Project Gutenberg 2010-08-23 Public domain in the USA. 55 Leslie, Eliza 1787 1858 Leslie, Miss (Eliza) Stories for Helen The tell-tale -- The boarding school feast -- The week of idleness -- Madeline Malcolm. Produced by Julia Miller and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Stories for Helen" by Eliza Leslie is a collection of short stories written in the mid-19th century. The stories are intended for juvenile readers and blend instruction with amusement, appealing to moral lessons through engaging narratives. The prominent character introduced in the opening story is Rosamond Evering, a mischievous girl whose propensity for gossip and exaggeration leads to several unfortunate consequences for herself and those around her. The beginning of the volume sets the stage with Rosamond's reckless behavior as she shares unpleasant remarks she overhears, ultimately harming her family relationships and causing a rift with their cook, Venus. Following a series of incidents where her tell-tales lead to escalating trouble, Rosamond faces significant repercussions that leave her parents disappointed and her social connections strained. Through her experiences, the initial chapter serves as a cautionary tale about the dangers of gossiping and the value of discretion, hinting at the moral lessons that will permeate throughout the rest of the collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/33510/33510-h/images/frontis.jpg en Children's stories, American PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature 203703 203712 2024-09-14T07:40:48.278225 2023-09-14T12:14:52.391831 text/html text/html 202981 2010-08-23T11:45:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 208973 2010-08-23T11:45:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 261564 2024-09-14T07:40:53.818245 application/epub+zip 261934 2024-09-14T07:40:50.096203 application/epub+zip 119065 2024-09-14T07:40:49.113240 application/epub+zip 377737 2024-09-14T07:40:56.596248 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 354041 2024-09-14T07:40:53.066299 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 211990 2022-09-15T10:17:57.540137 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 180703 180494 2024-09-14T07:40:47.744228 2023-09-14T12:14:51.890835 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 180603 2010-08-23T11:45:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 67043 2010-08-23T11:45:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 180595 2010-08-23T11:45:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 67020 2010-08-23T11:45:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20240 2024-09-14T07:40:56.730169 application/rdf+xml 12158 2024-09-14T07:40:49.457222 image/jpeg 3342 2024-09-14T07:40:49.284213 image/jpeg 248377 2024-09-14T07:40:48.310237 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