In "The Gold of Chickaree," the Warner sisters likely tell a story set in the rural countryside, possibly in New England where they were from. The title suggests that the narrative may revolve around the concept of "gold" in a metaphorical sense, such as finding value or treasure in the simple joys of life.As with many of the Warner sisters' works, "The Gold of Chickaree" likely explores themes of family, community, and morality. The novel may feature relatable characters facing various ch...

According to Wikipedia: "Susan Bogert Warner (July 11, 1819 March 17, 1885), was an American evangelical writer of religious fiction, children's fiction, and theological works. Born in New York City, she wrote, under the name of "Elizabeth Wetherell", thirty novels, many of which went into multiple editions. However, her first novel, The Wide, Wide World (1850), was the most popular. It was translated into several other languages, including French, German, and Dutch. Other than Uncle Tom's...

According to Wikipedia: "Susan Bogert Warner (July 11, 1819 March 17, 1885), was an American evangelical writer of religious fiction, children's fiction, and theological works. Born in New York City, she wrote, under the name of "Elizabeth Wetherell", thirty novels, many of which went into multiple editions. However, her first novel, The Wide, Wide World (1850), was the most popular. It was translated into several other languages, including French, German, and Dutch. Other than Uncle Tom's...

This book is the outcome of an idea, and the idea is very simple. It is that the best way to understand the dramatic transformation any idea can bring and to successfully bring ideas across, is to think of them as profound insights and moments of clarity often disguised as wit, captured in one single Quote.Ideas and products and messages and behaviors spread faster when they carry your message in a single line or paragraph: a Quote.To feel the impact a Quote can have, here ...

Sometimes, in a rare moment of leisure, when Mrs. Maitland looked back across the thirty years of her short married life and long widowhood, the nineteen-year-old girl on the other side of that gap seemed a total stranger, incredibly young and untried, incredibly ignorant.Millie Maitland has settled happily into her busy if slightly impoverished existence in the Scottish village of Mennan, watched over now and then by her solicitor, who once proposed marriage, and her daug...

William Dean Howell's richly humerous characterization of a self-made millionaire in Boston society provides a paradigm of American culture in the Gilded Age. After establishing a fortune in the paint business, Silas Lapham moves his family from their Vermont farm to the city of Boston, where they awkwardly attempt to break into Brahmin society.

The story follows the adventures of a group of children who discover an abandoned house in their neighborhood. Intrigued by its mysterious appearance, they decide to explore it, uncovering secrets and hidden treasures along the way. As they delve deeper into the house's history, they learn about its former occupants and the events that led to its abandonment.Gertrude Chandler Warner's writing style in "The House of Delight" is characterized by its whimsical tone, engaging plot, and memorab...

This book is a collection of stories aimed at children, likely featuring dolls and other toys as characters. Each story may revolve around the adventures and experiences of the dolls and their interactions with one another, as well as with the children who play with them.Julia Charlotte Maitland was a British author known for her works of children's literature. "The Doll and Her Friends" is characteristic of Maitland's storytelling style, with its gentle narratives, moral lessons, and imag...

Badass Habits is a eureka-sparking, easy-to-digest look at how our habits make us who we are, from the measly moments that happen in private to the resolutions we loudly broadcast (and, erm, often don't keep) on social media.Habit busting and building goes way beyond becoming a dedicated flosser or never showing up late again--our habits reveal our unmet desires, the gaps in our boundaries, our level of self-awareness, and our unconscious beliefs and fears. Badass Habits features J...

**“At a time when many Americans . . . are engaged in deep reflection about the meaning of the nation's history [this] is an exceptionally useful companion for those who want to do so with honesty and integrity.” —Shelf AwarenessFrom the author of How to Think and The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction, a literary guide to engaging with the voices of the past to stay sane in the present**W. H. Auden once wrote that "art is our chief mea...

IF I WERE to give a summary of the tendency of our times, I would say, Quantity. The multitude, the mass spirit, dominates everywhere, destroying quality. Our entire life—production, politics, and education—rests on quantity, on numbers. The worker who once took pride in the thoroughness and quality of his work, has been replaced by brainless, incompetent automatons, who turn out enormous quantities of things, valueless to themselves, and generally injurious to the rest of mankind. Thus qu...

Joseph Goodworthy controls his two younger sisters' lives. In his own eyes he lives a perfect Christian life: he has a wonderful understanding of doctrine, he goes to church regularly and holds household prayers every day. What more can his sisters possibly want? When the younger sister, Maria, is forty, he refuses her permission to marry Arthur Haldene, a visiting artist. On a snowy night eight years later, Maria returns to the house to seek reconciliation, accompanied by her daughter Haz...