Mary Wollstonecraft's Original Stories
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Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_Stories_from_Real_Life Release date is 2011-06-24
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"Mary Wollstonecraft's Original Stories" by Mary Wollstonecraft is a children's book first published in 1788. Two young girls, Mary and Caroline, are sent to live with the wise Mrs. Mason after their mother's death. Through stories, lessons, and real-world examples, Mrs. Mason works to cure the girls of their moral failings—greediness, vanity, and other faults—and teach them to become rational, virtuous women. The book challenges eighteenth-century assumptions about female education and champions the power of proper childhood instruction. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Short stories Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Children's stories Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Animal welfare -- Juvenile fiction Didactic fiction, English Virtues -- Juvenile fiction