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Mrs. Molesworth
1839–1921
A beloved Victorian writer for children, she filled her stories with everyday magic, family feeling, and the quiet adventures of nursery life. Her books helped shape generations of young readers, especially through classics like The Cuckoo Clock and The Tapestry Room.
60 Audiobooks
Five Minutes' Stories
by Mrs. Molesworth
Mary: A Nursery Story for Very Little Children
by Mrs. Molesworth
The Cuckoo Clock
by Mrs. Molesworth
Grandmother Dear: A Book for Boys and Girls
by Mrs. Molesworth
A Christmas Posy
by Mrs. Molesworth
An Enchanted Garden: Fairy Stories
by Mrs. Molesworth
Cicely : a story of three years
by Mrs. Molesworth
Uncanny Tales
by Mrs. Molesworth
The Carved Lions
by Mrs. Molesworth
"Us," An Old Fashioned Story
by Mrs. Molesworth
The Palace in the Garden
by Mrs. Molesworth
Robin Redbreast: A Story for Girls
by Mrs. Molesworth
The Magic Nuts
by Mrs. Molesworth
Four Ghost Stories
by Mrs. Molesworth
The Girls and I: A Veracious History
by Mrs. Molesworth
Miss Mouse and Her Boys
by Mrs. Molesworth
The Tapestry Room: A Child's Romance
by Mrs. Molesworth
Jasper
by Mrs. Molesworth
Two Little Waifs
by Mrs. Molesworth
My New Home
by Mrs. Molesworth
Hoodie
by Mrs. Molesworth
The Man with the Pan-Pipes, and Other Stories
by Mrs. Molesworth
Tell Me a Story
by Mrs. Molesworth
"Carrots:" Just a Little Boy
by Mrs. Molesworth
The Boys and I: A Child's Story for Children
by Mrs. Molesworth
A Christmas Child: A Sketch of a Boy-Life
by Mrs. Molesworth
The House That Grew
by Mrs. Molesworth
The Rectory Children
by Mrs. Molesworth
Four Winds Farm
by Mrs. Molesworth
Little Miss Peggy: Only a Nursery Story
by Mrs. Molesworth
The Old Pincushion; or, Aunt Clotilda's Guests
by Mrs. Molesworth
Peterkin
by Mrs. Molesworth
Lover and Husband: A Novel
by Mrs. Molesworth
Christmas-Tree Land
by Mrs. Molesworth
The Children of the Castle
by Mrs. Molesworth
Nurse Heatherdale's Story
by Mrs. Molesworth
The Adventures of Herr Baby
by Mrs. Molesworth
The Christmas Fairy, and Other Stories
by Frances E. Crompton, Mrs. Molesworth, John Strange Winter
The Oriel Window
by Mrs. Molesworth
Fairies Afield
by Mrs. Molesworth
Great Uncle Hoot-Toot
by Mrs. Molesworth
Rosy
by Mrs. Molesworth
Lettice
by Mrs. Molesworth
Imogen; Or, Only Eighteen
by Mrs. Molesworth
The Green Casket, and other stories
by Mrs. Molesworth
The Thirteen Little Black Pigs, and Other Stories
by Mrs. Molesworth
The Cuckoo Clock
by Mrs. Molesworth
Blanche: A Story for Girls
by Mrs. Molesworth
The Third Miss St Quentin
by Mrs. Molesworth
Sweet Content
by Mrs. Molesworth
The Laurel Walk
by Mrs. Molesworth
The Grim House
by Mrs. Molesworth
That Girl in Black; and, Bronzie
by Mrs. Molesworth
Silverthorns
by Mrs. Molesworth
The Wood-Pigeons and Mary
by Mrs. Molesworth
Hathercourt
by Mrs. Molesworth
White Turrets
by Mrs. Molesworth
Philippa
by Mrs. Molesworth
The Little Old Portrait
by Mrs. Molesworth
Not Without Thorns
by Mrs. Molesworth
About the author
Born in Rotterdam on May 29, 1839, Mary Louisa Molesworth became one of the best-known writers of children's fiction in late Victorian Britain. She published mainly as Mrs. Molesworth, and her work was admired for turning ordinary childhood experiences into stories full of warmth, imagination, and gentle wonder.
She wrote a large number of books for young readers, including The Cuckoo Clock, Carrots, and The Tapestry Room. Her stories often mix realistic family life with fantasy, making them especially appealing to children who enjoy both comfort and enchantment. Many readers and critics have seen her as an important bridge between earlier moral tales for children and the more imaginative children's classics that followed.
Molesworth died on January 20, 1921. Though she is less widely known today than some of her contemporaries, her books still have a special charm: kind, observant, and quietly magical.