The Selector: Being a New and Chaste Collection of Visions, Tales, and Allegories, Calculated for the Amusement and Instruction of the Rising Generation

At The Corner Of St. Paul's Church-Yard E. Newbery

ISBN 10: 0461294486 / ISBN 13: 9780461294484

Published by HardPress, 2021

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Selector: Being a New and Chaste Collection of Visions, Tales, and Allegories, Calculated for the Amusement and Instruction of the Rising Generation
• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0461294486
• ISBN 13: 9780461294484
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The Selector: Being A New And Chaste Collection Of Visions, Tales, And Allegories, Calculated For The Amusement And Instruction Of The Rising Generation. The book is a didactic anthology of visions, fables, and moral tales intended to educate the rising generation in virtue and benevolence. It gathers a variety of narratives, including The Twin Brothers; or, The Man of Beneficence and the Man of Selfishness, which contrasts Doritus and Pharamond to illustrate self-denial versus self-interest; Fragment, Vice and Cruelty Punished, Gregory the Hermit, Calumny, Health and Sickness, The Pleasuries of Benevolence, The Travels of Virtue, The Mount of Fortune, The Moralist, The Slave, and other allegorical pieces. The stories teach scripts on friendship, charity, humility, temperance, and the joys of virtuous living, often through encounters with humility, penitence, or divine guidance. The collection uses parables, Eastern tales, and moral dialogues to advocate restraint, compassion, and piety as the surest path to lasting happiness.