author
T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
1809–1885
Best known for the hugely influential temperance novel Ten Nights in a Bar-Room and What I Saw There, this prolific 19th-century American writer reached a broad audience with fiction that mixed everyday drama, moral questions, and social reform.
36 Audiobooks
Home Scenes and Home Influence; a series of tales and sketches
by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
The power of kindness and other stories A book for the example and encouragement of the young
by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
True Riches; Or, Wealth Without Wings
by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper
by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
The Hand but Not the Heart; Or, The Life-Trials of Jessie Loring
by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
The Last Penny and Other Stories
by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
The Two Wives; Or, Lost and Won
by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
Grappling with the Monster; Or, the Curse and the Cure of Strong Drink
by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
The Allen House; Or, Twenty Years Ago and Now
by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
The Son of My Friend
by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
Wreaths of Friendship: A Gift for the Young
by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur, Francis C. (Francis Channing) Woodworth
The Lights and Shadows of Real Life
by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
Married Life; Its Shadows and Sunshine
by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
The Iron Rule; Or, Tyranny in the Household
by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
After the Storm
by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
Words for the Wise
by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
Woman's Trials; Or, Tales and Sketches from the Life around Us
by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
Danger; Or, Wounded in the House of a Friend
by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
After a shadow, and other stories
by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
The Home Mission
by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
The Angel and the Demon: A Tale
by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
Riches have wings; or, A tale for the rich and poor
by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
Ten Nights in a Bar Room
by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
Hair Breadth Escapes Perilous incidents in the lives of sailors and travelers in Japan, Cuba, East Indies, etc., etc.
by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
Off-Hand Sketches, a Little Dashed with Humor
by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
Lizzy Glenn; Or, The Trials of a Seamstress
by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
Home Lights and Shadows
by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
Rising in the world : A tale for the rich and poor
by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
Who Are Happiest? and Other Stories
by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing
by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
All's for the Best
by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
Heart-Histories and Life-Pictures
by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
The Good Time Coming
by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
Finger Posts on the Way of Life
by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
Cast Adrift
by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
Lessons in Life, for All Who Will Read Them
by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
About the author
Born in New York in 1809, T. S. Arthur became one of the most widely read American authors of the 19th century. He wrote novels, stories, and articles in a clear, accessible style that connected with ordinary readers, especially those interested in family life, morality, and reform.
His most famous book, Ten Nights in a Bar-Room and What I Saw There (1854), became a landmark of the temperance movement and helped secure his lasting reputation. Arthur also worked as an editor and publisher, and much of his writing focused on the effects of alcohol, domestic hardship, and the possibility of personal improvement.
He spent important parts of his career in Baltimore and Philadelphia, where he built a large readership through magazines and books. Although his fiction is strongly shaped by the reform spirit of his era, it remains a vivid window into popular American reading before and after the Civil War.