Pansy

Ester Ried


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Authored by Isabella M. Alden under the pen name "Pansy."Ester Ried's life is a dull monotony of toiling at her family's boardingh…

The King's Daughter


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Dell Bronson has been reared in Boston by her refined uncle and aunt until, at age 18, she is called home by her father, a coarse tavern own…

The Browns at Mt. Hermon


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When she mistakenly receives an offer of work addressed only to "Mary Brown," the lonely young heiress Mary Thornton Brown forms a…

Mag and Margaret: A Story for Girls


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Little Mag Jessup is an orphan girl who works hard as a servant in Mrs. Perkins' boarding house to earn her keep. She has no education, exce…

Four Girls at Chautauqua


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Authored by Isabella M. Alden under the pen name “Pansy.” First in the Chautauqua Girls series.Four friends - spoiled, quirky Ruth; fun-lovi…

Tip Lewis and His Lamp


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Tip Lewis is a mischievous, unpromising scamp. One Sunday, a visiting Sunday school teacher tells his mission class how her minister had gro…

Julia Ried


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Authored by Isabella M. Alden under the pen name "Pansy." Sequel to "Ester Ried." Julia Ried must take a job as a bookke…

Wise and Otherwise


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Immature Mr. Tresevant (from "The King's Daughter") comes to Newton with his spoiled wife to be the new pastor of the church atten…

Household Puzzles


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Household Puzzles peeks into the life of the Randolph family, four daughters and one son. They are financially strapped but must follow soci…

Links in Rebecca's Life


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Rebecca Harlowe is a young woman who strives to apply Christ's instructions in the Bible to her daily life and relationships. In this book w…

Interrupted


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Alternately titled Out in the World. Claire Benedict is a capable, responsible, solid young Christian woman. Everyone leans on her for suppo…

The Chautauqua Girls at Home


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Sequel to Four Girls at Chautauqua, and also published under the title Obeying the Call. Ruth, Flossy, Eurie, and Ruth return home as new Ch…

Eighty Seven


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Twelve-year-old Winter Kelland is an orphan indentured to a cold, harsh farming couple. His one bright spot is eight-year-old Vine, a neighb…

Ruth Erskine's Crosses


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

The Randolphs


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The Randolphs is the sequel to Household Puzzles, and opens shortly after the previous book ends. It follows the "leadings of the Rando…

Ester Ried Yet Speaking


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Authored by Isabella M. Alden under the pen name "Pansy." Fourth in the Chautauqua Girls series. Alfred Ried (brother of Ester Rie…

Aunt Hannah and Martha and John


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Aunt Hannah's fondest wish had been that her nephew John would marry a local girl and take over the family farm. Trouble was, John was neve…

Little Fishers and Their Nets


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Thirteen year old Nettie Decker is called home after having lived with another family for 7 years, to find that her father is a drunkard and…

Ester Ried's Namesake


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Esther Ried Randall tries to live up to her parents' expectations and the name she's been given, but her religion is a chore. Will she learn…

Judge Burnham's Daughters


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>Fifth in the Chautauqua Girls series. Ruth Erskine Burnham has helped raise her husband's two daughters, but all have rejected her faith…

One Commonplace Day


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A temperance lecturer misses his train and ends up attending a town picnic. It was a common enough picnic on a commonplace day. But the disc…

Workers Together, or, An Endless Chain


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Sixth in the Chautauqua Girls series. It picks up the characters of Dr. Stuart Everett and Joy Saunders introduced in "Ester Ried Yet S…

Miss Dee Dunmore Bryant


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The Bryant family - widowed Mrs. Bryant and her children Benjamin, Caroline ("Line" for short), and little Daisy - is on the thin …

Ruth Erskine's Son


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Seventh book in the Chautauqua Girls series. Written by Isabella Alden under the pseudonym “Pansy.” Erskine, Ruth's son (a 5-year-old at the…

Four Mothers at Chautauqua


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Final book in the Chautauqua Girls series. The four original girls return to Chautauqua on the 25 year anniversary of the trip that changed …

Twenty Minutes Late


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Sequel to Miss Dee Dunmore Bryant. Being 20 minutes late after a day out with the Kedwins and Ben and Daisy, her siblings, starts a series o…

The Hall in the Grove


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Fearing that her son, Robert, will grow too intellectual to relate to his parents, Mrs. Fenton starts a "Chautauqua Literary & Scie…

Divers Women


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A collection of short stories, highlighting some of the best and worst characteristics we women are capable of in our Christianity and in ou…

The Pocket Measure


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Three young women are the central characters in this story. Callie and her husband are poor, but they are frugal, spending using God's princ…

Wanted


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Twenty-seven year old Rebecca Meredith feels out of place and unwanted. She has lost her mother, brother, and idolized little sister to the …

From Different Standpoints


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How differently people view life, society, and religion, depending on their perspective! Perry, the often sick young man that is learning to…

Making Fate


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A group of young adults away on a nutting expedition is delayed in a hospitable home by a sudden rainstorm. After the storm, Marjorie insist…

Sunshine Factory


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Seven very short sweet stories by Pansy that you will not soon forget! They are stories children will love, and everyone can enjoy. They wil…

Overruled


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Sequel to "Making Fate". We continue the story of Marjorie Edmonds and those who surround her: Mr. Maxwell, her mother's boarder; …

Stories Worth Rereading


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A collection of short stories about many people. Some being tested, some being rewarded, all worth rereading! Many of them are the type to b…

Yesterday Framed in To-day: A Story of the Christ, and How To-Day Received Him


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What would have happened if Christ hadn't come to Israel 2000 years ago, but had come to North America at the end of the 19th Century? This …

