Moral Tales: A Selection

by Maria Edgeworth, Amelia Opie, Hannah More

In their moral tales, writers such as Hannah More, Amelia Opie, and Maria Edgeworth embraced explicitly didactic aims, seeking to instill normative moral behavior in their readers while entertaining them with vivid, emotional storytelling. In More's "Tawney Rachel," for example, a servant girl suffers severe consequences for succumbing to superstition; in Opie's "The Black Velvet Pelisse," a young woman is rewarded for a charitable act with a desirable...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1554815509
• ISBN13: 9781554815500
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Broadview Press Inc
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.4"