| Author |
Volkhovskii, F. (Feliks), 1846-1914 |
| Illustrator |
Malyshev, Mikhail Egorovich, 1852-1912 |
| Title |
A China cup, and other stories for children
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| Note |
Reading ease score: 80.0 (6th grade). Easy to read.
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| Contents |
A China cup -- How Scarlet-Comb the cock defended the right -- The tiny screw -- The dream -- Browny -- The old sword's mistake -- 'My own' -- The tale about how all these tales came to light.
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| Credits |
Carlos Colón, Harvard University and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
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| Summary |
"A China Cup and Other Stories for Children" by Felix Volkhovski is a collection of children's tales written in the late 19th century. The stories explore themes of transformation, identity, and the value of inner beauty, with a particular focus on characters who undergo significant changes in their lives. One central story features a piece of clay that becomes a beautiful china cup, exploring topics of suffering, vanity, and redemption. At the start of the book, the tale "A China Cup" introduces a lump of clay, poignantly personified, as it is extracted from the ground and experiences various ordeals in a china factory. The clay's journey takes it from being a worthless lump to being shaped into a fine cup, but not without trials that evoke feelings of pain and despair. As the cup navigates her world, she encounters themes of pride, envy, and ultimately, the realization of her worth, particularly through her interactions with other china pieces and the fateful moment when she is chosen by a young girl. This opening sets the stage for a larger narrative that imparts moral lessons to young readers while engaging their imagination through richly detailed storytelling. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Language |
English |
| LoC Class |
PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
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| Subject |
Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
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| Subject |
Children's stories
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| Subject |
Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
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| Category |
Text |
| EBook-No. |
64606 |
| Release Date |
Feb 21, 2021 |
| Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
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