The Works of Mary Wollstonecraft
Edited by Janet Todd; Marilyn Butler
- Published: 1 Sep 1989
- DOI: 10.4324/9781851960064
- Set ISBN: 9781851960064
Set Contents
- Introduction
- Volume 1. Mary, a Fiction the Wrongs of Woman: Or, Maria the Cave of Fancy
- Volume 2. Elements of Morality Young Grandison
- Volume 3. Of the Importance of Religious Opinions
- Volume 4. Thoughts on the Education of Daughters, The Female Reader, Original Stories, Letters on the Management of Infants, Lessons
- Volume 5. A Vindication of the Rights of Men, A Vindication of the Rights of Women, Hints
- Volume 6. An Historical and Moral View of the French Revolution, Letters to Joseph Johnson, Letters Written in Sweden, Norway and Denmark, Letters to Gilbert Imlay
- Volume 7. On Poetry, Contributions to the Analytical Review 1788-1797: with index to the Works of Wollstonecraft
Thoughts on the Education of Daughters, The Female Reader, Original Stories, Letters on the Management of Infants, Lessons
- Edited by
- Janet Todd
- Marilyn Butler
Volume Contents
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Front Matter
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Education of Daughters
By Mary Wollstonecraft
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Prefatory Note
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Preface
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The Nursery
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Moral Discipline
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Exterior Accomplishments
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Artificial Manners
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Dress
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The Fine Arts
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Reading
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Boarding-Schools
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The Temper
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Unfortunate Situation of Females, Fashionably Educated, and Left without a Fortune
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Love
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Matrimony
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Desultory Thoughts
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The Benefits which Arise from Disappointments
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On the Treatment of Servants
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The Observance of Sunday
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On the Misfortune of Fluctuating Principles
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Benevolence
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Card-Playing
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The Theatre
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Public Places
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The Female Reader
By Mary Wollstonecraft
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Prefatory Note
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Preface
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Select Desultory Thoughts: Addressed to Females
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Book I: Narrative Pieces
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The Importance of Religion to Minds of Sensibility
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Continuation of the Story of La Roche
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Conclusion of the Story of La Roche
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The History of Joseph
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Joseph’s Interview With His Brethren
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Filial Attention
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The Filial Piety and Affection of a Daughter
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Filial Obedience Rewarded
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The History of Inkle and Yarico
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Crazy Kate
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The Folly of Being Led by Fashion
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The Absurdity of Extremes
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The Contrast
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On the Loss of Beauty
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The Discovery of America
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The Influence of Science on the Manners of Men
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Book II: Didactic and Moral Pieces
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Female Passion for Dress and Shew
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On Cleanliness
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The Art of Improving Beauty
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The Art of Being Pretty
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Dress
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The Same Subject
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The Same Subject
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Dress Subservient to Useful Purposes
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Ode to a Young Lady on Dress
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On Employment
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Benevolent Employments
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The Same Subject Continued
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On Waste of Time
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Indolence and Want of Thought
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The Bad Effects of Indolence
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On the Government of the Temper
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On Obedience
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Humility
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On Politeness
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False Sensibility
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False Notions of Sentiment
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A Fable: The Poet, the Oyster, and Sensitive Plant
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Vanity And Affectation
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Dissimulation
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The Natural Beauty
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A Definition of Taste
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True Elegance
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Ridicule
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Music
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An Association of Ideas Produced by Rural Sounds
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Essay on Talkativeness
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On Telling of Secrets
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Justice Defined
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On Covetousness
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True Pleasure Defined
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True End of Life
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A Letter On Letter-Writing
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The Advantages Arising from Reading
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Book III: Allegories and Pathetic Pieces
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A Vision
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Carazan: A Vision On Social Love
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Verses
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An Allegory
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Pity: An Allegory
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Esther’s Interview with the King
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St Paul Taking Leave of His Friends
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Lazarus Raised from the Dead
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The Widow’s Son Raised from the Dead
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Christ’s Agony. - Peter’s Denial of Christ
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The Death of Christ, and the Penitent Thief
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A Character of Christ
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The Ignorance and Weakness of Man
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The Ignorance of Man
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A Grateful Effusion
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Peter’s Want of Faith
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A Paraphrase on the Latter Part of the Sixth Chapter of Saint Matthew
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The Peace of God
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Dying Friends
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Hymn on Death
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On the Resurrection
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The Last Judgment
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The Judgments of God
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The Lamentations of the Jews in Captivity
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A Prophetic Description of the Destruction of Babylon
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The Punishment of the Wicked Foretold
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Divine Mercy
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Esau Deprived of his Father’s Blessing
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David’s Lamentation for the Death of his Son
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Gloster, Edgar, and Old Man
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Gloster and Edgar
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Kent and Gentleman
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Cordelia, Kent, and Physician
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Hubert and Executioners
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King Philip, Constance, and Pandulpho
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Lady Macbeth
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Doctor and Gentlewoman
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Macbeth and Doctor
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Macbeth. Seyton
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William and Margaret. an Old Scotch Ballad
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Sonnet to Sleep
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The Friar of Orders Gray
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The Mouse’s Petition
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The Dying Kid
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Sonnet to a Nightingale
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Song from the Lapland Tongue
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A Fragment
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Book IV: Dialogues, Conversations, and Fables
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Lord and Lady Townly
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Between Colonel Rivers and His Daughter, on Her Intended Elopement
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Bevil and Indiana
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Orlando and Rosalind
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Prospero and Miranda
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Prospero, Miranda, Ferdinand, and Ariel Singing Invisible
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Ariel’s Song
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Ferdinand Bearing a Log
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Prospero and Ariel
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Miranda, Ferdinand, Etc.
