The Collected Works of Susan Coolidge: 7 Novels, 35+ Short Stories, Essays & Poems (Illustrated) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. What Katy Did Trilogy, The Letters of Jane Austen, Clover, In the High ValleyBy Susan Coolidge
Length84h 26m
About this audiobook
This illustrated collection gathers the range of Susan Coolidge's achievement: seven novels, more than thirty-five short stories, essays, and poems that illuminate the moral imagination of nineteenth-century American domestic fiction. Best known for the Katy novels, Coolidge writes with a lucid, affectionate style, blending humor, sentiment, ethical reflection, and sharply observed family life. Her work belongs to the tradition of children's and young-adult literature shaped by Louisa May Alcott, yet it possesses its own quieter discipline and grace. Susan Coolidge was the pen name of Sarah Chauncey Woolsey, born in Cleveland in 1835 into a cultivated New England family. Her experiences as a nurse during the American Civil War, her extensive reading, and her intimate knowledge of household affections and trials informed her fiction. Coolidge's heroines often learn courage through illness, disappointment, responsibility, and service, reflecting both Victorian ideals and a humane understanding of childhood growth. This volume is highly recommended to readers interested in classic children's literature, women's writing, and the evolution of American realism in domestic settings. It offers not merely nostalgia, but a rich archive of moral feeling, narrative charm, and literary craftsmanship.
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.
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GenreChildren's Literature
Length84 hrs 26 mins
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Publish dateDec 22, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
255Close at Hand
2Introduction
256Only a Dream
3Historical Context
257At the Altar
4Synopsis (Selection)
258Eternity
5The Collected Works of Susan Coolidge: 7 Novels, 35+ Short Stories, Essays & Poems (Illustrated)
259Restfulness
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6Susan Coolidge(Biography)
260In and On
7Katy Carr Chronicles
261A Day-Time Moon
8What Katy Did
262A Midnight Sun
9Chapter I. The Little Carrs
263Her Voice
10Chapter II. Paradise
264A Florentine Juliet
11Chapter III. The Day of Scrapes
265Here and There
12Chapter IV. Kikeri
266Forward
13Chapter V. In the Loft
267In Her Garden
14Chapter VI. Intimate Friends
268On Easter Day
15Chapter VII. Cousin Helen’s Visit
269“Der Abend Ist Der Beste”
16Chapter VIII. To-morrow
270Optimism
17Chapter IX. Dismal Days
271“He Shall Drink of the Brook by the Way”
18Chapter X. St. Nicholas and St. Valentine
272Three Pictures
19Chapter XI. A New Lesson to Learn
273The Two Shores
20Chapter XII. Two Years Afterward
274“Arise, Shine, for Thy Light Has Come”
21Chapter XIII. At Last
275A Withered Violet
22What Katy Did at School
276Darkened
23Chapter I. Conic Section
277The Keys of Granada
24Chapter II. A New Year and a New Plan
278Bereaved
25Chapter III. On the Way
279“How Can They Bear It Up in Heaven?”
26Chapter IV. The Nunnery
280Wave After Wave
27Chapter V. Roses and Thorns
281The Word With Power
28Chapter VI. The S. S. U. C
282To Felicia Singing
29Chapter VII. Injustice
283Eurydice
30Chapter VIII. Changes
284Three Worlds
31Chapter IX. The Autumn Vacation
285Opportunity
32Chapter X. A Budget of Letters
286Christ Before Pilate
33Chapter XI. Christmas Boxes
287Non Omnis Moriar
34Chapter XII. Waiting for Spring
288At Dawn of Day
35Chapter XIII. Paradise Regained
289What Might Have Been
36What Katy Did Next
290Some Time
37Chapter I. An Unexpected Guest
291The Stars Are in the Sky All Day
38Chapter II. An Invitation
292Now
39Chapter III. Rose and Rosebud
293Just Beyond
40Chapter IV. On the “Spartacus”
294Contact
41Chapter V. Storybook England
295An Easter Song
42Chapter VI. Across the Channel
296Concord
43Chapter VII. The Pension Suisse
297Hereafter
44Chapter VIII. On the Track of Ulysses
298Our Daily Bread
45Chapter IX. A Roman Holiday
299Sleeping and Waking
46Chapter X. Clear Shining After Rain
300Thorns
47Chapter XI. Next
301A New-England Lady
48Clover
302Under the Snow
49Chapter I. A Talk on the Doorsteps
303Sonnet
