FREEThe Paradise of Children (From: "A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys")
by Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864
"The Paradise of Children" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a story published in 1851 as part of A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys. It retells the ancient Greek myth of Pandora opening her infamous box, which contained all of mankind's troubles. Like the other tales in Hawthorne's collection, this story is framed as being told by a college student named Eustace Bright to a group of children at Tanglewood in Massachusetts, reimagining classical mythology for young readers of his time. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Automated conservative edition review 2026-10-20T13:09:17.418Z (historical-original-en-v2), Philippines scope. English historical author Hawthorne, Nathaniel, died 1864; original-language author allowlist, matching sole EPUB/catalog creator, no credited contributors, no extra artwork, no flagged editorial/translation/copyright cues in isolated text. US public-domain source label and retained Gutenberg license; EPUB CRC passed. This is rule-based screening, not a worldwide rights opinion or a claim of manual review. Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9256; Philippine term reference https://www.ipophil.gov.ph/copyright/. EPUB SHA256 94bc76bed856da7c64f7e5eb1d277f175a77dff5f10a1b97661935e54bd4cbb2; RDF SHA256 4e11602e2b8a2acf8489e85762f707af4b2db07f0cb5c5c53f9664a19b2c0001.
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