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Helen McGill lives with her older brother, Andrew. Andrew is a former businessman, turned farmer, turned author. One day, Roger Mifflin, who travels around the New England countryside of 1915 with his book wagon named Parnassus on an itinerant mission of enlightenment, shows up on their farm. Mifflin's delight in books and authors is infectious.
"When you sell a man a book," says Mifflin, "you don't sell him just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue; you sell him a whole new life."
Helen arranges to buy Parnassus, partly to prevent Andrew from buying it, but mostly to treat herself to a long-overdue adventure of her own.
The prequel to a later novel (The Haunted Bookshop), and the first of two novels to be written from a woman's perspective, it offers a glimpse at a proto-feminist perspective from the early 1900s. Inspired by the novel The Friendly Road by David Grayson (pseudonym of Ray Stannard Baker), it starts with an open letter to Grayson, taking him to task for not concerning himself (except in passing) with his sister's opinion of and reaction to his adventure.
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Widely hailed as a milestone in American literature, Sinclair Lewis' Main Street vividly describes a country on the verge of massive change, with traditional values being threatened by progress. The novel's heroine, Carol Milford, is a highly educated, ambitious woman who plans to join a newly enlightened society. But after marrying a small-town doctor, she finds herself trapped in the role of a dutiful wife. Carol's desires for social change conflict with the security of her comfortable married life, as she struggles to understand the cost of conformity...and rebellion. As relevant today as it was upon its 1920 publication, Main Street is both a masterful piece of writing and a fascinating microcosm of America's social evolution.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Delightful reading of an excellent book
- De Steve Bird en 06-14-05
De: Sinclair Lewis
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One of Ours
- De: Willa Cather
- Narrado por: Kristen Underwood
- Duración: 13 h y 54 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 127
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 93
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 92
Claude Wheeler resembles the youngest son of an American fairy tale. His fortune is ready-made for him, but he refuses to settle for it. Alienated from his crass father and pious mother, all but rejected by a wife who reserves her ardor for missionary work, and dissatisfied with farming, Claude is an idealist without an ideal to cling to. It is only when his country enters the First World War that Claude finds what he has been searching for all his life.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Cather's writing is impeccable
- De Kelly en 12-20-19
De: Willa Cather
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Main Street
- De: Sinclair Lewis
- Narrado por: Brian Emerson
- Duración: 16 h y 21 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 128
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 90
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 88
The lonely predicament of Carol Kennicott, caught between her desires for social reform and individual happiness, reflects the position in which America's turn-of-the-century "emancipated woman" found herself.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Time for a classic
- De Maureen en 10-21-09
De: Sinclair Lewis
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Daddy-Long-Legs
- De: Jean Webster
- Narrado por: Julia Whelan
- Duración: 4 h y 7 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 563
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 516
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First published in 1912, Daddy-Long-Legs is an epistolary novel that follows orphan Jerusha "Judy" Abbott through her college years through a series of letters written to her anonymous benefactor, whom she nicknames "Daddy-Long-Legs." As Judy learns to navigate the complex world of studies, social life, and romance, her letters convey her growth and address the increasingly complex questions that preoccupy her.
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5 out of 5 stars
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My granddaughter loved it .. So I had to read
- De Beverly en 03-11-15
De: Jean Webster
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The Saturdays
- De: Elizabeth Enright
- Narrado por: Pamela Dillman
- Duración: 4 h y 7 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 369
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 253
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 252
The four Melendy children live with their father and Cuffy, their beloved housekeeper, in a worn but comfortable brownstone in New York City. There's thirteen-year-old Mona, who has decided to become an actress; twelve-year-old mischievous Rush; ten-year-old Randy who loves to dance and paint; and thoughtful Oliver, who is just six-years-old.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent for children and adults
- De Dale en 05-15-04
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Daddy-Long-Legs
- De: Jean Webster
- Narrado por: Kate Forbes
- Duración: 4 h y 4 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 95
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 80
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 80
Jerusha Abbott is the oldest orphan in the John Grier Home. Every day she helps scrub and dress the younger children - all 97 of them. Soon she will graduate from high school and be on her own. Where will she go, and how will she support herself? When an anonymous wealthy donor decides to send her to college, Jerusha can hardly believe her good fortune. All she must do in return is send him a letter once a month. With all the excitement of college life - classes, parties, new friends, and a special gentleman - Jerusha can hardly stop writing!
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5 out of 5 stars
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Delightful
- De Greg and Sara Masarik en 04-06-15
De: Jean Webster
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Understood Betsy
- De: Dorothy Canfield Fisher
- Narrado por: Anne Hancock
- Duración: 4 h y 38 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 217
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 184
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 184
Elizabeth Ann is being carefully brought up by her Aunt Frances. Aunt Frances shares in all Elizabeth Ann's fears and slights, walks her to and from school each day, and conscientiously follows the most modern theories on child-rearing. She is the original helicopter parent. Not surprisingly, at nine years old Elizabeth Ann is timid and shy, friendless, and completely dependent on her doting aunt. Then an emergency occurs, and the fearful little girl is temporarily sent to other relatives who live on a farm in Vermont.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Like a picnic on a warm spring day
- De Jo en 11-15-16
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The Moonflower Vine
- A Novel
- De: Jetta Carleton
- Narrado por: Natalie Ross
- Duración: 12 h y 18 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 106
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 94
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 94
On a farm in western Missouri, during the first half of the twentieth century, Matthew and Callie Soames create a life for themselves and raise four headstrong daughters. Jessica will break their hearts. Leonie will fall in love with the wrong man. Mary Jo will escape to New York. And wild child Mathy’s fate will be the family’s greatest tragedy. Over the decades they will love, deceive, comfort, forgive - and, ultimately, they will come to cherish all the more fiercely the bonds of love that hold the family together.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I didn't want it to end!!!
