Original stories from real life : With conversations, calculated to regulate the affections, and form the mind to truth and goodness.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

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.)

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)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 65.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Release date is 2021-01-12