Evenings at Home; Or, The Juvenile Budget Opened: Poetry Guide and Free Edition

Evenings at Home; Or, The Juvenile Budget Opened is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Barbauld, Mrs. (Anna Letitia) (1743–1825); Aikin, John (1747–1822).

Catalogue synopsis

Project Gutenberg supplies this automated synopsis of the opening text:

"Evenings at Home; Or, The Juvenile Budget Opened" by John Aikin and Mrs. Barbauld is a collection of children's stories published between 1792 and 1796. This six-volume work presents fables, stories, and dialogues crafted for young readers, framed through the imaginative conceit of the Fairborne family's "budget"—a treasured box of writings drawn from and read aloud during holiday gatherings. An influential early example of children's literature, it became so celebrated that families across England eagerly shared its tales, inspiring translations and adaptations for generations.

Book and edition facts

• Title: Evenings at Home; Or, The Juvenile Budget Opened
• Author credits: Barbauld, Mrs. (Anna Letitia) (1743–1825); Aikin, John (1747–1822)
• Catalogue language: English

Catalogue subjects

• Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile literature
• Children's poetry
• Children's stories
• Conduct of life -- Juvenile literature
• Dialogues

Gutenberg collections

• Category: Children & Young Adult Reading
• Category: Short Stories

Read this edition

• Read the text in a browser
• EPUB ebook
• Plain-text edition

View the complete Gutenberg catalogue record. Project Gutenberg identifies this edition as public domain in the United States; that designation does not establish its copyright status in every country.

Source notes

Catalogue metadata is public domain and is supplied through Gutendex, which imports Gutenberg's machine-readable catalogue. The automated synopsis is source-supplied, not an independently verified review. Author dates above describe the credited people; no ebook release date is presented as the book's original publication date.