Romance audiobooks page 8

"The Visioning, Susan Glaspell's second novel, tells about Katie Jones, a young woman who lives in the comfortable world she knows with a charming circle of friends. Her brother is an army officer, and her uncle lives in Washington. The world she knows is the world they let her see. Until Anne comes into the picture. Katie saves Anne from killing herself. Katie invents a story about Anne, a story which suits Katie's world, but what would she do, and feel, when she discovers the truth? The story focuses around Katie's eye opening experiences and her search for place and meaning in the new world she slowly discovers. Glaspell's usual charm and witty observation, this book is a wonderful rea...

Barbara, an English girl and the eldest of her family, spends most days helping her widowed mother care for her younger siblings. Then disaster strikes – or so the children believe! Barbara is taken to France to see Paris by her father’s formidable sister, Aunt Anne. She stays on in Brittany to perfect her French. In this series of funny stories about her adventures in France, we meet a cast of recurring characters – and both Barbara and Aunt Anne find love! (Summary by Sibella Denton)

This is the story of a man’s monumental struggle against nature, to win the hand of the woman he loves, and surmount every difficulty that Nature puts in his path

Authored by Isabella M. Alden under the pen name “Pansy.” Ester Ried’s life is a dull monotony of toiling at her family’s boardinghouse. She’s overworked, jealous and cranky, a poor example of a Christian to her family and associates. She awakens to a new attitude and commitment due to an extended visit with her cousin.

Authored by Isabella M. Alden under the pen name “Pansy.” Sequel to “Ester Ried.” Julia Ried must take a job as a bookkeeper in a factory to earn a living. The mistress of her boardinghouse influences her in a negative way, drawing her into a life and attitude displeasing to God. Will her family and friends be able to convince her stand up for what’s right?

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

Ruth’s father brings home a wife and daughter, after 18 years, that Ruth had never known about. Suddenly she is no longer the queen of her home. And what’s worse, the new mother and sister are rude and antagonistic. How will Ruth bear this cross?

Talkoiden pitäminen on hyvä tapa saada jokin työ nopeasti tehdyksi. Talkoille kutsutaan naapurit ja kyläläiset, ruokaa ja juomaa annetaan, mutta ei mitään palkkaa. Talkoilla sopii teettää melkein mitä työtä tahansa, yleisin on viljan leikkuutalkoot, mutta myös heinäntalkoot ovat suosittuja. Salmelan varakas talo päättääkin pitää heinäntälkoot. Paikalle kutsutaan myös naapurikylästä herastuomari Risto Tohonen ja hänen tyttärensä Hetvi. Salmelan isännällä ja Toholan isännällä on näe tarkoituksena saada Hetvi ja Salmelan Samu toisiinsa tutustumaan ja paritumaa. Mutta kaikki ei sujukaan suunnitelmien mukaan!

Family Salmela decides to organize work party for haymaking. Judge Tohonen i...

Much Ado About Nothing is generally considered one of Shakespeare’s best comedies, because it combines elements of robust hilarity with more serious meditations on honor, shame, and court politics. Much Ado About Nothing chronicles two pairs of lovers: Benedick and Beatrice (the main couple), and Claudio and Hero (the secondary couple). Benedick and Beatrice are engaged in a very "merry war"; they are both very witty and proclaim their disdain of love. In contrast, Claudio and Hero are sweet young people who are rendered practically speechless by their love for one another. Although the young lovers Hero and Claudio provide the main impetus for the plot, the courtship between the wittier,...

Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta on Suomen taiteen kultakauden kirjailijan Johannes Linnankosken tunnetuin teos. Vuonna 1905 julkaistu kirja on ensimmäisiä suomalaisia bestseller-kirjoja. Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta pohjautuu Don Juanin taruun. Kirja kertoo nuoresta Olavi Koskelasta, joka riitautuu vanhempiensa kanssa ja pestautuu tukkilaisporukkaan. Matkan varrella hän hurmaa lukuisia naisia, jotka hän kuitenkin hylkää tukkilaisporukan jatkaessa matkaansa. Kirjan tapahtumat sijoittuvat Linnankosken nuoruuden maisemiin Askolaan Vakkolan kylään 1800-luvun loppupuolelle. (from Wikipedia)

Song of the Blood-Red Flower is the most famous book written by Johannes Linnankoski, one of th...

Eugenie Marlitt wird als erste Bestsellerautorin der Welt angesehen. Hauptsächlich durch ihre Romane steigerte sich die Abonnentenzahl der Zeitschrift Die Gartenlaube ab 1866 bis zur Mitte der 1880er Jahre von 100.000 auf etwa 400.000.

In Haus der Fabrikantenfamilie Lamprecht geht der Geist einer lang verstorbenen Ahnin um, davon ist die Dienerschaft überzeugt. Doch noch ganz andere Geheimnisse verbergen sich hinter der großbürgerlichen Fassade. Zwischen Familienrücksichten und Standesdünkeln der Großmama findet die junge Heldin Margarete - die wilde Hummel - ihren Weg. Eine Perle der Unterhaltungsliteratur aus dem vorletzten Jahrhundert. (Zusammenfassung von Hokuspokus)