author
Lucy Ellen Guernsey
1826–1899
A prolific 19th-century American writer, she created dozens of stories for young readers that mixed lively storytelling with lessons about character, duty, and everyday kindness. Her books were especially popular in the years when religious and family reading shaped much of children's literature.
46 Audiobooks
The Chevalier's daughter : or, An exile for the truth
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
Nelly : or, The best inheritance.
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
The Fairchilds : or, "Do what you can"
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
Lady Rosamond's book : or, Dawnings of light
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
The dark night : or, The fear of man bringeth a snare
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
The foster-sisters : A story in the days of Wesley and Whitfield
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
Christmas at Cedar Hill : A holiday story-book
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
Loveday's history : A tale of many changes
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
The red plant
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
Percy's holidays : or, borrowing trouble.
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
The hidden treasure : or, Found at last
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
The school-girls' treasury : or, Stories for thoughtful girls.
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
Oldham : or, Beside all waters
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
Sophie Kennedy's experience : or, The stepmother
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
The sign of the cross : or, Edah Champlin
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
Upward and onward : or, The history of Rob. Merritt
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
The blue socks : or, Count the cost.
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
On the mountain : or, Lost and found
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
Claribel : or, Rest at last
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
Winifred : or, An English maiden in the seventeenth century
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
Guy Falconer : or, The chronicles of the old Moat House
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
Ethel's trial : in becoming a missionary
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
Lady Lucy's secret : or, the gold thimble
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
Lady Betty's governess : or, The Corbet chronicles
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
Abbey : or, Taking it easy
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
Opposite neighbours : or, The two lives, and their end
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
Through unknown ways : An Old-World story
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
The orphan nieces : or, Duty and inclination
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
A Lent in earnest : or, Sober thoughts for solemn days
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
The story of a Hessian : A tale of the revolution in New Jersey
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
Kitty's Christmas tree : or, the net of the flatterer
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
Straight forward; or, walking in the light : a story for school girls of all ages
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
No talent, and Phil's pansies
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
Rhoda's education : or, Too much of a good thing.
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
The Cohansey tea-fight
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
Lolla : or,The sin of greediness
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
The Widow Davis and the young milliners : A story for young ladies
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
School-days in 1800 : or, education as it was a century since
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
Binney the beaver, and other stories
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
The mission-box : or, Doing good and getting good
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
The heiress of McGregor : or, Living for self
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
The Christmas earnings : Or, Ethel Fletcher's temptation
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
Tabby's travels : or the holiday adventures of a kitten
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
The old Stanfield house : or, The sin of covetousness
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
Homes made and marred : a book for working men and their wives.
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
Kitty Maynard : or, "To obey is better than sacrifice."
by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
About the author
Born on August 12, 1826, in Pittsford, New York, Lucy Ellen Guernsey spent most of her life in the Rochester area and became a remarkably productive author of children's and juvenile fiction. During her most active publishing years, she wrote more than 60 novels and stories, many of them issued by the American Sunday-School Union.
Her work often focused on moral growth, early education, and the small choices that reveal character. Though she never had children of her own, she was known for taking children's reading seriously and for writing stories meant to be both engaging and instructive.
Guernsey was also active in church and charitable life in Rochester. She died there on November 3, 1899, leaving behind a large body of fiction that offers a clear window into 19th-century American religious and domestic reading for young people.