About this book
Hannah More's Essays on Various Subjects Principally Designed for Young Ladies by Hannah More is a spirited 18th‑century guide to virtue, education, and refined conduct that helped shape Georgian ideas about women’s character and learning.
These essays blend practical counsel with moral reflection, addressing topics from dissipation, conversation, and envy to sentimental connexions, true and false meekness, education, religion, and the nature of wit. Written in 1777 for a female readership, More’s clear, persuasive voice reflects the conduct‑book tradition and the broader Bluestocking and moral reform debates of late‑Georgian Britain. Her pieces balance firmness and gentleness, urging modesty, moral seriousness, and intellectual cultivation without sacrificing warm, accessible language.
Ideal for listeners of essay/short nonfiction and classic literature, this audiobook offers historical insight into 18th‑century attitudes toward femininity, schooling, and faith. Tune in if you enjoy thoughtful, character‑forming prose, are studying women’s writing or Georgian social history, or simply appreciate concise moral essays delivered with clarity and conviction.
