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Goody Two-Shoes is a variation of the Cinderella story. The fable tells of Goody Two-Shoes, the nickname of a poor orphan girl named Margery Meanwell, who goes through life with only one shoe. When a rich gentleman gives her a complete pair, she is so happy that she tells everyone... Read Full Overview

Goody Two-Shoes is a variation of the Cinderella story. The fable tells of Goody Two-Shoes, the nickname of a poor orphan girl named Margery Meanwell, who goes through life with only one shoe. When a rich gentleman gives her a complete pair, she is so happy that she tells... Read Full Overview

Goody Two Shoes: Or The History Of Little Margery Meanwell, In Rhyme is a children's book written by Oliver Goldsmith and published in 1825. The story follows the life of a young girl named Margery Meanwell, who is orphaned at a young age and raised by a kind-hearted clergyman... Read Full Overview

In the reign of good Queen Bess, there was an honest, industrious countryman named Meanwell, who, living under a hard landlord, was cruelly turned out of his little farm, which had enabled him to support a wife and two children, called Tommy and Margery.

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Goody Two Shoes: Or The History Of Little Margery Meanwell, In Rhyme is a children's book written by Oliver Goldsmith in 1825. The story follows the life of a young orphan girl named Margery Meanwell, who is left with only one shoe after her father's death. Margery is taken in... Read Full Overview

Farmer Meanwell was at one time a very rich man. He owned large fields, and had fine flocks of sheep, and plenty of money. But all at once his good fortune seemed to desert him. Year after year his crops failed, his sheep died off, and he was obliged to borrow money to pay his... Read Full Overview

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such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
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