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Ruth Erskines Son by Pansy audiobook. Genre: religionIn this later novel in Pansy's Chautauqua Girls series, Ruth Erskine Burnham is no longer the spirited young woman readers once knew, but a devoted widow whose life has centered on her only son, Erskine. Handsome, gifted, and deeply loved, Erskine has been raised under Ruth's careful guidance and strong Christian principles. When he returns home as a married man with his beautiful new wife, Irene, Ruth is determined to welcome her daughter-in-law with grace and generosity. Yet almost at once, the household begins to strain under clashing temperaments, different values, and the painful adjustments that come when a son becomes a husband. As Ruth tries to protect both her son's happiness and her own conscience, she must navigate misunderstandings, wounded pride, family loyalties, and the quiet loneliness of surrendering the first place in Erskine's heart. Rich in domestic detail and moral tension, Ruth Erskine's Son is a thoughtful story about motherhood, marriage, sacrifice, and faith under pressure. Pansy explores how love can be tested by secrets, selfishness, and social ambition, while asking what it truly means to act with patience, humility, and Christian conviction when home itself becomes a battleground.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:15:28) Chapter 02(00:31:38) Chapter 03(00:47:02) Chapter 04(01:02:47) Chapter 05(01:19:10) Chapter 06(01:34:00) Chapter 07(01:49:50) Chapter 08(02:05:59) Chapter 09(02:22:36) Chapter 10(02:38:03) Chapter 11(02:53:52) Chapter 12(03:09:58) Chapter 13(03:24:36) Chapter 14(03:40:07) Chapter 15(03:55:38) Chapter 16(04:11:08) Chapter 17(04:26:52) Chapter 18(04:42:30) Chapter 19(04:56:47) Chapter 20(05:12:50) Chapter 21(05:27:14) Chapter 22(05:42:35) Chapter 23(05:57:40) Chapter 24(06:13:15) Chapter 25(06:27:32) Chapter 26(06:43:28) Chapter 27(07:00:21) Chapter 28(07:15:41) Chapter 29(07:30:28) Chapter 30 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Randolphs by Pansy audiobook. Genre: religionSet in New York City and continuing the story begun in Household Puzzles, The Randolphs follows a struggling family as each member tries to find a secure future while carrying old habits, disappointments, and private desires into a new season of life. Tom Randolph, sobered by earlier trouble and newly serious about his faith, throws himself into an ambitious plan to create a first-class temperance hotel and a place where young men might find decent company instead of drink and ruin. Around him, his sisters face conflicts that are quieter but no less urgent. Helen is restless, proud, and drawn to luxury and social display; Grace is tied to an engagement that seems increasingly unwise; and Maria, practical and self-reliant after holding the household together through hard work, struggles to surrender control. As business hopes, family pressures, courtship, and questions of belief all collide, Pansy builds a domestic novel about character being tested in everyday life. Warm, earnest, and morally focused, The Randolphs explores ambition, pride, romance, forgiveness, and the difficult work of letting faith reshape a family from the inside out.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:14:42) Chapter 02(00:31:57) Chapter 03(00:50:23) Chapter 04(01:07:46) Chapter 05(01:27:00) Chapter 06(01:45:08) Chapter 07(02:03:05) Chapter 08(02:16:04) Chapter 09(02:28:43) Chapter 10(02:44:12) Chapter 11(03:02:47) Chapter 12(03:18:49) Chapter 13(03:33:18) Chapter 14(03:48:50) Chapter 15(04:07:04) Chapter 16(04:23:45) Chapter 17(04:40:05) Chapter 18(04:57:07) Chapter 19(05:14:23) Chapter 20(05:32:14) Chapter 21(05:49:20) Chapter 22(06:05:07) Chapter 23(06:21:26) Chapter 24(06:39:46) Chapter 25(06:57:23) Chapter 26(07:15:35) Chapter 27(07:34:21) Chapter 28(07:54:40) Chapter 29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Pocket Measure by Pansy audiobook. Genre: religionSet in a small 19th century community, The Pocket Measure follows three young wives whose marriages begin with very different ideas about money, comfort, and faith. Practical Callie and her husband live on a modest income, yet their home is steady because they are careful, disciplined, and determined to put Christian principles ahead of appearances. Eva, though blessed with more income, finds herself overwhelmed by bills, household confusion, and the quiet fear that she is failing as a wife. Meanwhile lively, pleasure-loving Jennie dreams of a bright social future filled with romance, fashion, and ease, and she is drawn to the charming but financially uncertain Will Coleman. As the three women compare choices, mistakes, and ambitions, everyday questions about housekeeping and debt grow into larger questions about character, marriage, and what truly makes a home secure. Pansy turns ordinary domestic life into a moral and emotional drama, showing how spending habits, social expectations, and spiritual convictions can shape a family's future. Warm, earnest, and sharply observant, this novel explores the measure people use not only for money, but for love, duty, and success.