Project Gutenberg 2007-12-19 Public domain in the USA. 50 Moodie, Susanna 1803 1885 Moodie, Susannah Strickland Strickland, S. (Susanna) Strickland, Susannah The Little Quaker; or, the Triumph of Virtue. A Tale for the Instruction of Youth Reading ease score: 64.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Jacqueline Jeremy, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Canada Team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/CanadianLibraries.) "The Little Quaker; or, the Triumph of Virtue. A Tale for the Instruction of Youth" is a moral tale written for children, likely during the early to mid-19th century. The story focuses on the contrasting behaviors of two disobedient children, George and William Hope, and their virtuous neighbor, Josiah Shirley, a young Quaker. The narrative seeks to impart lessons about kindness, humility, and the importance of virtuous living, emphasizing how these qualities can lead to personal redemption. The plot revolves around the two boys' unkind treatment of Josiah, who attempts to engage them in moral reasoning to improve their behavior. Their misdeeds culminate in a malicious act where they destroy Josiah's garden, leading to their eventual confrontation with their own moral failures, particularly when George’s reckless actions lead to his near-drowning. It is during his recovery that he comes to reflect on his previous conduct, ultimately seeking forgiveness from Josiah. The story ends on a hopeful note as George resolves to amend his ways, illustrating the themes of redemption and the transformative power of friendship and virtue, reaffirming the idea that true character is shown not only in moments of ease but also in challenges. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 122624 122629 2024-10-10T10:23:18.723529 2023-09-10T12:31:25.244468 text/html text/html 123167 2007-12-19T12:22:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 358430 2007-12-19T12:22:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 468936 2024-10-10T10:23:26.431515 application/epub+zip 468539 2024-10-10T10:23:22.795571 application/epub+zip 113048 2024-10-10T10:23:21.279532 application/epub+zip 680877 2024-10-10T10:23:28.961478 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 667517 2024-10-10T10:23:25.358518 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 299077 2022-09-11T07:40:29.062839 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 103069 102842 2024-10-10T10:23:18.189524 2023-09-10T12:31:24.835496 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 102774 2007-12-19T12:22:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 39719 2007-12-19T12:22:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19937 2024-10-10T10:23:29.212478 application/rdf+xml 24102 2024-10-10T10:23:21.839497 image/jpeg 4541 2024-10-10T10:23:21.555501 image/jpeg 453148 2024-10-10T10:23:18.745531 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 en.wikipedia