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Title:
Original stories from real life
With conversations, calculated to regulate the affections, and form the mind to truth and goodness.
Note: Reading ease score: 65.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Credits: Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https: //www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Summary: "Original Stories from Real Life" by Mary Wollstonecraft is a collection of moral tales written in the late 18th century. The text aims to guide children towards truth, goodness, and a better understanding of their emotions and behaviors through narrative and conversation. The central characters are two young girls, Mary and Caroline, who navigate their education and personal development under the care of their compassionate tutor, Mrs. Mason. The opening of the book introduces the children and outlines their previous neglect in education, which leads to their misbehavior and ignorance. Mrs. Mason takes them on a nature walk, where she observes their cruelty towards insects. Through gentle conversation, she aims to instill values of kindness towards all living things, explaining that even seemingly insignificant creatures have a place in God's creation. The interactions focus on developing empathy and understanding the responsibilities that come with human cognition and emotion, setting the stage for a series of moral lessons that will follow throughout the work. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797
EBook No.: 64275
Published: Jan 12, 2021
Downloads: 84
Language: English
Subject: Children's stories, English
Subject: Didactic fiction, English
LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title:
Original stories from real life
With conversations, calculated to regulate the affections, and form the mind to truth and goodness.
Note: Reading ease score: 65.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Credits: Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https: //www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Summary: "Original Stories from Real Life" by Mary Wollstonecraft is a collection of moral tales written in the late 18th century. The text aims to guide children towards truth, goodness, and a better understanding of their emotions and behaviors through narrative and conversation. The central characters are two young girls, Mary and Caroline, who navigate their education and personal development under the care of their compassionate tutor, Mrs. Mason. The opening of the book introduces the children and outlines their previous neglect in education, which leads to their misbehavior and ignorance. Mrs. Mason takes them on a nature walk, where she observes their cruelty towards insects. Through gentle conversation, she aims to instill values of kindness towards all living things, explaining that even seemingly insignificant creatures have a place in God's creation. The interactions focus on developing empathy and understanding the responsibilities that come with human cognition and emotion, setting the stage for a series of moral lessons that will follow throughout the work. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797
EBook No.: 64275
Published: Jan 12, 2021
Downloads: 84
Language: English
Subject: Children's stories, English
Subject: Didactic fiction, English
LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.