Evenings at Home; Or, The Juvenile Budget Opened by John Aikin and Mrs. Barbauld
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"Evenings at Home; Or, The Juvenile Budget Opened" by John Aikin and Mrs. Barbauld is a collection of children's stories published between 1792 and 1796. This six-volume work presents fables, stories, and dialogues crafted for young readers, framed through the imaginative conceit of the Fairborne family's "budget"—a treasured box of writings drawn from and read aloud during holiday gatherings. An influential early example of children's literature, it became so celebrated that families
across England eagerly shared its tales, inspiring translations and adaptations for generations. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Aikin, John, 1747-1822 |
|---|---|
| Author | Barbauld, Mrs. (Anna Letitia), 1743-1825 |
| Title | Evenings at Home; Or, The Juvenile Budget Opened |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evenings_at_Home |
| Credits |
Produced by Richard Tonsing, David Edwards 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: 77.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Children's poetry |
| Subject | Children's stories |
| Subject | Conduct of life -- Juvenile literature |
| Subject | Dialogues |
| Subject | Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile literature |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 53323 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-53323-0 |
| Release Date | Oct 19, 2016 |
| Last Update | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 896 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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