Classic Audiobook Collection

Miss Dee Dunmore Bryant by Pansy audiobook. Genre: familyIn this warm-hearted Christian family story, the Bryant household is reeling after the death of the father, whose debts have left Mrs. Bryant and her children Benjamin, Caroline, and little Daisy living on the edge of poverty. Each member of the family tries to help in whatever way they can. Ben searches for honest work, Caroline does her part at home, and imaginative young Daisy pours her love into her homemade dolls and dreams of brighter days. When Daisy's innocent Christmas wish draws unexpected attention, the Bryants find themselves connected to new friends, including the kindly Judge Dunmore and Miss Webster, whose interest in the family may change the course of their struggling lives. But help alone cannot solve everything. The family must learn how to meet disappointment, preserve their dignity, and hold fast to faith while deciding what kind of people they want to become. Centered on everyday courage, generosity, and the spiritual lessons hidden in ordinary hardships, this novel blends domestic realism with a gentle sense of wonder as the Bryant children discover that small acts of love can open surprising doors.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:19:53) Chapter 02(00:43:44) Chapter 03(01:01:31) Chapter 04(01:18:05) Chapter 05(01:33:42) Chapter 06(01:56:38) Chapter 07(02:16:23) Chapter 08(02:38:48) Chapter 09(03:00:38) Chapter 10(03:21:06) Chapter 11(03:38:43) Chapter 12(03:57:21) Chapter 13(04:15:14) Chapter 14(04:29:39) Chapter 15(04:52:34) Chapter 16(05:12:43) Chapter 17(05:32:48) Chapter 18(05:54:30) Chapter 19(06:13:51) Chapter 20(06:36:01) Chapter 21(06:56:54) Chapter 22(07:18:39) Chapter 23(07:40:17) Chapter 24 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Miss Priscilla Hunter, and My Daughter Susan by Pansy audiobook. Genre: religionThis volume brings together two short works by Pansy that center on ordinary women trying to live out their faith in practical, demanding circumstances. In Miss Priscilla Hunter, the heroine is a poor but capable seamstress who refuses to accept the long-standing debt and neglect weighing down her church. Quietly determined, she sets herself against apathy, excuses, and the unspoken class barriers that shape congregational life, showing how conviction and sacrifice can move an entire community. In My Daughter Susan, Susan Carleton is followed through the course of a single crowded day as she visits, serves, advises, and encourages the people around her. What seems at first like routine domestic and church work becomes a portrait of moral stamina, as Susan's commitment to temperance, charity, and Christian witness is tested in conversation after conversation. Together, the stories offer a warm but pointed look at stewardship, service, and the influence of women whose strength is easy to overlook. Pansy turns small decisions, household duties, and church concerns into the heart of the drama, creating a book about faith expressed not in grand gestures, but in perseverance, courage, and everyday acts of care.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:19:07) Chapter 02(00:32:40) Chapter 03(00:45:53) Chapter 04(01:00:34) Chapter 05(01:15:08) Chapter 06(01:34:03) Chapter 07(01:48:35) Chapter 08(02:03:52) Chapter 09(02:20:03) Chapter 10 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mary Burton Abroad, and Other Stories by Pansy audiobook. Genre: religionIn this classic Victorian-era collection, Isabella Macdonald Alden (writing as Pansy), joined by fellow author Faye Huntington, gathers a set of warm, purposeful stories for young listeners and the families who guide them. The title tale follows Mary Burton, an earnest American girl whose long-awaited trip abroad becomes more than sightseeing and souvenirs. As Mary moves through unfamiliar streets, customs, and conversations, she discovers how quickly small choices can shape a reputation, a friendship, and even the course of someone else's life. Far from home, she is tested by peer pressure, mixed motives, and the quiet challenge of living out her values when no one expects her to. The additional stories widen the lens to other boys and girls facing everyday crises: a tempting shortcut, a careless word, an unfair judgment, or a household problem adults would rather ignore. With Pansy's trademark blend of lively incident and moral clarity, the collection invites listeners to consider courage, honesty, compassion, and self-control, and to ask what it really means to be a steady influence wherever you are, whether at home or abroad.