- De Amanda H. en 01-20-21
De: Jetta Carleton
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Enemy Brothers (Living History Library)
- De: Constance Savery
- Narrado por: Paul L. Coffey
- Duración: 7 h y 56 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 61
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 44
British airman Dym Ingleford is convinced that the young German prisoner, Max Eckermann, is his brother Anthony, who was kidnapped years before. Raised in the Nazi ideology, Tony has by chance tumbled into British hands. Dym has brought him back, at least temporarily, to the family he neither remembers nor will acknowledge as his own.
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5 out of 5 stars
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More people should read this wonderful story!!!
- De E.F.B. en 08-02-18
De: Constance Savery
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Love Among the Chickens
- De: P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrado por: Arthur Vincet
- Duración: 5 h y 46 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 6
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 6
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"Love Among the Chickens" is a comedic novel by British master of the genre, P. G. Wodehouse. The novel is narrated by Jeremy Garnet, an author and old friend of Ukridge. Seeing Ukridge for the first time in years, with a new wife in tow, Garnet finds himself dragged along on holiday to Ukridge's new chicken farm in Dorset. The novel intertwines Garnet's difficult wooing of a girl living nearby with the struggles of the farm, which are exacerbated by Ukridge's bizarre business ideas and methods.
De: P. G. Wodehouse
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So Big
- A Novel
- De: Edna Ferber
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 10 h y 14 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 96
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 78
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and widely considered to be Edna Ferber’s greatest achievement, So Big is a classic novel of turn-of-the-century Chicago. So Big is the unforgettable story of the indomitable Selina Peake DeJong and her struggles to stay afloat and maintain her dignity in the face of a challenging marriage, widowhood, and single parenthood.
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5 out of 5 stars
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History of Chicago via One Family
- De Julie Gaunky en 01-03-21
De: Edna Ferber
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The Tale of Hill Top Farm
- De: Susan Wittig Albert
- Narrado por: Virginia Leishman
- Duración: 9 h y 17 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 219
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 174
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 175
It's 1905, and to recover from the loss of her fiance, Potter moves into a small farmhouse in Sawrey. Populated by colorful characters, both humans and critters, her new life is full of promise. That is, until a villager dies and murder is suspected. Now it's up to this amateur sleuth to find a killer roaming the English countryside.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fun to read
- De Richard en 11-29-10
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The Professor's House
- De: Willa Cather
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 6 h y 9 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 103
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 84
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 84
Professor Godfrey St. Peter is a man in his fifties who has devoted his life to his work, his wife, his garden, and his daughters, and achieved success with all of them. But when St. Peter is called on to move to a new, more comfortable house, something in him rebels. And although at first that rebellion consists of nothing more than mild resistance to his family's wishes, it imperceptibly comes to encompass the entire order of his life.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Gently compelling
- De TiffanyD en 08-12-19
De: Willa Cather
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The Pastures of Heaven
- De: John Steinbeck
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 7 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 309
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 271
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 272
Today, nearly 40 years after his death, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck remains one of America's greatest writers and cultural figures. We have begun publishing his many works for the first time as Penguin Classics. This season we continue with the seven spectacular and influential books East of Eden, Cannery Row, In Dubious Battle, The Long Valley, The Moon Is Down, The Pastures of Heaven, and Tortilla Flat.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Golden, mythical America
- De Dan Harlow en 07-07-13
De: John Steinbeck
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I Capture the Castle
- De: Dodie Smith
- Narrado por: Jenny Agutter
- Duración: 12 h y 18 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,796
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,600
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,600
In this coming of age story, Dodie Smith introduces the visionary and eccentric character of seventeen-year-old Cassandra Mortmain. The youngest daughter in a family of impoverished artists, it is her imagination and writing that takes us away from the ramshackle old English castle where they live, and towards an intriguing tale of husband-hunting and light-hearted sibling rivalry.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well, that was a surprise
- De Matthew en 12-16-13
De: Dodie Smith
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Mother Carey's Chickens
- De: Kate Douglas Wiggin
- Narrado por: Anne Hancock
- Duración: 7 h y 22 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 84
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 76
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 76
The sudden death of the father of the family results in the drastic reduction of the Careys' income and they must leave their comfortable home in Boston. Nancy Carey, the eldest, recalls a vacation in Maine when they all picnicked in the garden of a big, vacant house that her father loved. She discovers that the house is available, the rent is cheap, and persuades her mother that life in The Yellow House in Beulah, Maine is the perfect place to begin their new life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A very cozy book =)
- De Camilla en 03-01-17
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The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
- De: Jacqueline Kelly
- Narrado por: Natalie Ross
- Duración: 9 h
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 538
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 432
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The summer of 1899 is HOT in Calpurnia Virginia Tate's sleepy Texas town, and there aren't a lot of good ways to stay cool. Her mother has a new wind machine from town, but Callie might just have to resort to stealthily cutting off her hair, one sneaky inch at a time. She also spends a lot time at the river with her notoriously cantankerous grandfather, an avid naturalist. It turns out that every drop of river water is teeming with life - all you have to do is look through a microscope!
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Lovely Coming of Age Story
- De Julie en 03-13-12
De: Jacqueline Kelly
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- 01-11-23
Feel-good story that made me smile
This is a lovely story. Set in 1907, a "spinster" whose brother regularly goes on adventures, leaving her alone and overworked, decides to give him a taste of his own medicine. Impulsively buying a book-peddler's wagon, she has adventures and broadens her horizons. There's a romance in here too, but the true romance is with herself, as she grows and finds a life philosophy. I was smiling as it ended, and will listen again.
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