Hudson River in America’s colonial period. The solitude of the woods was breathtaking, and not even a schoolmaster was immune from the eerie miasma which everyone knew permeated the dense forest. Written in 1820, Washington Irving’s The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow has become a classic of American literature, and has been retold in many different ways. Here is the original, from Irving’s own hand.Show book
