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A boy's insistence on getting his own way drives Walter Aimwell's story of family life and schooldays in Boston. Oscar is bright, headstrong and accustomed to indulgence from his parents. The book places his habits within everyday scenes: quarrels at home, lessons in the classroom, winter games on the Common and visits to the country. Its attention rests on small decisions and their consequences for the people around him.
One classroom episode turns an unfair bargain into a lesson about honesty. Oscar's teacher asks him to judge a similar transaction, pressing him to consider the duty of returning what belongs to someone else. A later exchange with his mother shows the same resistance to advice when he comes home with wet clothes and a cough. Readers interested in older children's fiction will find a direct moral voice, domestic detail and an account of how adults try to guide a stubborn child.
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- Author
- Walter Aimwell
- Pages
- 146
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Childrens Classics
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