Conscience

Eliza Lee Cabot FollenProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Word count: 68K words
Chapters: 7

Summary

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Conscience by Eliza Lee Cabot FollenAuthor: Follen, Eliza Lee Cabot, 1787-1860,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: May 1, 2003

Editor's review

This work is a short moral tale by the nineteenth-century American author Eliza Lee Cabot Follen, classified under American and Canadian literature. Centered on the theme of conscience, it uses concrete situations and choices to show how inner moral judgment shapes behavior and outcome. The piece bears the clear admonitory character of its era, with simple narration and plain language, and serves as a sample of nineteenth-century American children's literature and moral instruction. For readers studying early American literature, the evolution of children's reading, or the history of moral ideas, it offers direct primary material; for general readers, it is a short piece that can be finished quickly and prompts self-reflection. Read it with its historical context in mind, appreciating the values it conveys while noting the tension between its didactic traces and its literary technique.

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Students and scholars of nineteenth-century American literature and children's reading
General readers interested in moral philosophy and the question of conscience
Teachers seeking short English texts for classroom reading and discussion
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Readers who prefer complex, long modern novels
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Reading tips

Read the whole text first to grasp the story's arc, then revisit the inner descriptions of the characters at key turning points.
Read it against the background of nineteenth-century American moral education to understand its admonitory intent.
Read it alongside similar moral tales to compare narrative technique and values.

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It is a short moral tale by the nineteenth-century American author Follen, classified under American and Canadian literature, with a clear admonitory tone, brief length, and plain language.

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The text is in English, in the plain narrative style of the nineteenth century, with uncomplicated sentence structures; readers with intermediate English can read it through with a dictionary and use it as short English reading material.

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About the author

Eliza Lee Cabot Follen Author · American · 1787–1860

Eliza Lee Cabot Follen (1787–1860) was an American writer, editor, and abolitionist, born into the Cabot family of Boston. She is best known for her children's literature and editorial work. Her representative works include Little Songs, True Stories about Dogs and Cats, and Hymns, Songs, and Fables, for Young People. Her writing often takes forms easily accessible to children, such as songs, fables, and true stories, combining instruction with entertainment. She also edited the children's periodical The Child's Friend and devoted herself throughout her life to the anti-slavery movement. The library holds ten of her works, spanning poetry, stories, and fables. Public information about the details of her life is limited, yet it is enough to show her sustained commitment to writing and editing American children's literature in the nineteenth century.