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:05:08) Chapter 02(00:11:35) Chapter 03(00:18:38) Chapter 04(00:27:07) Chapter 05(00:34:15) Chapter 06(00:39:27) Chapter 07(00:44:48) Chapter 08(00:50:12) Chapter 09(00:56:03) Chapter 10(01:05:07) Chapter 11(01:09:55) Chapter 12(01:18:04) Chapter 13(01:22:13) Chapter 14(01:28:10) Chapter 15(01:37:37) Chapter 16(01:46:39) Chapter 17(01:51:05) Chapter 18(01:57:30) Chapter 19(02:05:13) Chapter 20(02:08:59) Chapter 21(02:22:07) Chapter 22(02:25:47) Chapter 23(02:29:02) Chapter 24(02:34:15) Chapter 25(02:38:18) Chapter 26(02:44:21) Chapter 27 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Man of the House by Pansy audiobook. Genre: religionIn 1850s New York City, fourteen-year-old Reuben Watson Stone has no time for boyish dreams. With his father gone, Reuben believes it is his duty to be the man of the house, keeping a roof over his widowed mother and his little sister, Elizabeth (Beth), by taking whatever honest work he can find. But hunger, rent, and bad influences press in from every side, and Reuben soon learns that doing right can be dangerous, unpopular, and lonely. A new neighbor, the capable and sharp-eyed seamstress Miss Priscilla Hunter, strengthens the Stones with practical help and fearless temperance convictions, while Reuben's refusal to compromise his principles draws the attention of Mr. Barrows, a visiting businessman looking for a trustworthy boy. When an unexpected offer opens a path out of poverty, Reuben and his family leave the city for a small-town factory community, where fresh opportunities come with fresh trials: suspicion from locals, taunts and temptations from other boys, and a damaging accusation that could ruin his new start. As Reuben wrestles with fear and responsibility, he must also face a deeper question: is it enough to live morally, or must he surrender his life to Christ as Captain and guide?For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:06:32) Chapter 02(00:13:35) Chapter 03(00:20:40) Chapter 04(00:33:49) Chapter 05(00:53:54) Chapter 06(01:16:50) Chapter 07(01:42:44) Chapter 08(01:56:32) Chapter 09(02:18:17) Chapter 10(02:37:36) Chapter 11(02:59:41) Chapter 12(03:16:32) Chapter 13(03:41:26) Chapter 14(03:58:32) Chapter 15(04:14:10) Chapter 16(04:35:11) Chapter 17(04:58:38) Chapter 18(05:18:24) Chapter 19(05:38:20) Chapter 20(05:58:08) Chapter 21(06:18:33) Chapter 22(06:36:09) Chapter 23(06:56:35) Chapter 24(07:16:49) Chapter 25(07:35:09) Chapter 26(07:55:14) Chapter 27 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Making Fate by Pansy audiobook. Genre: religionIn a quiet country town, hopeful, idealistic Marjorie Edmonds seems to have the future everyone expects: a secure home, a respected churchgoing circle, and a lifelong friend, Ralph, whose steady devotion makes their eventual engagement feel like a foregone conclusion. But when a single evening's small decisions and social pressures set off a chain of misunderstandings, Marjorie begins to see how easily comfort can masquerade as conviction. Ralph, increasingly drawn to ambition, reputation, and self-interest, finds his choices tugging him away from the simple promises he once meant to keep, while the bright and flirtatious Estelle Bramlett tests loyalties with teasing charm and carefully chosen words. As whispers spread and expectations harden into demands, Marjorie is forced into painful questions she has never had to face: Is her life being shaped by fate, by chance, or by the daily, costly work of choosing what is right? With warmth, sharp observation, and a steady spiritual focus, Pansy traces one young woman's heartbreak and awakening into a deeper, more deliberate faith, where love, integrity, and responsibility can no longer be taken for granted.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:17:08) Chapter 02(00:35:26) Chapter 03(00:53:34) Chapter 04(01:11:30) Chapter 05(01:30:31) Chapter 06(01:49:09) Chapter 07(02:06:43) Chapter 08(02:25:06) Chapter 09(02:44:55) Chapter 10(03:05:56) Chapter 11(03:27:20) Chapter 12(03:48:36) Chapter 13(04:09:40) Chapter 14(04:30:31) Chapter 15(04:54:40) Chapter 16(05:17:25) Chapter 17(05:39:55) Chapter 18(06:01:59) Chapter 19(06:27:14) Chapter 20(06:51:00) Chapter 21(07:14:22) Chapter 22(07:38:41) Chapter 23(08:00:21) Chapter 24(08:22:42) Chapter 25(08:47:23) Chapter 26(09:09:45) Chapter 27(09:30:37) Chapter 28(09:52:47) Chapter 29(10:11:06) Chapter 30 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mag & Margaret - A Story for Girls by Pansy audiobook. Genre: religionThirteen-year-old