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Books in the Families genre:

Turnabout Twins

Lady Amelia Fairhaven and Lady Anne Fairhaven were twin sisters who shared more than their extraordinary beauty and their distinguished lineage as daughters of the Duke of Severn. They also shared the same tastes, the same talents, the same deep fond... View More

Author(s): Barbara Hazard
Illustrator(s): None

Oliver Twist (1838)

Born in a workhouse, Oliver runs away from an abusive mistress to seek his fortune in London where he falls in with a gang of pickpockets. Read online at archive.org: Volume 1, and Volume 2, and Volume 3.... View More

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): George Cruikshank

Masterman Ready: or The Wreck of the Pacific (1841)

This is a robinsonnade written by a captain in the British navy. A family going to settle in Australia is wrecked on a desert island and the old seaman, Ready, helps them survive. Read online at Internet Archive: Volume 1, and Volume 2, and Volume 3.... View More

Author(s): Frederick Marryat
Illustrator(s): Allen Robert Branston

Wives and Daughters (1866)

The story of Molly Gibson, her father, her stepmother and her lover. In two volumes. Read online at Internet Archive: Volume 1 and Volume 2.... View More

Author(s): Mrs. Gaskell
Illustrator(s): George du Maurier

The Story of a Bad Boy (1870)

A story of the author’s youth in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The highlights are the snowball battle on Slater’s hill and the celebration of the 4th of July. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Illustrator(s): Anonymous

The Peterkin Papers (1880)

A collection of nonsense stories about the family of Peterkins who rely on the Lady from Philadelphia to extricate them from their troubles. read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Lucretia P. Hale
Illustrator(s): Anonymous

Daddy Darwin’s Dovecot: A Country Tale (1884)

A pleasant story of a young orphan who is taken in as a servant, strives to do well through honesty and hard work, and ultimately succeeds, inheriting his master’s dovecot and doves. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

The Last of the Peterkins with Others of Their Kin (1886)

In these further adventures of a muddleheaded family, the Lady from Philadelphia again comes to their aid.

Author(s): Lucretia P. Hale
Illustrator(s): Anonymous

Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia (1893)

Having found his father King Prigio’s magic gifts, Ricardo becomes reckless and has to seek assistance from the Princess Jaqueline. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Andrew Lang
Illustrator(s): Gordon Browne

Northanger Abbey and Persuasion (1897)

In Northanger Abbey Catherine Morland spends six weeks in Bath where she makes the acquaintance of General Tilney’s son and daughter. When the General invites her to return with them to Northanger Abbey she is prepared for all the gothic horror... View More

Author(s): Jane Austen
Illustrator(s): Hugh Thomson

Emma (1898)

Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever and rich, fancies her self a match-maker, but after her first effort, she can’t seem to do anything right.

Author(s): Jane Austen
Illustrator(s): C. E. Brock

Mansfield Park (1898)

Sir Thomas Bertram considers he is bestowing a great favor on Fanny Price when he takes her into his home, but in the end finds himself in her debt.

Author(s): Jane Austen
Illustrator(s): C. E. Brock

His First and Last Appearance (1900)

This story tells of the fates and fortunes of the Lachance family.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Francis J. Finn, S.J.
Illustrator(s): None

The Wouldbegoods: Being the Further Adventures of the Treasure Seekers (1901)

After being sent to the country “to learn to be good”, the Bastable children and their two friends form the Society of the Wouldbegoods, but continue to become involved in adventures.

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): Reginald Birch

Five Children and It (1902)

Five children on holiday discover a sand fairy in a local quarry -- and it grants their wishes, with sometimes surprising results. Download our free ebook: EPUB. This is for ebook readers. Click the button, and the ePub file will go to your default ... View More

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): H. R. Millar
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The Phoenix and the Carpet (1904)

The five children who discovered It find a Phoenix’ egg rolled up in a magic carpet and hatch it in the nursery fireplace. Read online at gutenberg.org.... View More

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): H. R. Millar

The Railway Children (1906)

When their father is taken away by strangers, the lives of three children are altered forever. They move with their mother to a cottage by a railway. The railway becomes their playground, and they befriend the rail workers and passengers who eventual... View More

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): Unknown

The Story of the Amulet (1906)

The five children re-encounter the Psammead—the “It” in Five Children and It. As it no longer grants wishes to the children, however, its capacity is mainly advisory in relation to the children’s other discovery, the Amulet. R... View More

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): H. R. Millar

The Terrible Twins (1913)

A pair of twins, brother and sister, terrorize the community of Little Deeping, to say nothing of the cats. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Edgar Jepson
Illustrator(s): Hanson Booth

The Poppy Seed Cakes (1924)

A collection of short stories about two not-very-good children told by Aunt Katushka.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Margery Clark
Illustrator(s): Maud Petersham
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