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:20:20) Chapter 02(00:42:10) Chapter 03(01:04:18) Chapter 04(01:24:54) Chapter 05(01:44:14) Chapter 06(02:04:18) Chapter 07(02:24:17) Chapter 08(02:46:19) Chapter 09(03:07:35) Chapter 10(03:27:10) Chapter 11(03:48:21) Chapter 12(04:07:18) Chapter 13(04:25:20) Chapter 14(04:44:51) Chapter 15(05:05:02) Chapter 16(05:25:07) Chapter 17(05:45:36) Chapter 18(06:07:00) Chapter 19(06:29:25) Chapter 20(06:52:32) Chapter 21(07:14:39) Chapter 22(07:36:04) Chapter 23(07:57:44) Chapter 24(08:18:12) Chapter 25(08:40:09) Chapter 26(09:01:30) Chapter 27(09:21:07) Chapter 28(09:42:08) Chapter 29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pauline by Pansy audiobook. Genre: romancePauline by Pansy is a faith-centered domestic novel that begins with a chance mistake and quickly turns into a test of love, honor, and trust. Successful young attorney Charles Gordon Curtiss misses a speaking engagement because of a clerical error, but the delay leads him to Constance Stuart, a thoughtful and charming woman he soon marries. Their happiness is shattered almost at once when Constance is approached by a mysterious young woman named Pauline, whose painful story seems to cast a shadow over Charles's past. Faced with shocking claims and deep uncertainty, Constance must decide what to believe, while Charles struggles to understand how Pauline became entangled in their lives. As the story unfolds, Pansy explores the pressures placed on women, the cost of rash decisions, and the sustaining power of Christian faith in the middle of confusion and sorrow. With its mix of romance, moral conflict, and emotional tension, the novel follows several lives drawn together by misunderstanding, duty, and the hope that truth and grace may yet set things right.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:20:18) Chapter 02(00:40:42) Chapter 03(01:00:33) Chapter 04(01:20:34) Chapter 05(01:38:48) Chapter 06(01:57:40) Chapter 07(02:16:17) Chapter 08(02:35:24) Chapter 09(02:53:37) Chapter 10(03:12:45) Chapter 11(03:30:28) Chapter 12(03:48:45) Chapter 13(04:07:02) Chapter 14(04:25:42) Chapter 15(04:44:01) Chapter 16(05:02:22) Chapter 17(05:20:15) Chapter 18(05:38:22) Chapter 19(05:56:50) Chapter 20(06:15:38) Chapter 21(06:33:04) Chapter 22(06:51:44) Chapter 23(07:09:30) Chapter 24(07:26:56) Chapter 25(07:45:12) Chapter 26(08:04:26) Chapter 27(08:21:53) Chapter 28(08:39:28) Chapter 29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Overruled by Pansy audiobook. Genre: religionIn this sequel to Making Fate, Marjorie Edmonds returns home after a summer away changed by disappointment, reflection, and a deepening Christian faith. Back in her familiar town, she hopes for peace and a clearer future, but ordinary life quickly grows complicated. Leonard Maxwell comes back into her orbit just as his brother Frank arrives to recover from illness, and the new dynamic stirs the Edmonds household in unexpected ways. At the same time, gossip spreads through the community, testing reputations and straining friendships. Around Marjorie, other lives are also at a crossroads: marriages show their weaknesses, young people struggle with temptation, and acts of kindness are easily misunderstood. As questions of love, loyalty, and social judgment press in from every side, Marjorie must decide whether to trust her own expectations or believe that a wiser hand is guiding events. Overruled is a warm, thoughtful portrait of a small-town world where romance, disappointment, faith, and moral choice are closely intertwined. The novel explores how private hopes can be overturned by circumstance, and how grace can reshape even the most tangled human plans.