Mary Wollstonecraft’s Original Stories
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- First published
- 1788
- Pages
- 75Digital edition
- Language
- English
- Reading difficulty
- 6 of 10
A little about the story
Two young sisters, Mary and Caroline, are placed in the care of the wise Mrs. Mason, who teaches them through walks, conversations and stories. They learn to be kind to animals, to tell the truth and to think for themselves.
Mary Wollstonecraft wrote this book a few years before her famous Vindication of the Rights of Woman, and it shows her ideas about education and reason. This edition has five illustrations by William Blake.
Things You May Not Know About Mary Wollstonecraft's Original Stories
- Illustrated by William Blake. He engraved plates for the 1791 edition.
- By a founder of feminism. Mary Wollstonecraft was also the mother of Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein.
- This edition was introduced by E. V. Lucas and printed at Oxford in 1906.
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Part of Freebookia's children's classics collection, added November 2026.
