The Purple Jar

by Maria Edgeworth

Of the dozens of stories Edgeworth wrote in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, this parable of desire and disappointment retains an extraordinary hold on the public and literary imagination. The story is about a young girl, Rosamund, who needs new pair of shoes but is attracted to a purple jar that she sees displayed in a shop window.

Genres: Short Stories, Classics, Childrens, 19th Century, Historical

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1796

About the author

Maria Edgeworth was an Anglo-Irish gentry-woman, a daughter of Richard Lovell Edgeworth, born in Oxfordshire and later resettling in County Longford. She eventually took over the management of her father's estate in Ireland and dedicated herself to writing novels that encouraged the kind treatment of Irish tenants and the poor by their landlords.

Reviews

[Aaron Sun · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rosamund was a greedy ho

[Serena · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read for University
Classic tale of a poor choice made by a child and learning the consequences for such a decision. The Mother (adult) is right and the child learns this the hard way.

I think it does teach some form or difference between needs and wants as well as the value of money.

[Vaishnavi Jayakumar · Rating 3 out of 5]

A children's story to teach the value of objects more than their appearance......

Girl in the book is fascinated to fancy objects than useful ones. How she learns about valuing is the rest of the story .....

[Ely · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute little story I had to read for my Children's Literature class.

[Arief · Rating 2 out of 5]

Too simple. But I think it's gonna be 4-5 stars book to read for toddlers. Buy something you need instead of buying something that pleases your eyes to desire. But people do it anyway :)

[Lindsey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting read on didactic stories that explain situations to children.

[Eli · Rating 3 out of 5]

A weird way to teach your kid a lesson, but okay.

[Sunshine · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book had my heart. There's a lesson in this for everyone, a hope to be wiser another time.

[Maia Matson · Rating 2 out of 5]

The mother sucks. This story sets young Rosamond up to fail. Then punishes the young child for fail. There is a clear mistake in Edgeworths pedagogy and a cruel unfairness in the parenting style presented.

[Lit Reader · Rating 3 out of 5]

I get reading the past respectfully. But also, I cannot but think that this story depicts a narcissistic, abusive parent (the mother), who likes to both neglect and torture her daughter for a self-righteous kick…!

[jedy · Rating 2 out of 5]

one day i'll get around to putting in all the stuff i've read in class. this one pissed me off

no wonder victorian children were so sad-looking

(i mean this was slightly before the victorian era but still)

[Harshita Kataria · Rating 4 out of 5]

'But when you are to judge for yourself, you should choose what will make you the happiest; and then it would not signify who thought you silly.'

[Alpreads · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nostalgia 😁

[Saranya [catching up] · Rating 2 out of 5]

Poor little Rosamund...

[Amy Coyle · Rating 3 out of 5]

She’s just like me fr

[Hridoy Hoque · Rating 4 out of 5]

স্কুলের বোর্ড বইয়ের সুবাদে পড়া। ছোটদের জন্য ছোট ছোট শিক্ষনীয় গল্প।