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The bracelets

by Maria Edgeworth

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A bracelet bearing their teacher's portrait becomes a coveted prize among the twenty girls in Mrs. Villars's care. Cecilia wins it through her work, but her delight soon leads to trouble when she knocks down little Louisa and laughs at the broken china figure. Leonora challenges her behaviour, and the disagreement exposes the strain between ambition, pride and friendship in this English circle of pupils.

Maria Edgeworth builds this children's moral tale from recognisable small choices: joining a laugh, admitting a fault, comforting a friend and choosing a gift. When a pedlar offers Cecilia a beautiful figure of Flora, buying it would mean parting with a silver box Leonora gave her. The scene makes generosity difficult to separate from the wish for admiration.

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Maria Edgeworth

Maria Edgeworth wrote fiction and educational prose with a sharp interest in social behavior, learning, and Irish life. Practical Education, Volume I was produced with her father, Richard Lovell Edgeworth, and develops an experience-based approach to teaching through essays on attention, reading, conduct, and other parts of childhood education.

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Reading time
About 50 minutes
Pages
38
Language
English
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