Mary Wollstonecraft's Original Stories: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

Mary Wollstonecraft's Original Stories is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Wollstonecraft, Mary (1759–1797).

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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.

Book and edition facts

• Title: Mary Wollstonecraft's Original Stories
• Author credits: Wollstonecraft, Mary (1759–1797)
• Catalogue language: English

Catalogue subjects

• Animal welfare -- Juvenile fiction
• Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
• Children's stories
• Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
• Didactic fiction, English
• Short stories
• Virtues -- Juvenile fiction

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• Category: Children & Young Adult Reading

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