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:19:01) Chapter 02(00:37:40) Chapter 03(00:56:37) Chapter 04(01:14:00) Chapter 05(01:32:16) Chapter 06(01:51:08) Chapter 07(02:09:06) Chapter 08(02:27:35) Chapter 09(02:45:34) Chapter 10(03:02:32) Chapter 11(03:19:46) Chapter 12(03:37:17) Chapter 13(03:55:44) Chapter 14(04:13:55) Chapter 15(04:32:28) Chapter 16(04:50:55) Chapter 17(05:09:44) Chapter 18(05:27:12) Chapter 19(05:45:31) Chapter 20(06:04:27) Chapter 21(06:22:16) Chapter 22(06:40:20) Chapter 23(06:59:14) Chapter 24(07:18:30) Chapter 25(07:37:23) Chapter 26(07:57:39) Chapter 27(08:16:28) Chapter 28(08:33:51) Chapter 29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One Commonplace Day by Pansy audiobook. Genre: religionIn this late-19th-century Christian novel, what begins as an ordinary town picnic on an October afternoon becomes the turning point in several lives. A visiting temperance lecturer, delayed by a missed train, joins a small circle of picnic-goers whose casual conversation soon opens deeper questions about faith, duty, addiction, and moral courage. Among those drawn into the unfolding drama are Miss Wainright, an outspoken reformer; Charlie Lambert, a respectable young man confident in his self-control; Mildred Powell, whose heart is tied to the fate of Leonard Airedale; and Leonard himself, a gifted but troubled man whose dependence on alcohol casts a shadow over everyone who loves him. As the days after the picnic unfold, the group is forced to decide whether sympathy is enough, or whether true Christian compassion demands action, sacrifice, and persistence. Pansy weaves together domestic life, social reform, and spiritual conviction to show how seemingly small choices can shape whole families and futures. One Commonplace Day is both a story about temperance and a meditation on influence, community, and the far-reaching consequences of one ordinary day.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:18:26) Chapter 02(00:37:24) Chapter 03(00:54:31) Chapter 04(01:11:47) Chapter 05(01:28:29) Chapter 06(01:45:09) Chapter 07(02:02:02) Chapter 08(02:19:41) Chapter 09(02:37:50) Chapter 10(02:55:18) Chapter 11(03:13:43) Chapter 12(03:32:30) Chapter 13(03:49:25) Chapter 14(04:07:06) Chapter 15(04:25:20) Chapter 16(04:41:51) Chapter 17(04:59:56) Chapter 18(05:14:25) Chapter 19(05:31:13) Chapter 20(05:48:21) Chapter 21(06:06:30) Chapter 22(06:24:09) Chapter 23(06:42:13) Chapter 24(06:58:57) Chapter 25(07:16:03) Chapter 26(07:32:59) Chapter 27(07:50:32) Chapter 28(08:07:12) Chapter 29(08:23:13) Chapter 30(08:38:45) Chapter 31 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Things, and Dorries Day by Pansy audiobook. Genre: familyNext Things, and Dorries Day is a collection of two warm, morally driven stories by Pansy that center on young people facing frightening changes and learning how character is tested in everyday moments. In Next Things, two recently orphaned brothers are forced onto very different paths when they are separated after their mother's death. One is taken into a prosperous household, while the other must begin working in a grocer's shop, and both boys must decide how to meet loss, responsibility, temptation, and the pressure of their new surroundings. Their mother's simple guidance - to do the next thing - becomes the measure of courage and faith as they try to build honorable lives. In Dorries Day, the focus shifts to a lively little girl whose ordinary trip turns alarming when she is lost on a train, setting off a desperate family search and a series of anxious encounters. Together, these tales blend suspense, tenderness, and strong lessons about perseverance, kindness, self-control, and the influence of home. The result is a heartfelt portrait of children navigating danger and uncertainty with spirit, conscience, and hope.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:07:17) Chapter 02(00:14:20) Chapter 03(00:21:58) Chapter 04(00:29:02) Chapter 05(00:35:09) Chapter 06(00:40:51) Chapter 07(00:47:01) Chapter 08(00:52:04) Chapter 09(00:57:05) Chapter 10(01:02:53) Chapter 11(01:07:20) Chapter 12(01:13:13) Chapter 13(01:19:04) Chapter 14(01:24:17) Chapter 15(01:29:17) Chapter 16(01:35:21) Chapter 17(01:56:16) Chapter 18(02:10:50) Chapter 19 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Years Tangles and Other Stories by Pansy audiobook. Genre: religionNew Year's Tangles and Other Stories is a lively anthology of short pieces by Pansy, drawn from the world of children, home life, and faith. Instead of following one hero from beginning to end, the book moves through dozens of brief episodes featuring boys and girls, parents, pets, schoolroom troubles, holiday gatherings, small adventures, and glimpses of history in America and abroad. Stories such as New Year's Tangles, Gretchen's Wonderful Day, Kate's Rabbit, and Bennie in Trouble place ordinary young characters in moments of confusion, temptation, fear, or wonder, where a careless choice, a misunderstanding, or a selfish impulse can quickly grow into a larger problem. Alongside these domestic tales are sketches of travel, historical memory, and missionary-minded storytelling that widen the book's sense of the world. What ties the collection together is Pansy's warm, direct voice and her interest in how character is formed through everyday decisions. The central conflict, repeated in many different forms, is the struggle between impulse and duty, discouragement and trust, or self-concern and kindness. Gentle, earnest, and often very brief, this collection offers a clear window into 19th-century children's literature shaped by Christian values.