Mary Wollstonecraft's Original Stories by Mary Wollstonecraft
"Mary Wollstonecraft's Original Stories" by Mary Wollstonecraft is a children's book first published in 1788. Two young girls, Mary and Caroline, are sent to live with the wise Mrs. Mason after their mother's death. Through stories, lessons, and real-world examples, Mrs. Mason works to cure the girls of their moral failings—greediness, vanity, and other faults—and teach them to become rational, virtuous women. The book challenges eighteenth-century assumptions about female education and champions
the power of proper childhood instruction. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797 |
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| Editor | Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall), 1868-1938 |
| Illustrator | Blake, William, 1757-1827 |
| Uniform Title | Original stories from real life |
| Title | Mary Wollstonecraft's Original Stories |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_Stories_from_Real_Life |
| Credits | This ebook was transcribed by Les Bowler |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 64.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Short stories |
| Subject | Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Children's stories |
| Subject | Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Animal welfare -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Didactic fiction, English |
| Subject | Virtues -- Juvenile fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 36507 |
| Release Date | Jun 24, 2011 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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