title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
Robin Redbreast
A Story for Girls | Molesworth, Mrs., 1839-1921 | en | | | Barnes, Robert, 1840-1895 [Illustrator] | Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction; Family -- England -- Juvenile fiction; Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction; Friendship -- Juvenile fiction | 2008-07-18 |
The Seminole Indians of Florida
Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84,
Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 469-532 | MacCauley, Clay, 1843-1925 | en | | | | Seminole Indians -- History; Seminole Indians -- Social life and customs | 2006-09-01 |
The Magic Egg and Other Stories | Stockton, Frank Richard, 1834-1902 | en | | The magic egg -- His wife's deceased sister -- The widow's cruise -- Captain Eli's best ear -- Love before breakfast -- The staying power of Sir Rohan -- A piece of red calico -- The Christmas wreck -- My well and what came out of it -- Mr. Tolman -- My unwilling neighbor -- Our archery club. | | Short stories; United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction | 1996-02-01 |
Armadale | Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889 | en | | | | Psychological fiction; England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction; Men -- England -- Fiction; Fathers and sons -- Fiction; Fate and fatalism -- Fiction; England -- Fiction | 1999-09-01 |
Virgin Soil | Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich, 1818-1883 | en | Translation of Nov | | Townsend, R. S. [Translator] | Russia -- Politics and government -- 1801-1917; Revolutionaries -- Russia -- Fiction; Russia -- Social life and customs -- Fiction; Country homes -- Fiction | 2001-01-01 |
Elizabeth and Her German Garden | Arnim, Elizabeth von, 1866-1941 | en | | | | Gardens -- Fiction; Women gardeners -- Fiction; Autobiographical fiction; British -- Germany -- Fiction; Gardening -- Fiction; Germany, Northern -- Description and travel; Germany -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction | 1998-05-01 |
The Old Curiosity Shop | Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 | en | | | | England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction; Grandparent and child -- Fiction; Antique dealers -- Fiction; Grandfathers -- Fiction; Gamblers -- Fiction; Girls -- Fiction; England -- Fiction; Didactic fiction; Domestic fiction | 1996-10-01 |
Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit | Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908 | en | | | | Remus, Uncle (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; African American men -- Fiction; Animals -- Fiction; Georgia -- Social life and customs -- Fiction; Plantation life -- Fiction | 2007-08-09 |
Adam Bede | Eliot, George, 1819-1880 | en | | | | Women clergy -- Fiction; Infanticide -- Fiction; England -- Fiction; England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction; Didactic fiction; Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction; Love stories; Illegitimate children -- Fiction; Carpenters -- Fiction | 2006-01-21 |
Persuasion | Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 | en | | | | Motherless families -- Fiction; Rejection (Psychology) -- Fiction; Love stories; First loves -- Fiction; Problem families -- Fiction; England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction; Ship captains -- Fiction; Young women -- Fiction; Psychological fiction | 1994-02-01 |
Our Casualty, and Other Stories
1918 | Birmingham, George A., 1865-1950 | en | | Our casualty -- Getting even -- A matter of discipline -- The second bass -- Her right -- Journey's end -- His girl -- Sir Galahad -- A gun-running episode -- Ireland forever -- Sir Timothy's dinner-party -- United Ireland -- Old Biddy and the rebels -- Civilized war -- The mermaid -- An upright judge. | | Ireland -- Social life and customs -- Fiction; Short stories, Irish | 2008-01-21 |
Don Quixote | Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616 | en | The ingenious gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha | | Ormsby, John, 1829-1895 [Translator] | Knights and knighthood -- Spain -- Fiction; Picaresque literature; Romances; Spain -- Social life and customs -- 16th century -- Fiction | 2004-07-27 |
Castle Rackrent | Edgeworth, Maria, 1767-1849 | en | | | | Ireland -- Social life and customs -- Fiction; Domestic fiction; Pastoral fiction; Ireland -- Fiction; Landowners -- Fiction; Rich people -- Fiction; Poor families -- Fiction; Rural conditions -- Fiction; Landlord and tenant -- Fiction; Administration of estates -- Fiction | 2006-02-19 |
A Christmas Accident and Other Stories | Trumbull, Annie Eliot, 1857-1949 | en | | A Christmas accident -- After--the Deluge -- Memoir of Mary Twining -- A postlude -- The "Daily Morning Chronicle" -- Hearts unfortified -- Her neighbor's landmark. | | United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction; Christmas stories | 2009-03-11 |
The Lost Dahlia | Mitford, Mary Russell, 1787-1855 | en | | | | Short stories; Country life -- England -- Fiction; England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction; Pastoral fiction | 2007-10-02 |
The London Visitor | Mitford, Mary Russell, 1787-1855 | en | | | | Short stories; Country life -- England -- Fiction; England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction; Pastoral fiction | 2007-10-02 |
The Lady of the Barge and Others, Entire Collection | Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark), 1863-1943 | en | | The lady of the barge -- The monkey's paw -- Bill's paper chase -- The well -- Cupboard love -- In the library -- Captain Rogers -- A tiger's skin -- A mixed proposal -- An adulteration act -- A golden venture -- Three at table. | | Humorous stories, English; River life -- Fiction; England -- Social life and customs -- Fiction | 2004-04-01 |
Old Mission Stories of California | Carter, Charles Franklin | en | | | | Missions, Spanish -- Fiction; Historical fiction, American; Short stories, American; California -- History -- To 1846 -- Fiction; California -- Social life and customs -- Fiction | 2004-09-01 |
In Our Town | White, William Allen, 1868-1944 | en | | | | City and town life -- Fiction; United States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction | 2008-08-07 |
Ship's Company, the Entire Collection | Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark), 1863-1943 | en | | Fine feathers -- Friends in need -- Good intentions -- Fairy gold -- Watch-dogs -- The bequest -- The guardian angel -- Dual control -- Skilled assistance -- For better or worse -- The old man of the sea -- "Manners makyth man." | Owen, Will, 1869-1957 [Illustrator] | England -- Social life and customs -- Fiction; Humorous stories, English | 2004-01-01 |
Jesse Cliffe | Mitford, Mary Russell, 1787-1855 | en | | | | Country life -- England -- Fiction; Pastoral fiction; England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction | 2007-10-02 |
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall | Brontë, Anne, 1820-1849 | en | | | Ward, Humphry, Mrs., 1851-1920 [Author of introduction, etc.] | Landlord and tenant -- Fiction; England -- Fiction; Married women -- Fiction; Alcoholics -- Fiction; England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction; Domestic fiction | 1997-07-01 |
Light Freights | Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark), 1863-1943 | en | | An odd freak -- A garden plot -- Private clothes -- The bully of the "Cavendish" -- The resurrection of Mr. Wiggett -- A marked man -- To have and to hold -- Brevet rank -- Twin spirits -- Sam's boy -- Jerry Bundler -- False colours. | | England -- Social life and customs -- Fiction; Humorous stories, English; River life -- Fiction | 2007-06-25 |
Middlemarch | Eliot, George, 1819-1880 | en | | | | England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction; City and town life -- Fiction; Didactic fiction; Domestic fiction; Bildungsromans; Married people -- Fiction; Young women -- Fiction; England -- Fiction; Love stories | 1994-07-01 |
Beauty and the Beast, and Tales of Home | Taylor, Bayard, 1825-1878 | en | | Beauty and the beast -- Strange friend -- Jacob Flint's journey -- Can a life hide itself? -- Twin-love -- Experience of A.C. -- Friend Eli's daughter -- Miss Bartram's trouble -- Mrs. Strongitharm's report. | | Short stories; United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction | 2008-06-29 |