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:07:53) Chapter 02(00:15:18) Chapter 03(00:22:19) Chapter 04(00:25:05) Chapter 05(00:28:23) Chapter 06(00:31:44) Chapter 07(00:37:50) Chapter 08(00:49:12) Chapter 09(00:53:18) Chapter 10(00:57:11) Chapter 11(01:01:22) Chapter 12(01:09:20) Chapter 13(01:21:11) Chapter 14(01:26:25) Chapter 15(01:34:08) Chapter 16(01:40:15) Chapter 17(01:44:49) Chapter 18(01:54:00) Chapter 19(01:58:24) Chapter 20(02:07:14) Chapter 21(02:12:04) Chapter 22(02:17:11) Chapter 23(02:24:25) Chapter 24(02:27:10) Chapter 25(02:30:42) Chapter 26(02:35:44) Chapter 27(02:43:29) Chapter 28(02:47:55) Chapter 29(02:49:49) Chapter 30(02:51:33) Chapter 31(02:58:18) Chapter 32(03:04:57) Chapter 33(03:10:39) Chapter 34(03:15:59) Chapter 35(03:22:49) Chapter 36(03:28:14) Chapter 37(03:35:50) Chapter 38(03:41:39) Chapter 39(03:46:32) Chapter 40 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mrs. Solomon Smith Looking On by Pansy audiobook. Genre: religionIn Mrs. Solomon Smith Looking On, Pansy builds a warm, quietly persuasive story around an elderly woman who thinks of herself as uneducated and ordinary, even though everyone around her can see the depth of her experience, kindness, and biblical wisdom. Mrs. Solomon Smith moves through the small dramas of family, church, and neighborhood life with open eyes and a plainspoken faith that often sees more clearly than younger, cleverer people do. Whether she is attending a Sunday-school gathering, offering counsel in a moment of confusion, or simply listening well, she becomes a steady influence on those around her. At the center of the book is Laura, a young woman who genuinely loves and respects Mrs. Smith but remains untouched by the religious conviction that shapes the older woman's life. As friendships shift and questions of duty, belief, courtship, and character press in, Mrs. Smith's example challenges the assumptions of an entire circle. Part domestic story and part spiritual portrait, the novel explores how quiet faith, humble service, and moral courage can work on hearts in ways argument alone cannot.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:16:07) Chapter 02(00:32:43) Chapter 03(00:50:01) Chapter 04(01:02:15) Chapter 05(01:25:05) Chapter 06(01:44:15) Chapter 07(02:03:38) Chapter 08(02:23:24) Chapter 09(02:43:54) Chapter 10(03:02:12) Chapter 11(03:21:22) Chapter 12(03:42:14) Chapter 13(04:03:07) Chapter 14(04:23:39) Chapter 15(04:45:59) Chapter 16(05:06:21) Chapter 17(05:27:57) Chapter 18(05:50:24) Chapter 19(06:10:42) Chapter 20(06:31:24) Chapter 21(06:51:57) Chapter 22(07:12:00) Chapter 23(07:32:34) Chapter 24(07:52:54) Chapter 25(08:13:35) Chapter 26(08:33:22) Chapter 27 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mrs. Harry Harpers Awakening by Pansy audiobook. Genre: religionIn this short inspirational novel by Pansy, Mrs. Harry Harper is a very young bride who has been swept from schoolroom to wedding altar with little time to discover who she is or what she truly believes. Settled with her ambitious husband, Harry, in a strange city and trapped in the dull emptiness of an ornamental life, she spends her days lonely, idle, and spiritually unformed. Everything changes when curiosity leads her to follow a stream of earnest women wearing white ribbons marked W.P.B.F.M. into a church meeting. What begins as a chance visit opens her eyes to missionary work, Christian service, and a wider world of suffering and responsibility that she has never seriously considered. As Mrs. Harper's heart and conscience awaken, she must decide whether she will remain a sheltered, decorative figure or devote herself to a life of purpose. At the same time, her new convictions begin to test the habits of her marriage, challenging both her and Harry to think about faith, duty, money, and the meaning of belonging to something greater than themselves. The story blends domestic life, spiritual renewal, and social conscience in a gentle but pointed portrait of personal transformation.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:16:17) Chapter 02(00:28:55) Chapter 03(00:45:43) Chapter 04(00:58:13) Chapter 05(01:06:09) Chapter 06(01:18:39) Chapter 07(01:31:44) Chapter 08(01:52:08) Chapter 09(02:10:08) Chapter 10(02:27:56) Chapter 11(02:34:39) Chapter 12(02:43:16) Chapter 13 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices