Under the Lilacs
Louisa May Alcott
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
When two young girls decide to have a tea party with their dolls and a mysterious dog comes and eats their prized cake, they end up finding a circus run-away, Ben Brown. Ben is a horse master, and loves horses, so when the Moss' take the young boy in, they decide to give him work at the neighbors house driving cows (on a horse, of course). After that a series of events happens, and Ben finds out his beloved father is dead. Miss Celia, a neighbor, feels sorry and comforts him, and finally offers to let Ben stay with her and her fourteen-year-old brother, Thornton who is called Thorny. After that many adventures and summer-happenings go on in Celia's house. Sancho gets lost, Ben is accused of stealing, Miss Celia even gets hurt and Ben takes a wild ride on his horse, and… The rest you'll know from reading the book.
Summary by Wikipedia, revised by Stav Nisser.
Book Coordinators: Stav Nisser and Diana Majlinger (7 hr 21 min)
Chapters
| A Mysterious Dog | 17:03 | Read by MaryAnn |
| Where They Found His Master | 11:38 | Read by MaryAnn |
| Ben | 12:52 | Read by MaryAnn |
| His Story | 10:48 | Read by MaryAnn |
| Ben Gets A Place | 13:50 | Read by MaryAnn |
| A Circulating Library | 8:41 | Read by Chelsea Baker |
| New Friends Trot In | 14:47 | Read by Chelsea Baker |
| Miss Celia's Man | 13:57 | Read by Elizabeth Klett |
| A Happy Tea | 17:46 | Read by Elizabeth Klett |
| A Heavy Trouble | 14:35 | Read by Xenutia |
| Sunday | 31:32 | Read by Amy Benton |
| Good Times | 21:36 | Read by Amy Benton |
| Somebody Runs Away | 25:04 | Read by kiwafruit |
| Somebody Gets Lost | 31:53 | Read by Linda Ferguson |
| Ben's Ride | 25:01 | Read by MaryAnn |
| Detective Thornton | 23:20 | Read by MaryAnn |
| Betty's Bravery | 21:26 | Read by BookAngel7 |
| Bows and Arrows | 14:32 | Read by BookAngel7 |
| Speaking Pieces | 17:08 | Read by BookAngel7 |
| Ben's Birthday | 18:19 | Read by MaryAnn |
| Cupid's Last Appearance | 20:26 | Read by MaryAnn |
| A Boy's Bargain | 17:43 | Read by MaryAnn |
| Somebody Comes | 17:20 | Read by MaryAnn |
| The Great Gate Is Opened | 20:09 | Read by MaryAnn |
Reviews
Excellent!
Pink Blossom
Excellent story! No drowning of kittens or harming animals in this story like some other old stories you read about. Only one about a cat and mice. That's completely natural though. Such a heartwarming story. Teaches kids important lesson too. This Author is one of my all time favorites she is so kind and teaches kids in such a sweet and kind way. She is even so kind to animals.
great story
Amanda
I enjoyed the story and so did my girls. I do prefer 1 reader for the whole book, otherwise I would have given 5 stars. thankfully all the readers read clearly enough to understand, although 1 was not as clear. I would definitely recommend this book though.
Kayshy
What a lovely story! Well read by a number of Readers, it ranks up there as one of my favorites by Louisa May Alcott. I have never read this story before, and found myself wanting to listen more than I had time for. Lovely story.
Great story for any age
TLocke
A story similar to many of Ms Alcott works. A bit more of a boy's adventure, but great female characters as well. well read.
One of my favrorites
Annalise
Amazing😀. A beautiful, light story. The readers are all pretty good and it is one of my favorite Louise May Alcott.😃
delightful read
janeare
The book held true to Louisa May Alcott’s style and tune. The readers did a good job. All around it was very pleasant.
sweet light hearted story
Swe
This is a very light happy little story with its own ups and downs in the life of Ben Brown
Amazing!
Katherine
Such a sweet story! A few of the narrators were quiet, but otherwise it was so lovingly cute