Goody Two-Shoes by Anonymous
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"Goody Two-Shoes" by Anonymous is a children's story published in 1765. It tells the tale of Margery Meanwell, a poor orphan girl who possesses only one shoe until a gentleman's kindness changes her fortune. Her joy at having two complete shoes earns her the nickname Goody Two-Shoes. Through virtue and determination, she becomes a teacher and eventually marries well. This influential work helped establish children's literature as a genre and popularized the
phrase "goody two-shoes" still used today. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Anonymous |
|---|---|
| Author of introduction, etc. | Welsh, Charles, 1850-1914 |
| Title |
Goody Two-Shoes A Facsimile Reproduction of the Edition of 1766 |
| Note |
Project Gutenberg has several editions of this eBook: #37877 (Illustrated in color of modern style) #45278 (Illustrated in color of ancient style) #21428 (Illustrated in color) #13675 (Illustrated with small old Woodcuts) |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_History_of_Little_Goody_Two-Shoes |
| Credits |
Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Tom Roch, Leah Moser and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 69.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Orphans -- Juvenile fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 13675 |
| Release Date | Oct 8, 2004 |
| Last Update | Jan 10, 2026 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 692 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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