What is The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes?
{{italic title}} [[File:Goody Two-Shoes (1).jpg|thumb|1888 cover]] '''''The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes''''' is a children's book. It was published in [[London]] in 1765 by [[John Newbery]]. The story is about a poor orphan girl who has only one shoe. A rich man gives her a pair of shoes. She is then known as Goody Two Shoes. She becomes a teacher and marries a rich [[widower]]. The name 'Goody Two Shoes' has come to mean anyone who is virtuous. It is not known who wrote the book. Some say [[Oliver Goldsmith]], some say John Newbery himself. ==Other websites== {{Commonscat|Goody Two-Shoes}} {{wikisource|Goody Two-Shoes}} * [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/13675 Text of an 1881 reprint of the original version on Project Gutenberg] * [https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trr156.html Image of an 1787 Edition] * [http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpsubject/literature/chillit/childhist/childhistorical.html#18th 18th Century Children's Book Collections at the British Museum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811201121/http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpsubject/literature/chillit/childhist/childhistorical.html#18th |date=2018-08-11 }} * [https://archive.org/details/goodytwoshoes00newyiala 1888 chromolithographed pictorial edition at the Internet Archive] {{DEFAULTSORT:Goody Two Shoes}} [[Category:English children's books]] [[Category:1760s books]] [[Category:1765 works]] {{lit-stub}}