Excerpt from 'Original stories from real life with conversations, calculated to regulate the affections, and form the mind to truth and goodness'

Title

Excerpt from 'Original stories from real life with conversations, calculated to regulate the affections, and form the mind to truth and goodness'

Creator

Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797

Subject

Didactic fiction, English.; Moral education -- Fiction -- Early works to 1800.;Women -- Education -- Fiction -- Early works to 1800.

Description

Excerpt from 'Original stories from real life with conversations, calculated to regulate the affections, and form the mind to truth and goodness' printed in 1791 for J. Johnson. This excerpt includes Chapter IX: The Inconvenience of immoderate Indulgence; Chapter XIII: Employment--Idleness produces Misery; and Chapter XV: Prayer--A Moon-light Scene--Resignation.

Publisher

Printed for J. Johnson, no. 72, St. Paul's Church-yard

Date

1791

Type

text

Format

26 pages

Identifier

WollstonecraftExcerpt.pdf

Source

PR5841.W8 O7 1791b

Language

English

Relation

Santa Clara University, Archives & Special Collections

Coverage

1700-1799

Rights

Public domain in the United States

Files

WollstonecraftExcerptCh9.pdf
WollstonecraftExcerptCh13.pdf
WollstonecraftExcerptCh15.pdf

Citation

Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797, “Excerpt from 'Original stories from real life with conversations, calculated to regulate the affections, and form the mind to truth and goodness',” Santa Clara University Digital Exhibits, accessed November 25, 2024, https://dh.scu.edu/exhibits/items/show/2396.

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