50Chapter II. The Day of Happy Letters
304“Many Waters Cannot Quench Love”
51Chapter III. The First Wedding in the Family
305Unexhausted
52Chapter IV. Two Long Years in One Short Chapter
306Welcome and Farewell
53Chapter V. Car Forty-Seven
307Life
54Chapter VI. St. Helen’s
308Shut In
55Chapter VII. Making Acquaintance
309Good-By
56Chapter VIII. High Valley
310What the Angel Said
57Chapter IX. Over a Pass
311Commonplace
58Chapter X. No. 13 Piute Street
312Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh
59Chapter XI. The Last of the Clover-Leaves
313A Thought
60In the High Valley
314At Flood
61Chapter I. Along the North Devon Coast
315The Angels
62Chapter II. Miss Opdyke From New York
316Not Yet
63Chapter III. The Last of Devon and the First of America
317To-Day and To-Morrow
64Chapter IV. In the High Valley
318“That Was the True Light, That Lighteth Every Man That Cometh Into the World”
65Chapter V. Arrival
319The Star
66Chapter VI. Unexpected
320Helen
67Chapter VII. Thorns and Roses
321Lux in Tenebris
68Chapter VIII. Unconditional Surrender
322Lent
69Chapter IX. The Echoes in the East Canyon
323Palm Sunday
70Chapter X. A Double Knot
324Soul and Body
71Dr. Carr in “Curly Locks” (A Short Story)
325Sound at Core
72Other Novels
326The Old Village
73A Little Country Girl
327A Greeting
74Chapter I. On the “Eolus”
328Changeless
75Chapter II. The First Evening
329Easter
76Chapter III. A Walk on the Cliffs
330The World Is Vast
77Chapter IV. The Manual of Perfect Gentility
331Last Verses
78Chapter V. Down to Beaver Tail
332Helen Keller
79Chapter VI. A Talk About Shyness
333“A Cloud of Witnesses”
80Chapter VII. Two Picnics
334Cor Cordium
81Chapter VIII. Bric-A-Brac
335Martha
82Chapter IX. Perplexed
336Caen
83Chapter X. A Word Fitly Spoken
337Temperaments
84Chapter XI. Five and One Make Six
338The Holy Name
85Eyebright: A Story
339“I Am the Way”
86Chapter I. Lady Jane and Lord Guildford
340Her Heart Was Like a Generous Fire
87Chapter II. After School
341The Legend of the Almost Saved From the Russian
88Chapter III. Mr. Joyce
342Two Angels
89Chapter IV. A Day With the Shakers
343Limitation
90Chapter V. How the Black Dog Had His Day
344The Miracle of Friendship
91Chapter VI. Changes
345Rose Terry Cooke
92Chapter VII. Between the Old Home and the New
346Into the Deep
93Chapter VIII. Causey Island
347Through the Cloud
94Chapter IX. Shut Up in the Oven
348Nearer Home
95Chapter X. A Long Year in a Short Chapter
349Rooted
96Chapter XI. A Storm on the Coast
350The Buried Statue
97Chapter XII. Transplanted
351Far and Near
98Nine Little Goslings
352Greece
99Curly Locks
353If Youth Could Know
100Goosey, Goosey Gander
354The Soul’s Climate
101Little Bo-Peep
355The Better Prayer
102Mistress Mary
356Supply
103Lady Bird
357A Thought
104One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
358Holger Danske
105Ride a Cock-Horse
359Vassos
106Lady Queen Anne
360Mutiny
107Up, Up, Up, And Down, Down, Down-y
361Unforgotten
108Just Sixteen
362Denial
109A Little Knight of Labor
363Astoria by Twilight
110Snowy Peter
364The Price of Freya
111The Do Something Society
365A Summer Song
112Who Ate the Queen’s Luncheon?
366An Evening Primrose
113The Shipwrecked Cologne-Bottle
367A Rose in a Glass
114Under a Syringa-Bush
368Snowbound
115Two Girls— Two Parties
369Sheltered
116The Pink Sweetmeat
370The Old Pine
117Etelka’s Choice
371In the Forefront
118The Fir Cones
372Interrupted
119A Balsam Pillow
373Saint Christopher
120Colonel Wheeler
374Conqueror
121Ninety-Three and Ninety-Four
375The Year and the Century
122The Sorrows of Felicia
376A. V. C
123Imprisoned
377“The Land That Is Very Far Off”
124A Child of the Sea Folk
378The Heavenly Airs
125Not Quite Eighteen
379In the Fog
126How Bunny Brought Good Luck
380The Porch of Life
127A Bit of Wilfulness
381The Lighthouse
128The Wolves of St. Gervas
382Once and Forever
129Three Little Candles
383Lights
130Uncle and Aunt
384On the Lawn
131The Corn-Ball Money, and What Became of It
385If Only
132The Prize Girl of the Harnessing Class
386Prelude
133Dolly Phone
387Whom No Man Hath Hired
134A Nursery Tyrant
388On Easter Even
135What the Pink Flamingo Did
389Palm Sunday
136Two Pairs of Eyes
390The Paschal Feast
137The Pony That Kept the Store
391A New Year Prayer
138Pink and Scarlet
392How Shall I Pray?
