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Modelled on Madame de Genlis's Adèle et Théodore (1782) and Tales of the Castle (1785), both of which have frame stories and a series of inset moral tales, Original Stories narrates the re-education of two young girls, fourteen-year-old Mary and twelve-year-old Caroline, by a wise and benevolent maternal figure, Mrs. Mason. (Wollstonecraft ...
Articles relating to fables, succinct fictional stories, in prose or verse, that feature animals, legendary creatures, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature that are anthropomorphized, and that illustrate or lead to a particular moral lesson (a "moral"), which may at the end be added explicitly as a concise maxim.
Twenty-Three Tales is a popular compilation of short stories by Leo Tolstoy. According to its publisher, Oxford University Press, the collection is about contemporary classes in Russia during Tolstoy's time, written in a brief, morality-tale style. [1] It was translated into English by Louise Maude and Aylmer Maude.
Each of Dahl's iconic stories taught us about life, love, and finding ourselves in the unlikeliest of places. Here are some lessons we learned from five of his most famous stories and scripts. 1.
Some editions are entitled Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare for Children. The book is an expanded version of Nesbit's earlier book, The Children's Shakespeare (1897), a collection of twelve tales likewise based on plays by William Shakespeare.
The story has been adapted and retold by motivational speakers and on internet sites, often without attribution, since at least the mid-1980s. [1] In this version the conversation is related between other characters, an older man and a younger one, a wise man and a little girl, or Jesus and a man.
"The New Mother" is a short story written by Lucy Clifford and first published in her collection of children's stories, The Anyhow Stories, Moral and Otherwise in 1882. The story has been reprinted in anthologies, including The Dark Descent, and was rewritten for the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark series.
Although the outlines of the story remain broadly similar, certain details became modified over time. The fable was invariably referred to in Greek sources as "The dog carrying meat" after its opening words (Κύων κρέας φέρουσα), and the moral drawn there was to be contented with what one has. [4]