GREEDY PETER

by Anonymous, Heinrich Hoffmann

$250 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix · No longer available

Lowell: J. Merrill, circa 1860 . Uncommon American moral story for children, loosely modeled on Hoffmann's STRUWWELPETER. Very good plus. Item #31595 The tale of Peter, who cared more for apples, nuts, and cakes than he did for his lessons, and how he was taught to know better through judicious application of humiliation, taunting, and public disgrace. As with many American stories in this moralizing mode, Peter escapes

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