Tales and Novels — Volume 01 By: Maria Edgeworth (1767-1849)
Tales and Novels — Volume 01 by Maria Edgeworth is a collection of engaging short stories that invite readers into a world filled with moral lessons and entertaining narratives. Each tale is crafted with meticulous attention to detail and vivid descriptions that transport readers into the scenes being portrayed. Edgeworth's characters are well-developed and complex, bringing depth and nuance to each story. From clever children outwitting their elders to lessons on social class and responsibility, the tales in this volume offer readers a glimpse into the societal norms and values of the time in which they were written. Overall, Tales and Novels — Volume 01 is a delightful collection that appeals to readers of all ages. With its mix of humor, wit, and moral teachings, Maria Edgeworth's stories continue to entertain and educate readers even centuries after they were first penned. First Page: E text prepared by Anne Folland, Jonathan Ingram, Mary Meehan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team TALES AND NOVELS, VOLUME I MORAL TALES BY MARIA EDGEWORTH PREFACE. It has been somewhere said by Johnson, that merely to invent a story is no small effort of the human understanding. How much more difficult is it to construct stories suited to the early years of youth, and, at the same time, conformable to the complicate relations of modern society fictions, that shall display examples of virtue, without initiating the young reader into the ways of vice narratives, written in a style level to his capacity, without tedious detail, or vulgar idiom! The author, sensible of these difficulties, solicits indulgence for such errors as have escaped her vigilance. In a former work the author has endeavoured to add something to the increasing stock of innocent amusement and early instruction, which the laudable exertions of some excellent modern writers provide for the rising generation; and, in the present, an attempt is made to provide for young people, of a more advanced age, a few Tales, that shall neither dissipate the attention, nor inflame the imagination. In a work upon education, which the public has been pleased to notice, we have endeavoured to show that, under proper management, amusement and instruction may accompany each other through many paths of literature; whilst, at the same time, we have disclaimed and reprehended all attempts to teach in play... Continue reading book >>

Tales and Novels — Volume 01 By: Maria Edgeworth (1767-1849)

Tales and Novels — Volume 01 by Maria Edgeworth is a collection of engaging short stories that invite readers into a world filled with moral lessons and entertaining narratives. Each tale is crafted with meticulous attention to detail and vivid descriptions that transport readers into the scenes being portrayed.

Edgeworth's characters are well-developed and complex, bringing depth and nuance to each story. From clever children outwitting their elders to lessons on social class and responsibility, the tales in this volume offer readers a glimpse into the societal norms and values of the time in which they were written.

Overall, Tales and Novels — Volume 01 is a delightful collection that appeals to readers of all ages. With its mix of humor, wit, and moral teachings, Maria Edgeworth's stories continue to entertain and educate readers even centuries after they were first penned.

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E text prepared by Anne Folland, Jonathan Ingram, Mary Meehan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

TALES AND NOVELS, VOLUME I

MORAL TALES

MARIA EDGEWORTH

PREFACE.

It has been somewhere said by Johnson, that merely to invent a story is no small effort of the human understanding. How much more difficult is it to construct stories suited to the early years of youth, and, at the same time, conformable to the complicate relations of modern society fictions, that shall display examples of virtue, without initiating the young reader into the ways of vice narratives, written in a style level to his capacity, without tedious detail, or vulgar idiom! The author, sensible of these difficulties, solicits indulgence for such errors as have escaped her vigilance.

In a former work the author has endeavoured to add something to the increasing stock of innocent amusement and early instruction, which the laudable exertions of some excellent modern writers provide for the rising generation; and, in the present, an attempt is made to provide for young people, of a more advanced age, a few Tales, that shall neither dissipate the attention, nor inflame the imagination.

In a work upon education, which the public has been pleased to notice, we have endeavoured to show that, under proper management, amusement and instruction may accompany each other through many paths of literature; whilst, at the same time, we have disclaimed and reprehended all attempts to teach in play... Continue reading book >>

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