How to Be a Good Wife
$13.07
- Hardcover
96 pages
- Release Date
1 January 2008
Summary
The art of being a good wife is not an easy one. This little guide was written for the middle classes of the 1930s who were reading one of the first modern self-help books. Illustrated with contemporary line-drawings, it contains advice by turns delightfully arcane and timelessly true, for example:
- It is a wife’s duty to look her best. If you don’t tidy yourself up, when you have done the bulk of the day’s work, don’t be surprised if your husband begins to compare you unfavourab…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781851243815 |
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| ISBN-10: | 185124381X |
| Author: | Bodleian Libraries |
| Publisher: | Bodleian Library |
| Imprint: | Bodleian Library |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 2008 |
| Weight: | 86g |
| Dimensions: | 115mm x 88mm x 11mm |
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Critics Review
“Charming little volumes in matching red covers just right for Valentine”s Day.“– Chicago Tribune
“Charming little volumes in matching red covers just right for Valentine’s Day.”– “Chicago Tribune” (2/14/2008 12:00:00 AM)
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Bodleian Libraries
The Bodleian Library produces beautiful and authoritative books which help to bring the riches of Oxford’s libraries to readers around the world. They publish on a very wide range of subjects, including catalogues and other titles related to their exhibitions, illustrated and non-illustrated thematic works and facsimiles, gift books, and children’s books and stationery.
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