The purple jar (MARIA EDGEWORTH)
About the writer: Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849) born of Anglo-Irish ancestory was one of the first.realist writers in children's literature. Her first children's book 'The Parent's Assistant was published in 1796. About the story: The Purple Jar revolves around Rosamond, a little girl of seven who drives her mother to buy a purple coloured jar for her. She persists in her choice overlooking the immediate requirement of a new pair of shoes, as though her shoes had worn-out completely. The jar contains some smelly fluid which Rosamond empties out, thereby reducing the jar to post a pretty ordinary look. Rosamond finally decides to be wiser with her choices in the future. STORY: Rosamond, a little girl about seven years, was walking with her mother in the streets of London. As she passed along, she looked in at the windows of several shops and she saw a great variety of different sorts of things, of which she did not know the use, or even the names. She wished to stop ...