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Imogen and Pisanio
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Imogen in Boy’s Clothes
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Bellarius and Guiderius
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Dirge in Cymbeline
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Queen and Lady
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Conversation Between Adam and Eve on Going to Rest
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The Camelion; A Fable
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The Sparrow and Diamond
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The Monkies; A Tale
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The Nightingale and Glow–Worm; A Fable
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The Goose and the Swans; A Fable
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The Pin and the Needle: A Fable
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The Two Bees: A Fable
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Indirect Disputes
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A Conversation on Truth
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Lying Punished
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Book V: Descriptive Pieces
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The Character of Queen Elizabeth
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The Character of Mary Queen of Scots
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A Portrait of Mankind Influenced by Vanity
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The Planetary and Terrestrial Worlds Comparatively Considered
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A Devotional Psalm
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The Pleasures of the Country
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Men and Animals Compared
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Tenderness for Animals
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An Evening’s Invocation to Winter
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The Empress of Russia’s Palace of Ice
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The Post Boy
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An Invocation to the Stars
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Written at Midnight During a Thunder–Storm
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Ode on Oelus’s Harp
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On Slavery
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The Bastile
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On Humanity
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Poverty and Luxury Contrasted
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A Character
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A Character
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A Comparison
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A Comparison
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On a Lady’s Writing
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Female Amusements
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True Gaiety
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To Stella Visiting Me in My Sickness
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Dorina, Lucy. A Conversation
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Dorina, Toinetta, Lucy
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Lucy, Dorina
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Portrait of a Modern Fine Lady
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Stella’s Birth-Day
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Ornaments
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Book VI Devotional Pieces, and Reflections on Religious Subjects
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Original Stories
By Mary Wollstonecraft
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Prefatory Note
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Preface
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Introduction
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Moral Conversations and Stories
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Chapter I: The Treatment of Animals The Ant The Bee Goodness The Lark’s Nest The Asses
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Chapter II: The Treatment of Animals The Difference between them and Man Parental Affection of a Dog Brutality punished
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Chapter III: The Treatment of Animals The Story of crazy Robin The Man confined in the Bastille
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Chapter IV: Anger History of Jane 1 [Fretful]
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Chapter V: Lying Honour Truth Small Duties History of Lady 1 [Sly and Mrs Trueman]
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Chapter VI: Anger Folly produces Self-contempt, and the Neglect of others
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Chapter VII: Virtue the Soul of Beauty The Tulip and the Rose The Nightingale External Ornaments Characters
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Chapter VIII: Summer’s Evening’s Amusement The Arrival of a Family of Haymakers Ridicule of personal Defects censured A Storm The Fear of Death The Cottage of honest Jack, the shipwrecked Sailor The History of Jack, and his faithful Dog Pompey
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Chapter IX: The Inconveniences of immoderate Indulgence
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Chapter X: The Danger of Delay Description of a Mansion–house in Ruins The History of Charles Townley
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Chapter XI: Dress A Character Remarks on Mrs 1 [Truemaris] Manner of dressing Trifling Omissions undermine Affection
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Chapter XII: Behaviour to Servants True Dignity of Character
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Chapter XIII: Employment Idleness produces Misery The Cultivation of the Fancy raises us above the Vulgar, extends our Happiness and leads to Virtue
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Chapter XIV: Innocent Amusements Description of a Welsh Castle History of a Welsh Harper A tyrannical Landlord Family Pride
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Chapter XV: Prayer A Moon-light Scene Resignation
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Chapter XVI: The Benefits arising from Devotion The History of the Village School-mistress Fatal Effects of Inattention to Expences, in the History of Mr 1 [Lofty]
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Chapter XVII: The Benefits arising from Devotion The History of the Village School-mistress concluded
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Chapter XVIII: Visit to the Schoolmistress True and false Pride
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Chapter XIX: Charity The History of Peggy and her Family The Sailor’s Widow
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Chapter XX: Visit to Mrs 1 [Trueman] The Use of Accomplishments Virtue the Soul of all
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Chapter XXI: The Benefit of bodily Pain Fortitude the Basis of Virtue The Folly of Irresolution
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Chapter XXII: Journey to London
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Chapter XXIII: Charity Shopping The distressed Stationer Mischievous Consequences of delaying Payment
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Chapter XXIV: Visit to a poor Family in London Idleness the Parent of Vice Prodigality and Generosity incompatible The Pleasures of Benevolence True and false Motives for saving
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Chapter XXV: Mrs Mason’s farewell Advice to her young Friends
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Management of Infants
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Lessons
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