Lucy, Emily and Henry Fairchild play, quarrel, do their lessons and are corrected at every turn by parents determined to raise them in strict evangelical faith. Begun in 1818, the stories mix Regency nursery life, visits to quarrelsome neighbours and stern lessons on sin and death; this edition, introduced by Mary E. Palgrave, presents the book for later readers.
A famous, much-parodied landmark of early children’s literature whose severe piety is very much of its age. Download the free EPUB.