Parables From Nature: Classic Stories with Moral Lessons

Margaret Gatty's parables celebrate the natural world and provision life guidance: wise and attentive, their moral lessons are valuable for persons of all ages.

Many of the stories within contain memorable and commonsense examples of acting the right way. Using the beauty of nature as a medium for expression, the author demonstrates the importance of good conduct and living a life by firm principles. While the teachings are simple to grasp, the author lavishes her stories with expressive language and vocabulary, which serves to make the narrations easier to recall, while offering a challenge for younger readers eager to improve their English skills.

Unconstrained by preconceived notions of teaching, Margaret Gatty's fullest talents and instinctive abilities are displayed in these parables. Not content merely with dispensing lessons, the author wants readers to think and appreciate the greatness of the outdoors and the majesty of nature. An overarching lesson in most of these tales is having respect and taking joy in the Earth in which we are born.

Born in England in 1809, Margaret Gatty realized her interests in both writing and the natural world from a young age. In adulthood, she was a notable contributor in the field of marine biology - in the modern day, it is for these parables that she is best remembered.

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Parables From Nature: Classic Stories with Moral Lessons

Margaret Gatty's parables celebrate the natural world and provision life guidance: wise and attentive, their moral lessons are valuable for persons of all ages.

Many of the stories within contain memorable and commonsense examples of acting the right way. Using the beauty of nature as a medium for expression, the author demonstrates the importance of good conduct and living a life by firm principles. While the teachings are simple to grasp, the author lavishes her stories with expressive language and vocabulary, which serves to make the narrations easier to recall, while offering a challenge for younger readers eager to improve their English skills.

Unconstrained by preconceived notions of teaching, Margaret Gatty's fullest talents and instinctive abilities are displayed in these parables. Not content merely with dispensing lessons, the author wants readers to think and appreciate the greatness of the outdoors and the majesty of nature. An overarching lesson in most of these tales is having respect and taking joy in the Earth in which we are born.

Born in England in 1809, Margaret Gatty realized her interests in both writing and the natural world from a young age. In adulthood, she was a notable contributor in the field of marine biology - in the modern day, it is for these parables that she is best remembered.

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Parables From Nature: Classic Stories with Moral Lessons

Parables From Nature: Classic Stories with Moral Lessons

by Margaret Gatty
Parables From Nature: Classic Stories with Moral Lessons

Parables From Nature: Classic Stories with Moral Lessons

by Margaret Gatty

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Margaret Gatty's parables celebrate the natural world and provision life guidance: wise and attentive, their moral lessons are valuable for persons of all ages.

Many of the stories within contain memorable and commonsense examples of acting the right way. Using the beauty of nature as a medium for expression, the author demonstrates the importance of good conduct and living a life by firm principles. While the teachings are simple to grasp, the author lavishes her stories with expressive language and vocabulary, which serves to make the narrations easier to recall, while offering a challenge for younger readers eager to improve their English skills.

Unconstrained by preconceived notions of teaching, Margaret Gatty's fullest talents and instinctive abilities are displayed in these parables. Not content merely with dispensing lessons, the author wants readers to think and appreciate the greatness of the outdoors and the majesty of nature. An overarching lesson in most of these tales is having respect and taking joy in the Earth in which we are born.

Born in England in 1809, Margaret Gatty realized her interests in both writing and the natural world from a young age. In adulthood, she was a notable contributor in the field of marine biology - in the modern day, it is for these parables that she is best remembered.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781789871036
Publisher: Pantianos Classics
Publication date: 01/01/1900
Pages: 204
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.47(d)

Table of Contents

Preface v

Parables From Nature 7

A Lesson of Faith 7

The Law of Authority and Obedience 10

The Unknown Land 16

Knowledge Not the Limit of Belief 22

Training and Restraining 28

The Light of Truth 32

Waiting 36

A Lesson of Hope 41

The Circle of Blessing 45

The Law of The Wood 53

Active and Passive 60

Daily Bread 72

Not Lost, But Gone Before 82

Motes in the Sunbeam 92

Red Snow 95

Whereunto? 106

Purring When You’re Pleased 112

The Voices of the Earth 116

The Master of the Harvest 120

The Deliverer 126

Inferior Animals 131

The General Thaw 144

The Light of Life 151

Gifts 156

Night and Day 162

Kicking 167

Imperfect Instruments 181

Cobwebs 193

Birds in the Nest 199

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