SUSAN COOLIDGE Ultimate Collection: 7 Novels, 35+ Short Stories, Essays & Poems; Including Complete Katy Carr Series (Illustrated) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Katy Carr & Coming-of-Age TalesBy Susan Coolidge
Length84h 29m
About this audiobook
This ample illustrated collection gathers Susan Coolidge's major fiction, including the complete Katy Carr series, alongside more than thirty-five short stories, essays, and poems. At its center stands Katy: impulsive, imaginative, and morally educable, a heroine whose growth links domestic realism with the nineteenth-century tradition of didactic children's literature. Coolidge's prose is lucid, affectionate, and quietly disciplined, balancing sentimental feeling with brisk dialogue and sharply observed family life in postbellum America. Susan Coolidge was the pen name of Sarah Chauncey Woolsey (1835–1905), an American writer from a cultivated New England family. Her experience as a Civil War nurse, her wide reading, and her intimate knowledge of household and schoolroom culture informed her fiction's concern with duty, resilience, illness, recovery, and female self-command. Like Louisa May Alcott, she transformed moral instruction into narrative vitality, giving young readers heroines whose imperfections make their improvement credible. This collection is highly recommended for readers interested in classic children's literature, women's writing, and the moral imagination of the nineteenth century. It offers both the beloved Katy novels and the broader range of Coolidge's literary production, making it an excellent introduction for new readers and a valuable consolidated edition for scholars, teachers, and collectors.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.4 (22)
Includes Goodreads, Amazon
GenreChildren's Literature
Length84 hrs 29 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 22, 2016
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1SUSAN COOLIDGE Ultimate Collection: 7 Novels, 35+ Short Stories, Essays & Poems; Including Complete Katy Carr Series (Illustrated) (Annotated)
26A Little Country Girl (pt. 3)
2Introduction
27Eyebright: A Story (pt. 1)
3Historical Context
28Eyebright: A Story (pt. 2)
4Synopsis (Selection)
29Eyebright: A Story (pt. 3)
5Susan Coolidge (Biography)
30Short Stories
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6Katy Carr Chronicles
31Nine Little Goslings (pt. 1)
7What Katy Did (pt. 1)
32Nine Little Goslings (pt. 2)
8What Katy Did (pt. 2)
33Nine Little Goslings (pt. 3)
9What Katy Did (pt. 3)
34Just Sixteen (pt. 1)
10What Katy Did at School (pt. 1)
35Just Sixteen (pt. 2)
11What Katy Did at School (pt. 2)
36Just Sixteen (pt. 3)
12What Katy Did at School (pt. 3)
37Not Quite Eighteen (pt. 1)
13What Katy Did Next (pt. 1)
38Not Quite Eighteen (pt. 2)
14What Katy Did Next (pt. 2)
39A Round Dozen (pt. 1)
15What Katy Did Next (pt. 3)
40A Round Dozen (pt. 2)
16Clover (pt. 1)
41A Round Dozen (pt. 3)
17Clover (pt. 2)
42Who Ate the Pink Sweetmeat?
18Clover (pt. 3)
43Little Roger’s Night in the Church
19In the High Valley (pt. 1)
44The Engineer’s Story
20In the High Valley (pt. 2)
45Poetry
21In the High Valley (pt. 3)
46Verses
22Dr. Carr in “Curly Locks” (A Short Story)
47A Few More Verses (pt. 1)
23Other Novels
48A Few More Verses (pt. 2)
24A Little Country Girl (pt. 1)
49Last Verses
25A Little Country Girl (pt. 2)
50To Five
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