Small-town and country life

12 books

Aunt Jane of KentuckyEliza Calvert Hall · 1898A collection of connected stories narrated by Aunt Jane, an elderly Kentucky woman who shares memories of rural life, neighbors, and country church happenings with a visiting friend.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Country NeighborsAlice Brown · 1910Country Neighbors is a 1910 collection of short stories by Alice Brown depicting life in rural New England villages. In the opening story, a woman who never married is mistaken for a widow when an old flame returns after twenty years.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

In Our TownWilliam Allen White · 1906A 1906 collection of linked stories and sketches by William Allen White, set in a small Western town and narrated from the vantage point of a country newspaper office, observing the townspeople's characters, church quarrels, politics, and social doings with gentle humor.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Oldtown Fireside StoriesHarriet Beecher Stowe · 1871A collection of short stories by Harriet Beecher Stowe, published in 1871, told as fireside tales by the character Sam Lawson to children in the New England town of Oldtown, featuring ghosts, witches, and local legends.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Sonnie-Boy's PeopleJames B. Connolly · 1920A 1920 edition of an illustrated short story collection by James B. Connolly, first published in 1913. The title story follows naval engineer Greg Welkie and his family on a Caribbean island base, as a stranger named Mr. Necker arrives seeking him, and it is followed by tales of seafaring, warships, and adventure.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The $30,000 Bequest, and Other StoriesMark Twain · 1906A 1906 collection of short stories and humorous sketches by Mark Twain, ranging from the title tale of a couple dreaming over an expected inheritance to pieces such as "A Dog's Tale," "Eve's Diary," and satirical essays and anecdotes.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Apple-Tree Table, and Other SketchesHerman Melville · 1922A 1922 collection of prose sketches by Herman Melville, first published in magazines during the 1850s, gathered here for the first time in book form. It includes fiction pieces on everyday subjects and an essay on Hawthorne.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Great Stone Face, and Other Tales of the White MountainsNathaniel Hawthorne · 1850A collection of Nathaniel Hawthorne's tales set in New Hampshire's White Mountains, including the title story about a valley boy awaiting fulfillment of a prophecy that a great man will one day resemble the mountain's human face, along with "The Ambitious Guest" and "The Great Carbuncle.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Man That Corrupted HadleyburgMark Twain · 1899A satirical short story by Mark Twain, published in 1899, about a stranger's plot to corrupt Hadleyburg, a town famous for its unblemished honesty, by leaving a sack of gold and a challenge that tests its citizens' virtue.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, and Other StoriesMark Twain · 1900A 1900 collection of stories and sketches by Mark Twain, featuring the title tale of a stranger's plot to test the honesty of Hadleyburg, a town famed for its incorruptibility.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

When Life Was Young: At the Old Farm in MaineC. A. Stephens · 1912A 1912 collection of reminiscences by C. A. Stephens about boyhood at his grandparents' farm in Maine after the Civil War, recounting farm work, school, seasons, and family life with cousins for readers of Youth's Companion.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town LifeSherwood Anderson · 1919A 1919 collection of interconnected short stories by Sherwood Anderson portraying the lives of lonely, restless residents of a small Ohio town, published in this edition with an introduction by critic Irving Howe.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية