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Cargando... Goody Two Shoes (1897)por McLoughlin Brothers
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Goody Two Shoes is the story of the little girl who overcomes many obstacles by always choosing what is right and fair. Beautifully illustrated, this book was originally published in 1888 by the McLaughlin Bros. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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I came across this children's tale through the Project Gutenberg Internet Archive and I decided I wanted to read a bedtime story before falling asleep last night so I decided on this one. Originally published by John Newberry in 1765, this is a simple, moralistic tale about the characteristics of what society deemed the idealistically virtuous person at that time. I chuckled at the obviously allegorical names used by the anonymous storyteller - Margery Meanwell, Sir Thomas Gripe and Farmer Graspall (the very greedy one of course!).
...But of course, this is a period piece as the reward of the virtuous person was a popular theme in children's literature when it was written. Fun to read this blast from the past! (