The Pearl Box by Anonymous
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About this eBook
| Author | Anonymous |
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| Title |
The Pearl Box
Containing One Hundred Beautiful Stories for Young People, by a Pastor |
| Note | See also PG #11237 , a version slightly different in the stories presented and in the illustrations. |
| Note | Reading ease score: 77.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Credits | E-text prepared by Internet Archive; University of Florida; and Christine De Ryck and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team |
| Summary | "The Pearl Box" by Anonymous is a collection of moral stories for young readers written in the early 19th century. The book is intended to instruct and inspire children through tales that emphasize virtues such as kindness, honesty, and faith, using relatable characters and scenarios to convey its lessons. The opening of the book presents a preface that outlines the author's intent to guide youth toward leading a virtuous life through storytelling. It includes several illustrative stories, such as that of a dying boy named Bertie whose last moments are filled with happiness; a little girl named Sarah who overcomes unkindness with kindness; and the tale of Lad's love for a robin, teaching the value of allowing others to embrace freedom. Each story is designed to touch the hearts of young readers while instilling moral values and lessons that they can carry into their everyday lives. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Children's poetry |
| Subject | Children's stories |
| Subject | Love stories |
| Subject | Nature -- Juvenile fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 11595 |
| Release Date | Mar 1, 2004 |
| Most Recently Updated | Dec 26, 2020 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 57 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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