Mrs. Solomon Smith Looking On


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Old Mrs. Solomon Smith considers herself "nothing but an ignorant old woman" who didn't have the advantages others did when growin…

LibriVox 8th Anniversary Collection


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For the past few years we have celebrated the anniversary of LibriVox with a collection loosely themed on the number of the anniversary year…

Pansies for Thoughts


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The young Grace Livingston compiled this book using quotes from her aunt's works; Isabella Macdonald Alden (who wrote under the pen name &qu…

Pauline


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Due to a clerical error, successful attorney Charles Gordon Curtiss arrives a day late to give a lecture in a nearby town. But the literary …

David Ransom's Watch


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A tale of human choices and lost opportunities, and how one's choices affect so many other lives, for good or ill.A borrowed watch. A selfis…

What She Said and What She Meant, and People Who Haven't Time and Can't Afford …


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Two short stories by Pansy. In "What She Said and What She Meant," Mrs. Marks detests gossip and avoids it as much as she can. But…

A Sevenfold Trouble


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This story is an honest record of what we, who are all writers, and all very intimate friends, have seen and heard as we looked on at the li…

Stephen Mitchell's Journey


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Stephen Mitchell is a young man without a place in the world. He hates farming, although he works endless hours on the poor family farm. He …

Three People


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Three boys in very different home environments start life on the same day: the pampered Pliny Hastings, the solidly brought-up Benny Phillip…

Miss Priscilla Hunter, and My Daughter Susan


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Two shorter stories in one book. In "Miss Priscilla Hunter," the church has been carrying debt for years. It's an embarrassment, a…

Cunning Workmen


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Miss Cora Parkhurst is an irresponsible and flighty Sunday school teacher for a group of young ladies. She has simply no time to prepare the…

As in a Mirror


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A wealthy and successful author, John Stuart King is preparing to write his next book, which includes a homeless tramp. He has done all the …

Helen Lester


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Twelve year old Helen is determined to be a good girl, but the harder she tries, the worse her days go. Is there any hope? And what made suc…

Grandpa's Darlings


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Fiction, or fact? The narrator asserts it's fact. The narrator is an author, whom her little nieces call "Auntie Belle". There's a…

What They Couldn't: A Home Story


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The Cameron family tries to keep up in society despite their more limited finances, by "making a dollar look to [their] friends as thou…

Christie's Christmas


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Now that the railroad has come through, Christie Tucker's parents have decided to save enough for her to go to her well-to-do Uncle Daniel f…

Christmas Short Works Collection 2020


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Presenting the Christmas 2020 collection with many surprises and a few old favorites. Amongst other stories Santa is kidnapped, a basket of …

Grandma's Miracles; or, Stories Told at Six o'Clock in the Evening


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In the Wilbur home, six o'clock on Saturday evening was the children's hour with Grandma. . . . During the season of which I am going to tel…

A Hedge Fence


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Twelve stories, one for each month of the year, which first list a few Bible verses then relate how those verses took effect in a young pers…

Chrissy's Endeavor


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Eighteen year old Chrissy Hollister attends a Christian Endeavor Society meeting while away for the summer, and it changes her whole outlook…

Gertrude's Diary, and The Cube


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Two stories about young people. "Gertrude's Diary" is written by a young girl. She and her three friends have given to them Bible …

The Browning Boys


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Twin brothers Aleck and Ben Browning are determined to help their family through a financially difficult time, but what can they do at eleve…

Her Associate Members


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This continues the story started in Chrissy's Endeavor. Chrissy is now married. Her husband is weak after a severe illness, so they have gon…

The Man of the House


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Ten-year-old Reuben Watson Stone is carrying a heavy burden. As "the man of the house", he feels responsible for supporting his wi…

Spun from Fact


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As the title suggests, this story is from real events. As the author explains in the last chapter, all of the events are true; the conversat…

By Way of the Wilderness


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Wayne Pierson can’t remember a time when his life was easy. Enemies in the form of a stepmother and stepbrother have come between Wayne and …

Sunshine Factory (Version 2)


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Sunshine Factory, written under the pseudonym Pansy, is a warm-hearted, cheerful, inspiring, and witty collection of Christian children's ta…

John Remington, Martyr


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John and his new wife, Mattie, have moved, together with Aunt Martha, to the city to pastor a church there. Their story continues in town, …

Dr. Deane's Way, and Other Stories


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Short stories for the young and young-at-heart. Included are a family with an overly-strict father and free-spirited daughter; a series of &…

Mrs. Harry Harper's Awakening


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Five stories with the general themes of foreign missions, money, and hypocrisy.Mrs. Harry Harper's Awakening: A young wife in a new city is …

Sidney Martin's Christmas (and Other Stories)


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Sixty-two short pieces, many/most of them originally published in The Pansy, a magazine for children. The topics are many and varied, but mo…

New Year's Tangles and Other Stories


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This is a collection of 40 short (some VERY short) stories from Christian author Pansy. They seem to have been taken from her magazine for c…

Modern Prophets and Other Sketches


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Short stories and sketches all relating in some way to temperance and advocating for prohibition. Each story looks at a different facet of t…

Little Minnie, and Other Stories


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This is a little book of very short stories or vignettes, about children and intended for children. Many of the stories reference the includ…

Stories and Pictures from the Life of Jesus


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Twenty-four short accounts from the life of Jesus, each about 2 minutes in length. They are mostly taken straight from the Bible, with littl…

Next Things, and Dorrie's Day


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Two short stories about young people who find themselves in difficult circumstances, written in 1880.Next Things relates of two brothers, re…

Christmas Short Works Collection 2023


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Enjoy the 2023 Christmas collection, with selections chosen by many volunteers. This year's readings include a combination of sacred and sec…