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100 1 _aWynne, John Huddlestone,
_d1743-1788
245 1 0 _aFables of Flowers for the Female Sex. With Zephyrus and Flora, a Vision
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2021
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2021-06-23
508 _aBryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
520 _a"Fables of Flowers for the Female Sex. With Zephyrus and Flora, a Vision" by Wynne is a collection of poetic fables written in the early 18th century. The work features anthropomorphic flowers engaged in moral and philosophical dialogues, aimed particularly at female readers, sharing wisdom through the lens of nature. The text explores themes of beauty, virtue, and personal worth, often contrasting superficiality and genuine merit. The opening of the book introduces a lush, idyllic garden where the narrator experiences a dreamlike vision involving Zephyrus, the gentle west wind, and Flora, the goddess of flowers. In this enchanted setting, various flowers contend for recognition and praise, representing allegorical lessons on pride, beauty, and value. As conversations unfold among the flowers, the underlying moral takes shape: true worth is defined by virtue and goodness rather than mere appearances or external accolades, setting the tone for the fables that follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aFables
653 _aFlowers -- Poetry
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65677
999 _c106499
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