Project Gutenberg 2006-11-24 Public domain in the USA. 128 Hoffmann, Heinrich 1809 1894 Hoffmann-Donner, Heinrich Hoffman, Heinrich Slovenly Betsy Slovenly Betsy -- Phoebe Ann, the Proud Girl -- The Dreadful Story of Pauline and the Matches -- What Happened to Lazy Charlotte -- The Cry-Baby -- The Story of Romping Polly -- The Story of a Dirty Child -- Envious Minnie -- The Little Glutton -- Sophie Spoilall. E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Slovenly Betsy" by Heinrich Hoffmann is a children's book likely written in the early 20th century. This book is a collection of cautionary tales that feature various characters, particularly focusing on young children and their misadventures due to their poor habits or behavior. The illustrations included in the original design enhance the storytelling, making it visually appealing for its intended young audience. The central story revolves around a girl named Betsy, who is notoriously careless about her personal hygiene and appearance. Her slovenly habits lead her to endure shame and ridicule from her peers, culminating in a particularly embarrassing incident where she gets muddy after playing in the rain, which prompts a change in her behavior. The book continues with other tales that explore themes such as pride, jealousy, laziness, and gluttony through characters like Phoebe Ann, Pauline, and Charlotte, each encountering consequences for their actions. Overall, "Slovenly Betsy" serves as a moral lesson for children, encouraging them to adopt better habits and behaviors through entertaining and relatable narratives. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Stories in rhyme Behavior -- Fiction Children's stories, German -- Translations into English PZ Text Children's Picture Books Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Language & Communication Browsing: Fiction 61598 61456 2024-09-08T14:08:21.045091 2023-09-09T06:10:12.819172 text/html text/html 59174 2007-01-02T13:55:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2138904 2021-01-01T13:49:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 2179659 2024-09-08T14:08:24.195053 application/epub+zip 2178311 2024-09-08T14:08:21.802066 application/epub+zip 70368 2024-09-08T14:08:21.360085 application/epub+zip 2210979 2024-09-08T14:08:25.867087 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2224188 2024-09-08T14:08:23.771092 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 123013 2022-09-09T11:51:39.322567 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 36773 36674 2024-09-08T14:08:20.583077 2023-09-09T06:10:12.298127 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 36578 2021-01-01T13:49:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 13681 2021-01-01T13:49:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19794 2024-09-08T14:08:26.004042 application/rdf+xml 9583 2024-09-08T14:08:21.444081 image/jpeg 1893 2024-09-08T14:08:21.401083 image/jpeg 2142034 2024-09-08T14:08:21.160128 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog de.wikipedia en.wikipedia