Mag Jessup has learned to survive on scraps of kindness and hard work. An orphan and the little maid-of-all-work in Mrs. Perkins' bustling boarding house, Mag has almost no schooling and even fewer chances to change her circumstances. Then, in an offhand moment that proves anything but small, Mag is handed a slim devotional book called Little Pillows. Its simple promises spark a stubborn new idea in her: that her life has worth, that God sees her, and that learning, honesty, and courage might open doors no one expects a servant girl to touch. At the same time, another girl named Margaret moves through Mag's world from the opposite side of society - well dressed, well provided for, and certain she knows her place above girls like Mag. Their first encounters bristle with pride and prejudice, but the boarding house is a place where secrets slip out over supper tables, and where a carefully kept past can suddenly press into the present. As Mag strains toward a future she can barely name, and Margaret is confronted with truths that unsettle her comfort, both girls must decide what sort of people they will become when faith, fairness, and friendship demand a cost.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:16:45) Chapter 02(00:31:43) Chapter 03(00:45:53) Chapter 04(01:01:27) Chapter 05(01:18:44) Chapter 06(01:35:22) Chapter 07(01:51:52) Chapter 08(02:09:02) Chapter 09(02:23:49) Chapter 10(02:40:07) Chapter 11(02:58:11) Chapter 12(03:15:46) Chapter 13(03:31:40) Chapter 14(03:49:22) Chapter 15(04:06:03) Chapter 16(04:22:53) Chapter 17(04:39:37) Chapter 18(04:56:02) Chapter 19(05:11:51) Chapter 20(05:28:15) Chapter 21(05:45:08) Chapter 22(06:01:17) Chapter 23(06:16:56) Chapter 24(06:33:51) Chapter 25 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Little Fishers and Their Nets by Pansy audiobook. Genre: religionWhen thirteen-year-old Nannie (Nettie) Decker steps off the afternoon stage after seven years away, she expects a homecoming. Instead she finds a sagging fence, hungry little sisters, and a household hollowed out by her father Joe Decker's drinking. Her stepmother is worn down to hopelessness, her brother Norman is drifting toward the same temptations, and the neighborhood has learned to look away. Nettie has been raised to work hard and trust God, but nothing has prepared her for the shame and poverty waiting behind the Decker door. Refusing to surrender her family to the bottle, she forms an unlikely partnership with Jerry, a spirited boy next door who knows what it is to be judged and left behind. Together they begin a quiet campaign of practical help and moral courage - small promises kept, new friendships carefully won, and creative plans that test their patience, their pride, and their faith. Set in a vivid small-town world of kitchens, schoolyards, and church gatherings, Pansy's classic temperance tale asks what it really means to be a 'little fisher' and what kind of nets can catch a life before it is lost.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:20:52) Chapter 02(00:44:04) Chapter 03(01:08:59) Chapter 04(01:35:08) Chapter 05(02:00:53) Chapter 06(02:23:34) Chapter 07(02:45:07) Chapter 08(03:10:22) Chapter 09(03:27:45) Chapter 10(03:59:27) Chapter 11(04:25:59) Chapter 12(04:43:39) Chapter 13(05:04:40) Chapter 14(05:21:06) Chapter 15(05:41:45) Chapter 16(06:00:23) Chapter 17(06:20:07) Chapter 18(06:37:23) Chapter 19(06:57:18) Chapter 20(07:15:34) Chapter 21(07:36:50) Chapter 22(07:57:56) Chapter 23(08:20:07) Chapter 24 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Kings Daughter by Pansy audiobook. Genre: religionRaised in comfort and careful Christian training in Boston, eighteen-year-old Dell Bronson believes she knows what it means to live as a child of the King. Then a summons arrives from the one man she has always feared to meet: her father, a rough tavern owner in the mill town of Lewiston. Suddenly Dell is uprooted from refinement and placed at the center of a household shaped by drink, money troubles, and the hard expectations of a man who has spent his life behind a bar. Dell arrives determined not to retreat into judgment or despair, but to honor her heavenly Father in the only way she knows: through patient courage, everyday service, and a steady witness that might reach her earthly father. As the temperance movement stirs the town with meetings, pledges, and public pressure, Dell is drawn into a struggle that is both deeply personal and painfully public. With resistance in her own home and temptation all around, she must decide how to speak the truth in love, how to endure setbacks, and how to keep faith when change seems impossible.