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The Transfiguration of Miss Philura

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Florence Morse Kingsley


What would happen if someone really believed that "Ask and you shall receive"? Amusing observations on the impact on the life of m…

Miss Philura's Wedding Gown

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Florence Morse Kingsley


Follow-up to "The Transfiguration of Miss Philura"....will the conviction of mild-mannered Miss Philura that "Ask and you hav…

The Heart of Philura

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Florence Morse Kingsley


(Once again Mrs Kingsley does not shy away from the highs and lows of life in the quickly changing world of the 1900s…the ageing women worki…

Neighbors

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Florence Morse Kingsley


The final story featuring the inhabitants of the growing township of Innisfield: Mrs Philura Pettibone’s story reaches its long-awaited conc…

Our Village, Volume 1

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Mary Russell Mitford


This book is a compilation of short stories originally published in several series in The Lady's Magazine. Volume 1 covers a period of about…

The Mother's Recompense

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Edith Wharton


Kate Cephane, now living in self-imposed exile in France, left her three-year-old daughter Anne behind when she fled her impossibly unhappy …

The Statement of Stella Maberly

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F. Anstey


From childhood Stella Maberly has been violently wilful and jealous, yet certain of her own superiority. She can be loving and friendly, but…

Sally on the Rocks

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Winifred Boggs


Sally Lunton has led a bohemian lifestyle in Paris, but now at 31 she returns to Little Crampton disillusioned, no job, no money and no hope…

A Mummer's Wife

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George Moore


Kate is a dress maker in the north of England who always did what was decided for her: serving those who come her way, marrying a man who is…

The Beautiful Mrs. Davenant

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Violet Tweedale


Romantic entanglements and scandals of friends and families come to light when two women arrive to start new lives in the countryside. - Su…

A Wheel Within A Wheel

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Frances E. Willard


Frances Willard was an influential campaigner and educator for social reforms, temperance and women's education, suffrage and empowerment, a…

Our Village, Volume 2

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Mary Russell Mitford


This volume continues Miss Mitford's reflections on the changes to village life and characters when she returns two years after the end of V…

Bosom Friends: A Seaside Story

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Angela Brazil


Two girls with the same name and completely different characteristics visit the seaside and become friends. (Summary by Victoria) Note: Pl…

Bell-Birds

In Leaves from Australian Forests

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Henry Kendall


This is a collection of poems by Australian poet Henry Kendall. It is the second volume of his collected poems, and contains some of his mos…