The Fairchild Family by Mary Martha Sherwood
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"The Fairchild Family" by Mary Martha Sherwood is a series of children's books published between 1818 and 1847. This bestselling work follows three siblings—Emily, Lucy, and Henry—as they navigate childhood under their devoutly evangelical parents' guidance. The first volume emphasizes the children's struggles with original sin and their need for salvation, while later installments shift toward lessons in etiquette and proper behavior. Once celebrated for its realistic portrayal of childhood, the series
later became emblematic of Victorian didactic literature, ultimately overshadowed by more imaginative works. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Sherwood, Mary Martha, 1775-1851 |
|---|---|
| Editor | Palgrave, Mary E. |
| Illustrator | Rudland, Florence M. |
| Title | The Fairchild Family |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_History_of_the_Fairchild_Family |
| Credits |
Produced by David Edwards, Linda Hamilton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 82.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Christian life -- Juvenile fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 29725 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-29725-5 |
| Release Date | Aug 19, 2009 |
| Last Update | Jan 5, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 980 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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