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:14:40) Chapter 02(00:28:14) Chapter 03(00:43:07) Chapter 04(00:56:14) Chapter 05(01:10:04) Chapter 06(01:25:06) Chapter 07(01:41:11) Chapter 08(01:55:47) Chapter 09(02:14:12) Chapter 10(02:28:49) Chapter 11(02:44:19) Chapter 12(03:01:02) Chapter 13(03:15:22) Chapter 14(03:30:08) Chapter 15(03:43:40) Chapter 16(03:57:38) Chapter 17(04:12:27) Chapter 18(04:24:28) Chapter 19(04:38:37) Chapter 20(04:52:04) Chapter 21(05:04:36) Chapter 22(05:17:22) Chapter 23(05:29:13) Chapter 24 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Julia Ried by Pansy audiobook. Genre: religionSixteen-year-old Julia Ried has grown up sheltered by family, routine, and the steady influence of church life. But when the Ried household falls on hard times and her mother's health makes security feel fragile, Julia resolves to earn her own living and step into the wider world for the first time. Taking work as a bookkeeper, she enters unfamiliar surroundings - factory schedules, boardinghouse politics, and new social rules she does not yet understand. ([goodreads.com](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/574046.Julia_Ried?utm_source=openai)) At first, Julia believes she can keep her balance with the quiet support of her longtime friend Dr. Douglas. Then she meets the charming and elegant Mrs. Tyndall, whose attention flatters Julia's pride and opens the door to fashionable pursuits and glittering entertainments. ([isabellaalden.com](https://isabellaalden.com/isabella-alden-home-page/isabellas-books/julia-ried/?utm_source=openai)) Caught between competing voices, Julia begins to measure life by appearances and approval, even as her responsibilities at home and the needs of others press closer. As friendships strain and conscience grows harder to ignore, Julia must learn what it really means to listen - and what it costs to be led by faith rather than impulse. ([isabellaalden.com](https://isabellaalden.com/isabella-alden-home-page/isabellas-books/julia-ried/?utm_source=openai))For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:18:27) Chapter 02(00:40:45) Chapter 03(00:54:09) Chapter 04(01:08:22) Chapter 05(01:22:54) Chapter 06(01:41:40) Chapter 07(01:58:23) Chapter 08(02:14:47) Chapter 09(02:29:05) Chapter 10(02:44:35) Chapter 11(02:57:53) Chapter 12(03:12:04) Chapter 13(03:30:13) Chapter 14(03:46:48) Chapter 15(04:05:01) Chapter 16(04:21:51) Chapter 17(04:37:36) Chapter 18(04:54:05) Chapter 19(05:08:21) Chapter 20(05:22:38) Chapter 21(05:37:35) Chapter 22(05:52:57) Chapter 23(06:08:53) Chapter 24(06:25:04) Chapter 25(06:40:51) Chapter 26(06:54:47) Chapter 27(07:12:19) Chapter 28 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Judge Burnhams Daughters by Pansy audiobook. Genre: religionIn Judge Burnham's Daughters, Isabella Alden (writing as Pansy) returns to Ruth Erskine, now Ruth Burnham, as she steps into a life that looks enviable from the outside. Married to a respected judge, living in comfort, and raising a bright young son, Ruth should have everything she once hoped for. Yet her happiest convictions become the very thing that isolates her. Judge Burnham prides himself on status and good order, but he has little patience for Ruth's earnest Christianity, quietly pressuring her to soften what he calls her strict ideas. Worse, Ruth is suddenly responsible for two grown stepdaughters who resist her influence and chase society's pleasures with an independence that threatens both family unity and their spiritual future. Caught between a husband who wants peace at any price and daughters who test every boundary, Ruth must decide what it means to lead with gentleness without surrendering her faith. As misunderstandings multiply and the costs of compromise become clearer, Ruth searches for the courage to let God work through her in a divided household.For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:17:40) Chapter 02(00:35:00) Chapter 03(00:54:29) Chapter 04(01:11:46) Chapter 05(01:28:54) Chapter 06(01:47:50) Chapter 07(02:04:51) Chapter 08(02:22:13) Chapter 09(02:39:14) Chapter 10(02:58:09) Chapter 11(03:15:38) Chapter 12(03:33:30) Chapter 13(03:52:01) Chapter 14(04:10:27) Chapter 15(04:27:57) Chapter 16(04:46:29) Chapter 17(05:03:40) Chapter 18(05:22:32) Chapter 19(05:40:19) Chapter 20(05:59:07) Chapter 21(06:17:45) Chapter 22(06:36:24) Chapter 23(06:54:17) Chapter 24(07:11:45) Chapter 25(07:29:19) Chapter 26(07:47:59) Chapter 27 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices