The Adventures of a Pincushion, Designed Chiefly for the Use of Young Ladies
Kilner, Mary Ann, 1753-1831
The Adventures of a Pincushion, Designed Chiefly for the Use of Young Ladies - 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Release date is 2020-10-24
Produced by Charlene Taylor, Barry Abrahamsen, and the
Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
(This file was produced from images generously made
available by The University of Florida, The Internet
Archive/Children's Library) Produced by Charlene Taylor, Barry Abrahamsen, and the
Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
(This file was produced from images generously made
available by The University of Florida, The Internet
Archive/Children's Library)
"The Adventures of a Pincushion, Designed Chiefly for the Use of Young Ladies" is a children's fictional narrative written in the late 18th or early 19th century. The story is crafted to entertain and instruct young readers, particularly young girls, offering moral lessons through the amusing events that befall a sentient pincushion. As such, it is a whimsical exploration of childhood experiences and domestic life. At the start of the story, we meet Mrs. Airy and her two daughters, Martha and Charlotte, who engage in sewing and sibling antics. Martha successfully completes a pincushion, setting the stage for the pincushion's adventures as it narrates its own experiences from a first-person perspective. The opening introduces themes of family relationships, responsibility, and proper behavior, especially for young girls, providing an engaging mix of lightheartedness and moral instruction that characterizes the book's approach to education through storytelling. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Girls -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Temper -- Juvenile fiction Sisters -- Juvenile fiction Orderliness -- Juvenile fiction Pincushions -- Juvenile fiction
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The Adventures of a Pincushion, Designed Chiefly for the Use of Young Ladies - 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Release date is 2020-10-24
Produced by Charlene Taylor, Barry Abrahamsen, and the
Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
(This file was produced from images generously made
available by The University of Florida, The Internet
Archive/Children's Library) Produced by Charlene Taylor, Barry Abrahamsen, and the
Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
(This file was produced from images generously made
available by The University of Florida, The Internet
Archive/Children's Library)
"The Adventures of a Pincushion, Designed Chiefly for the Use of Young Ladies" is a children's fictional narrative written in the late 18th or early 19th century. The story is crafted to entertain and instruct young readers, particularly young girls, offering moral lessons through the amusing events that befall a sentient pincushion. As such, it is a whimsical exploration of childhood experiences and domestic life. At the start of the story, we meet Mrs. Airy and her two daughters, Martha and Charlotte, who engage in sewing and sibling antics. Martha successfully completes a pincushion, setting the stage for the pincushion's adventures as it narrates its own experiences from a first-person perspective. The opening introduces themes of family relationships, responsibility, and proper behavior, especially for young girls, providing an engaging mix of lightheartedness and moral instruction that characterizes the book's approach to education through storytelling. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
78311111
Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Girls -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Temper -- Juvenile fiction Sisters -- Juvenile fiction Orderliness -- Juvenile fiction Pincushions -- Juvenile fiction
PZ