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Title: Taking Tales: Instructive and Entertaining Reading
Credits: Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England
Summary: "Taking Tales: Instructive and Entertaining Reading" by William Henry Giles Kingston is a collection of short stories written in the mid-19th century. This compilation features six engaging tales aimed at family reading, covering themes of adventure, morality, and life lessons. Among the stories, readers will encounter an English country miller, a boy who dreams of seafaring, a family relocating to Canada, a young soldier in major conflicts, an Australian shepherd, and a child laboring in a coal mine. The opening of the first story introduces us to Mark Page, the miller of Hillbrook, who grapples with the challenges of running a windmill in variable weather. Despite his material comforts, he is dissatisfied and grumpy, often envying his neighbor, Farmer Grey, whose innovative farming practices bring prosperity. While Mark is critical of Farmer Grey’s success, his kind-hearted daughter, Mary, secretly admires the farmer. Discontent surrounds Mark's family dynamics: his son, Ben, is a wayward youth influenced by bad company, leading to a troubling family legacy. As the story unfolds, readers will see how these characters interact, setting the stage for moral lessons about community, kindness, personal growth, and the consequences of one's actions. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 86.0 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Author: Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1814-1880
EBook No.: 23577
Published: Nov 21, 2007
Downloads: 135
Language: English
Subject: Orphans -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Voyages and travels -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Seafaring life -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Shipwrecks -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Missing children -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Fishers -- England -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: England -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
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Title: Taking Tales: Instructive and Entertaining Reading
Credits: Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England
Summary: "Taking Tales: Instructive and Entertaining Reading" by William Henry Giles Kingston is a collection of short stories written in the mid-19th century. This compilation features six engaging tales aimed at family reading, covering themes of adventure, morality, and life lessons. Among the stories, readers will encounter an English country miller, a boy who dreams of seafaring, a family relocating to Canada, a young soldier in major conflicts, an Australian shepherd, and a child laboring in a coal mine. The opening of the first story introduces us to Mark Page, the miller of Hillbrook, who grapples with the challenges of running a windmill in variable weather. Despite his material comforts, he is dissatisfied and grumpy, often envying his neighbor, Farmer Grey, whose innovative farming practices bring prosperity. While Mark is critical of Farmer Grey’s success, his kind-hearted daughter, Mary, secretly admires the farmer. Discontent surrounds Mark's family dynamics: his son, Ben, is a wayward youth influenced by bad company, leading to a troubling family legacy. As the story unfolds, readers will see how these characters interact, setting the stage for moral lessons about community, kindness, personal growth, and the consequences of one's actions. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 86.0 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Author: Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1814-1880
EBook No.: 23577
Published: Nov 21, 2007
Downloads: 135
Language: English
Subject: Orphans -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Voyages and travels -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Seafaring life -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Shipwrecks -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Missing children -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: Fishers -- England -- Juvenile fiction
Subject: England -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.