The Adventures of a Pincushion, Designed Chiefly for the Use of Young Ladies

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Author Kilner, Mary Ann, 1753-1831
LoC No. 78311111
Title The Adventures of a Pincushion, Designed Chiefly for the Use of Young Ladies
Note Reading ease score: 56.7 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.
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Summary "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. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language English
LoC Class PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Subject Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Girls -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Temper -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Sisters -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Orderliness -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Pincushions -- Juvenile fiction
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EBook-No. 63541
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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