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

Chapter 1: ORIGINAL STORIES FROM REAL LIFE; WITH CONVERSATIONS, CALCULATED TO REGULATE THE AFFECTIONS, AND FORM THE MIND TO TRUTH AND GOODNESS.
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A series of moral conversations and illustrative tales follows two young girls placed under the care of an older woman who guides their habits and understanding. Through dialogues, parables, and brief stories the narrator addresses everyday moral topics—treatment of animals, anger, truthfulness, pride, charity, industriousness, devotion, dress, and behaviour toward servants—showing consequences of vice and benefits of virtue. Practical scenes and character sketches, often set in domestic and village contexts, model good conduct and propose gradual, example-based education. The collection closes with practical advice for continued moral formation, including reflections on letter-writing, employments, and the cultivation of sincere manners.

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Title: Original stories from real life

Author: Mary Wollstonecraft

Release date: January 12, 2021 [eBook #64275]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

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ORIGINAL STORIES
FROM
REAL LIFE;
WITH
CONVERSATIONS,
CALCULATED TO
REGULATE THE AFFECTIONS,
AND
FORM THE MIND TO TRUTH AND GOODNESS.

BY
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT.
A NEW EDITION.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON, NO. 72, ST. PAUL’S CHURCH-YARD.
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