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Wild Roses; Or, Simple Stories Of Country Life - Softcover

Frances Freeling Broderip

 
9780461651584: Wild Roses; Or, Simple Stories Of Country Life

Synopsis

Wild Roses; Or, Simple Stories Of Country Life by Frances Freeling Broderip. The book is a collection of moral tales set in a coastal English village and its surrounding countryside. Through episodes like Polly’s Pupil, The Little Flock, Peter the Cat, The Fruit of Idle Words, Jenny’s Beginnings, and Lame Davie, Broderip portraits children, families, and neighbours whose simple, hardworking lives reveal enduring truths about virtue, thrift, education, and community. The narratives contrast poverty and plenty, celebrate plain living, and warn against gossip and idle talk. Characters such as Polly Twaddle and Moses navigate schoolroom humiliations, family pride, and the temptations and rewards of enterprise, while adults model charity, patience, and integrity. The tales collectively emphasize resilience, responsibility, and the transformative power of honest labour, kindness, and sensible restraint in a world shaped by sea-breezes, markets, and narrow lanes.

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