Project Gutenberg 2021-06-23 Public domain in the USA. 162 Wynne, John Huddlestone 1743 1788 Wynne, J. H. (John Huddlestone) Fables of Flowers for the Female Sex. With Zephyrus and Flora, a Vision Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Fables of Flowers for the Female Sex. With Zephyrus and Flora, a Vision" by Wynne is a collection of poetic fables written in the early 18th century. The work features anthropomorphic flowers engaged in moral and philosophical dialogues, aimed particularly at female readers, sharing wisdom through the lens of nature. The text explores themes of beauty, virtue, and personal worth, often contrasting superficiality and genuine merit. The opening of the book introduces a lush, idyllic garden where the narrator experiences a dreamlike vision involving Zephyrus, the gentle west wind, and Flora, the goddess of flowers. In this enchanted setting, various flowers contend for recognition and praise, representing allegorical lessons on pride, beauty, and value. As conversations unfold among the flowers, the underlying moral takes shape: true worth is defined by virtue and goodness rather than mere appearances or external accolades, setting the tone for the fables that follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 77.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Fables Flowers -- Poetry PR Text Category: Poetry Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore 288415 2025-06-26T06:01:18.657718 text/html 277627 2024-10-18T14:30:53 text/html 2739107 2025-06-26T06:01:26.948655 application/epub+zip 2737514 2025-06-26T06:01:20.305703 application/epub+zip 163740 2025-06-26T06:01:19.367677 application/epub+zip 2817392 2025-06-26T06:01:30.726665 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2787137 2025-06-26T06:01:26.155683 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 217746 2022-09-29T14:43:26.957685 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 141893 2025-06-26T06:01:17.396226 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 121794 2024-10-18T14:30:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16024 2025-06-26T06:01:30.862635 application/rdf+xml 16238 2025-06-26T06:01:19.500661 image/jpeg 3261 2025-06-26T06:01:19.432694 image/jpeg 3303512 2025-06-26T06:01:18.757735 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog