Project Gutenberg 2005-09-01 Public domain in the USA. 291 Edgeworth, Maria 1768 1849 Edgeworth, Eliza Edgeworth, Miss Tales and Novels — Volume 01 Moral Tales Forester -- The Prussian vase -- The good aunt -- Angelina -- The good French governess -- Mademoiselle Panache -- The knapsack. Anne Folland, Jonathan Ingram, Mary Meehan, David Widger and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Tales and Novels — Volume 01" by Maria Edgeworth is a collection of moral tales and stories intended for the youth, likely written during the early 19th century. Edgeworth aims to create narratives that convey virtues while entertaining young readers and reflecting on the complexities of modern society. The opening tales introduce various characters, notably a young man named Forester, who is portrayed as an independent thinker grappling with social conventions and individual morality. The beginning of the volume sets the stage for Forester’s character: he is introduced as a sincere and somewhat eccentric youth, raised to disdain the politeness and manners of refined society. His journey starts as he travels to Edinburgh where he encounters contrasting characters, highlighting the social dynamics of his world. Edgeworth’s narrative showcases Forester's conflicts, including a series of misadventures that illustrate the themes of virtue versus societal expectations, as well as his ardent desire to reform what he perceives as the follies of the higher classes. This opening portion establishes a foundation for exploration into character development and moral dilemmas, positioning Forester as a central figure through whom these themes will unfold. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 67.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Fiction PR Text Category: Short Stories Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: British Literature 1115440 2025-08-04T07:15:43.413716 text/html 1176286 2021-02-06T14:53:51 text/html 466212 2025-08-04T07:15:56.168624 application/epub+zip 480135 2025-08-04T07:15:47.009715 application/epub+zip 466341 2025-08-04T07:15:45.564719 application/epub+zip 835901 2025-08-04T07:16:03.119104 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 781163 2025-08-04T07:15:55.142632 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 749300 2022-09-04T12:03:59.556327 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 956883 2025-08-04T07:15:42.272726 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 956869 2021-02-06T14:54:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18773 2025-08-04T07:16:03.248090 application/rdf+xml 15874 2025-08-04T07:15:46.102757 image/jpeg 3884 2025-08-04T07:15:45.841681 image/jpeg 350895 2021-02-06T14:54:58 application/octet-stream application/zip 371285 2021-02-06T14:55:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 451178 2025-08-04T07:15:43.491728 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 en.wikipedia