E. H. Gombrich's world history, an international best seller now available in English for the first time, is a text dominated not by dates and facts but by the sweep of experience across the centuries, a guide to humanity's achievements, and an acute witness to its frailties.

Newlyweds Tricia and Ethan are searching for the house of their dreams. But when they visit the remote manor that once belonged to Dr. Adrienne Hale, a renowned psychiatrist who vanished without a trace four years earlier, a violent winter storm traps them at the estate… with no chance of escape until the blizzard comes to an end. In search of a book to keep her entertained until the snow abates, Tricia happens upon a secret room. One that contains audio transcripts from every single patient Dr. Hale has ever interviewed.

Abby wants a baby more than anything. But after years of failed infertility treatments and adoptions that have fallen through, it seems like motherhood is not in her future. That is, until her personal assistant Monica makes a generous offer that will make all of Abby's dreams come true. But it turns out Monica isn't who she says she is. The woman now carrying Abby's child has an unspeakable secret. And she will stop at nothing to get what she wants.

Victoria Barnett has it all: a great career as a nurse practitioner, a handsome and loving husband, a beautiful home in the suburbs, and a plan to fill it with children. Life is perfect—or so it seems. Then she’s in a terrible accident...and everything falls apart. Now Victoria is unable to walk. She can’t feed or dress herself. She can’t even speak. She is confined to the top floor of her house with 24-hour care.

この『小公女』という物語は、『小公子』を書いた米国のバァネット女史が、その『小公子』の姉妹篇として書いたもので、少年少女読物としては、世界有数のものであります。『小公子』は、貧乏な少年が、一躍イギリスの貴族の子になるのにひきかえて、この『小公女』は、金持の少女が、ふいに無一物の孤児になることを書いています。しかし、強い正しい心を持っている少年少女は、どんな境遇にいても、敢然としてその正しさをまげない、ということを、バァネット女史は両面から書いて見せたに過ぎないのです。『小公子』を読んで、何物かを感得された皆さんは、この『小公女』を読んで、また別な何物かを得られる事と信じます。全世界の少年少女に贈る名作をオーディオブックでお楽しみください!本作品は発表時の未熟な時代背景から、今日の社会では一般的でなく、不適切と思われる表現が含まれている箇所がございます。しかし作品のオリジナル性を最大限に尊重し、なるべく当時のまま忠実に再現することを優先いたしました。