Family and home life

9 books

Agnes GreyAnne Brontë · 1847A novel published in 1847 under the pseudonym Acton Bell, told by Agnes, a clergyman's daughter whose family falls into poverty after a failed investment, prompting her to seek work as a governess.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Dombey and SonCharles Dickens · 1848A Victorian novel by Charles Dickens, first published in 1848, about the proud merchant Mr. Dombey, who pins all his hopes on his firm and on a newborn son while dismissing his young daughter Florence, whose quiet devotion to him goes unvalued.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Grandmother Dear: A Book for Boys and GirlsMolesworth · 1878A Victorian children's novel in which siblings Ralph, Sylvia, and Molly meet their grandmother for the first time and join her household in the south of France, where family stories and adventures unfold.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

He Knew He Was RightAnthony Trollope · 1869A Victorian novel by Anthony Trollope, published in 1869, about the marriage of Louis Trevelyan and Emily Rowley, whose union is strained when Trevelyan's stubbornness and jealousy over a family friendship causes a quarrel that grows beyond control.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Olive: A NovelDinah Maria Mulock Craik · 1850A Victorian novel first published in 1850, Olive follows Olive Rothesay, a girl born at Stirling to a sea captain's family who is discovered to be slightly deformed at birth, beginning her life story amid her nurse's fears for her future.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Queensland CousinsEleanor Luisa Haverfield · 1900A 1900 children's adventure novel set on an Australian sheep or cattle station, following the Orban family, including twins Nesta and Eustace, as they face their father's absence, mysterious visitors, and unsettling events in the Queensland bush.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Old Curiosity ShopCharles Dickens · 1841An 1841 novel by Charles Dickens, narrated by an elderly wanderer who recalls meeting a young girl one night and escorting her home to an old man living among the odd treasures of a curiosity shop.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the Adventures of the Bastable Children in Search of a FortuneE. Nesbit · 1899An 1899 children's novel by E. Nesbit, narrated by one of the six Bastable children, who try various schemes to find treasure and restore their widowed father's fallen family fortunes.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Wives and DaughtersElizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell · 1865A Victorian novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, published serially in the 1860s and left unfinished at her death, following young Molly Gibson as she grows up in the town of Hollingford, gaining a stepmother and stepsister, and navigating family, friendship, and love.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية