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The Parent’s Assistant is a volume of twenty‑plus short tales composed by Maria Edgeworth, the second of twenty‑two children. She wrote these stories to both educate and amuse her siblings, with each narrative focusing on themes such as honesty, conduct of life, and the moral development of young readers. The tales—including *The Orphans*, *Lazy Lawrence*, *The Birthday Present*, *Forgive and Forget*, *The Mimic*, *The Little Merchants*, *The Basket Woman*, and others—were carefully crafted by Edgeworth and then edited by her father.
First publish date: 1822
Genre: General Fiction/Short Stories
Authors: Maria Edgeworth
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