The Adventures of a Pincushion, Designed Chiefly for the Use of Young Ladies: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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The Adventures of a Pincushion, Designed Chiefly for the Use of Young Ladies is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Kilner, Mary Ann (1753–1831).
Catalogue synopsis
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"The Adventures of a Pincushion, Designed Chiefly for the Use of Young Ladies" is a children's fictional narrative written in the late 18th or early 19th century. The story is crafted to entertain and instruct young readers, particularly young girls, offering moral lessons through the amusing events that befall a sentient pincushion. As such, it is a whimsical exploration of childhood experiences and domestic life. At the start of the story, we meet Mrs. Airy and her two daughters, Martha and Charlotte, who engage in sewing and sibling antics. Martha successfully completes a pincushion, setting the stage for the pincushion's adventures as it narrates its own experiences from a first-person perspective. The opening introduces themes of family relationships, responsibility, and proper behavior, especially for young girls, providing an engaging mix of lightheartedness and moral instruction that characterizes the book's approach to education through storytelling.
Book and edition facts
- Title: The Adventures of a Pincushion, Designed Chiefly for the Use of Young Ladies
- Author credits: Kilner, Mary Ann (1753–1831)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
- Girls -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
- Orderliness -- Juvenile fiction
- Pincushions -- Juvenile fiction
- Sisters -- Juvenile fiction
- Temper -- Juvenile fiction
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- Category: Children & Young Adult Reading
- Category: Novels
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