139Dolly’s Lesson
393Good-Night
140A Blessing in Disguise
394A Spring Parable
141A Granted Wish
395“Thy Righteousness Is Like the Strong Mountains”
142A Round Dozen
396Living or Dead
143The Little White Door
397A Morning Song
144Little Karen and Her Baby
398The Stone of the Sepulchre
145Helen’s Thanksgiving
399Too Little and Too Much
146At Fiesole
400The Messenger With the Bow-String
147Queen Blossom
401Released
148A Small Beginning
402A Paradise Song
149The Secret Door
403Little by Little
150The Two Wishes
404Two Years
151Blue and Pink
405Tempered
152A Fortunate Misfortune
406Virginia
153Toinette and the Elves
407Lift Up Your Hearts
154Jean’s Money, and What It Bought
408To Five
155How the Storks Came and Went
409Giving to All, Thou Gavest As Well to Me
156Who Ate the Pink Sweetmeat?
410Benediction
157Little Roger’s Night in the Church
411Five Little Buds Grouped Round the Parent Stem
158The Engineer’s Story
412Non-Fiction
159Poetry
413The Letters of Jane Austen
160Verses
414Preface
161To J. H. and E. W. H
415I
162Prelude
416II
163Commissioned
417III
164The Cradle Tomb in Westminster Abbey
418IV
165“Of Such as I Have”
419V
166A Portrait
420VI
167When?
421VII
168On the Shore
422VIII
169Among the Lilies
423IX
170November
424X
171Embalmed
425XI
172Ginevra Degli Amieri
426XII
173Easter Lilies
427XIII
174Ebb-Tide
428XIV
175Flood-Tide
429XV
176A Year
430XVI
177Tokens
431XVII
178Her Going
432XVIII
179A Lonely Moment
433XIX
180Communion
434XX
181A Farewell
435XXI
182Ebb and Flow
436XXII
183Angelus
437XXIII
184The Morning Comes Before the Sun
438XXIV
185Laborare Est Orare
439XXV
186Eighteen
440XXVI
187Outward Bound,
441XXVII
188From East to West
442XXVIII
189Una
443XXIX
190Two Ways to Love
444XXX
191After-Glow
445XXXI
192Hope and I
446XXXII
193Left Behind
447XXXIII
194Savoir C’est Pardonner
448XXXIV
195Morning
449XXXV
196A Blind Singer
450XXXVI
197Mary
451XXXVII
198When Love Went
452XXXVIII
199Overshadowed
453XXXIX
200Time to Go
454XL
201Gulf-Stream
455XLI
202My White Chrysanthemum
456XLII
203Till the Day Dawn
457XLIII
204My Birthday
458XLIV
205By the Cradle
459XLV
206A Thunder Storm
460XLVI
207Through the Door
461XLVII
208Readjustment
462XLVIII
209At the Gate
463XLIX
210A Home
464L
211The Legend of Kintu
465LI
212Easter
466LII
213Bind-Weed
467LIII
214April
468LIV
215May
469LV
216Secrets
470LVI
217How the Leaves Came Down
471LVII
218Barcaroles
472LVIII
219My Rights
473LIX
220Solstice
474LX
221In the Mist
475LXI
222Within
476LXII
223Menace
477LXIII
224He That Believeth Shall Not Make Haste
478LXIV
225My Little Ghost
479LXV
226Christmas
480LXVI
227Benedicam Domino
481LXVII
228A Few More Verses
482LXVIII
229To Arcite at the Wars
483LXIX
230New Every Morning
484LXX
231Lohengrin
485LXXI
232A Single Stitch
486LXXII
233Reply
487LXXIII
234Talitha Cumi
488LXXIV
235The Better Way
489LXXV
236Forever
490LXXVI
237Miracle
491LXXVII
238Charlotte Brontë
492LXXVIII
239End and Means
493A Short History of the City of Philadelphia, From Its Foundation to the Present Time
240Comforted
494Original Dedication
241Words
495Chapter I. Early Settlements
242Influence
496Chapter II. The Quaker Colony
243An Easter Song
497Chapter III. The Founding Of Philadelphia
244So Long Ago
498Chapter IV. The Successors Of Penn (1701-1766)
245A Birthday
499Chapter V. Old Philadelphia (1701-1766 Continued)
246Derelict
500Chapter VI. The Gathering Of The Storm (1766-1776)
247H. H
501Chapter VII. The Revolutionary War (1776-1783)
248Freedom
502Chapter VIII. Philadelphia As The Capital City (1783 - 1800)
249The Vision and the Summons
503Chapter IX. Growth And Development (1800 - 1876)
250Forecast
504Chapter XX. The Centennial Exhibition
251Early Taken
505Chapter XI. The Philadelphia Of Today (1880 To 1886)
252Some Lover’s Dear Thought
506Analysis
253Ashes
507Reflection
254One Lesser Joy
508Memorable Quotes
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