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“NEAR the ruins of the castle of Rossmore, in Ireland, is a small cabin, in which there once lived a widow and her four children.”
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The second of twenty-two children, Maria Edgeworth composed the stories in The Parent’s Assistant to educate and entertain her siblings. Among these great stories, you’ll find:The OrphansLazy LawrenceThe Birthday PresentForgive and ForgetThe MimicThe Little MerchantsThe Basket WomanEach story is carefully written by Edgeworth and edited by her father.