The King's Daughter and Other Stories for Girls

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Various

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"The King's Daughter and Other Stories for Girls" by Various is a collection of moral tales written in the early 20th century. The stories are designed to impart important lessons to young girls, often featuring themes of virtue, kindness, and the importance of domestic skills. Through various characters, including a princess and everyday girls, the narratives explore different aspects of life, teaching values relevant to personal development and social interactions. At the start of the collection, the opening story introduces a young girl named Emma, who expresses a longing to be a princess to avoid household chores. Her mother uses this as a teaching moment, presenting the sobering history of Marie Antoinette, the king's daughter, who despite her royal status faced dire challenges, including imprisonment. As the story unfolds, Emma learns valuable lessons about responsibility and the significance of skills that contribute to one's personal well-being, regardless of social standing. This portion showcases how the book blends fictional narratives with historical contexts to convey moral teachings effectively. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

The King's Daughter

The Old Brown House

A Story for School Girls

What One Lie Did

Two Ways of Reading the Bible

Courtesy to Strangers

Live for Something

Jennie Browning

Past and Future

Anna's Difficulty

Company Manners

Confide In Mother

They Took Me In

The Little Sisters

A Valuable Secret

Telling Mother

A Story of School Life

How Bess Managed Tom

A Little Girl's Thoughts

Careless Gracie's Lesson

Vicarious Punishment

Patty's Secret

Mopsey's Mistake

A Girl's Song

Carrie's Marks

Susie's Prayer

The Stolen Orange

Wee Janet's Problem

Bertha's Grandmother

Putting Off Till To-morrow

Nothing Finished

What's The Use

Susy Diller's Christmas Feast

The Barn That Blossomed

I Shall Not Want

How Dorothy Helped the Angel

One Girl's Influence

Two Kinds of Service

Duty and Pleasure

The Dangerous Door

The Golden Windows

Trust Always: Never Fret

The New Life

The Impossible Yesterday

A Child's Puzzle

How She Showed She Was Sorry.

Credits:

E-text prepared by Joel Erickson, Christine Gehring, Dave Macfarlane, and Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders

Notes:

Reading ease score: 79.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Release date is 2004-08-06