{"product_id":"the-history-of-sanford-amd-merton-by-thomas-day-hardcover","title":"THE HISTORY OF SANDFORD AMD MERTON BY THOMAS DAY (HARDCOVER)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe History of Sandford and Merton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1783–89) was a best-selling \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Children%27s_book\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Children's book\"\u003echildren's book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e written by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Day_(writer)\" title=\"Thomas Day (writer)\"\u003eThomas Day\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. He began it as a contribution to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Lovell_Edgeworth\" title=\"Richard Lovell Edgeworth\"\u003eRichard Lovell\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Honora_Sneyd\" title=\"Honora Sneyd\"\u003eHonora Sneyd\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Edgeworth's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarry and Lucy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a collection of short stories for children that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maria_Edgeworth\" title=\"Maria Edgeworth\"\u003eMaria Edgeworth\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e continued some years after her stepmother died. He eventually expanded his original short story into the first volume of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe History of Sandford and Merton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which was published anonymously in 1783; two further volumes subsequently followed in 1786 and 1789. The book was wildly successful and was reprinted until the end of the nineteenth century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-:0_1-0\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_History_of_Sandford_and_Merton#cite_note-:0-1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cite-bracket\"\u003e[\u003c\/span\u003e1\u003cspan class=\"cite-bracket\"\u003e]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cspan\u003e It retained enough popularity or invoked enough nostalgia at the end of the nineteenth century to inspire a satire, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New History of Sandford and Merton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, whose preface proudly announces that it will \"teach you what to don't\".\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indian Hobby Center","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41461175975979,"sku":"","price":360.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/6796\/1387\/files\/WhatsAppImage2025-05-05at11.41.02AM.jpg?v=1746425559","url":"https:\/\/www.indianhobbycenter.com\/products\/the-history-of-sanford-amd-merton-by-thomas-day-hardcover","provider":"Indian Hobby Center","version":"1.0","type":"link"}