I am not a fairy godmother or anything of that sort, but I hope to give you a happy home and a good education, and to send you out into the world true, brave, generous men, prepared to serve God truly all the days of your life."~ Aunt Persis

Constance Savery
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In praise of Persis Clapp, Aunt Persis, a character in Edith Wharton's novel The Custom of the Country, is a fairy godmother to her nieces. She appears as a distant older woman who takes a special interest in the other children, and she acts as a kind of child psychologist. She provides them with things that they would not have otherwise had. She also gives them stories to read. In this quote from Edith Wharton's novel The Custom of the Country, Aunt Persis acts as a godmother figure...

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