Audiobooks by Anne Warner

Households, Hubbub, & Humor: Comic Tales of American Domestic Disasters

"In the hands of these classic American humorists, even the simplest household task can become a spectacular catastrophe. A cook turns a respectable home upside down. A burglar alarm causes more trouble than any burglar. Weddings descend into chaos, automobiles become runaway hazards, and the well-meaning Peterkin family proves that common sense is anything but common. Filled with wit, satire, unforgettable characters, and laugh-out-loud predicaments, these twenty-six tales celebrate the timeless humor found in family life, social pretensions, neighborhood feuds, and everyday disasters. Featuring the work of renowned authors and hidden gems of classic American fiction, including: Wanted, A Cook, by Alan Dale Mrs. Peterkin Wishes to Go to Drive, by Lucretia P. Hale Our New Bedstead, by Frederick S. Cozzens The Educational Breakfast, by Lucretia P. Hale The Boys around the House, by M Quad The Wolf at Susan's Door, by Anne Warner The Weddin' , by Jennie Betts Hartswick Mrs. Peterkin’s Tea-Party, by Lucretia P. Hale Tempest in a Tub, by James M. Bailey The Widow Bedott's Visitor, by Frances M. Whicher The Trawnbeighs, by Charles Macomb Flandrau Araminta and The Automobile, by Charles Battell Loomis The McWilliamses & the Burglar Alarm, by Mark Twain How We Bought a Sewin' Machine and Organ, by Marietta Holley The Colonel's Clothes, by Caroline Howard Gilman Hezekiah Bedott's Opinion, by Frances M. Whicher Why the Peterkins had a Late Dinner, by Lucretia P. Hale The Peterkins Snowed-Up, by Lucretia P. Hale The Peterkins are Obliged to Move, by Lucretia P. Hale A Kitchen Colonel, by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman The Peterkins at the Farm, by Lucretia P. Hale The Old Maid's House: In Plan, by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps The Lady Who Put Salt in Her Coffee, by Lucretia P. Hale Lucilla's Diary, by Lucretia P. Hale The Peterkins’ Christmas-Tree, by Lucretia P. Hale Aunt Pen's Funeral, by Harriet Prescott Spofford"

Alan Dale, Anne Warner, Caroline Howard Gilman, Charles Battell Loomis, Charles Macomb Flandrau, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Frances M. Whicher, Frederick S. Cozzens, Harriet Prescott Spofford, James M. Bailey, Jennie Betts Hartswick, Lucretia P. Hale, M Quad, Marietta Holley, Mark Twain, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, RF Media LLC (Author), Cara Firestone, Erin Grassie, John Hopkinson, Julia Holland, Lauren Pedersen, Marie Mitchell, Stefanie Kay (Narrator)

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Porch Swings, Parlors & Pryin’ Eyes: Gossip, Gumption, and the Glories of Small-Town Life

"In the towns where the porch lights glow late, the screen doors creak often, and no secret stays secret for long, life unfolds with charm, chatter, and more than a touch of mischief. Porch Swings, Parlors & Pryin’ Eyes invites you into parlors both prim and peculiar, where romances are whispered behind teacups, rivalries simmer at choir practice, and widows form committees with suspicious speed. Within these sixteen short stories, you’ll find aging sopranos and checker champions, tangled telegrams and moonlit deacons, poker parties gone sideways and gossip spun tighter than a handmade scarf. Each tale captures the distinct rhythms of small-town American life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries—with all its humor, heartbreak, and sly subversion of social norms. These are stories not just of people, but of places—of communities that cradle, confine, and sometimes surprise those who call them home. Pull up a chair, pour something sweet, and don’t be surprised if someone starts talkin’ about you next. Featuring the work of renowned authors and some hidden gems of classic American fiction, including: The Gay Old Dog, by Edna Ferber Melinda's Humorous Story, by May McHenry Friends in San Rosario, by O. Henry The Associated Widows, by Katharine M. Roof The Tale of the Tangled Telegram, by Wilbur D. Nesbit A Village Singer, by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman A New England Nun, by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman The Scarf, by Madeline Yale Wynne The Champion Checker-Player of Ameriky, by James Whitcomb Riley How The Widow Won The Deacon, by William James Lampton Evan Anderson's Poker Party, by Benjamin Stevenson A Rivermouth Romance, by Thomas Bailey Aldrich Not According to Schedule, by Mary Stewart Cutting A Reward of Merit, by Booth Tarkington Sand Flat Shadows, by Carl Sandburg Mrs. Lathrop's Love Affair, by Anne Warner"

Anne Warner, Benjamin Stevenson, Booth Tarkington, Carl Sandburg, Edna Ferber, James Riley, Katharine M. Roof, Madeline Yale Wynne, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Mary Stewart Cutting, May McHenry, O. Henry, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Wilbur D. Nesbit, William James Lampton (Author), A.J. Schuck, Alex Picard, Emma Faye, John Hopkinson, Meghan Kelly, Rebecca Stern, Shannon Nicole Locke (Narrator)

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