Author: Mrs. HENDERSON (of Wilton Park.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 86
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The Young Wife's Own Book. Her Domestic Duties and Social Habits
Author: Mrs. HENDERSON (of Wilton Park.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 86
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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 86
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The Young Lady's Book of Advice and Instruction
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Languages : en
Pages : 170
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Languages : en
Pages : 170
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The Young Wife; a Manual of Moral, Religious and Domestic Duties
Author: YOUNG WIFE.
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Languages : en
Pages : 298
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Languages : en
Pages : 298
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The Keepsake for the Nursery
Author: Keepsake
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Languages : en
Pages : 180
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Languages : en
Pages : 180
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Advice to young ladies on the conduct of life; with friendly hints how to make home happy in the married state. New edition
Author: Mrs. MAXWELL (of Brediland.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 174
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Languages : en
Pages : 174
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The Etiquette of the Toilette-table: a Manual of Utility. ... By an Officer's Widow
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Languages : en
Pages : 174
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Languages : en
Pages : 174
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The Old Orthodox Faith Superior to Modern Opinions: Or Truth and Error Surveyed in the Light of History and Fact, Etc
Author: John Gordon LORIMER (D.D.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 212
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Pages : 212
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The English Marriage
Author: Maureen Waller
Publisher: John Murray
ISBN: 1848543913
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
The story of the English marriage is unique and eccentric. Long after the rest of Europe and neighbouring Scotland had reformed their marriage laws, England clung to the chaotic and contradictory laws of the medieval Church, making it all too easy to enter into a marriage but virtually impossible to end an unhappy one. If England was a 'paradise for wives' it could only have been through the feistiness of the women. Married women were placed in the same legal category as lunatics. While Englishmen prided themselves on their devotion to liberty, their wives were no freer than slaves. It was a husband's jealously guarded right to beat his wife, as long as the stick was no bigger than his thumb. Only after 1882 could a married woman even retain her own property. But then marriage was all about property in a society which was both mercenary and violent, where a girl was virtually sold into marriage and a price was put on a wife's chastity. With a cast of hundreds, from loyal and devoted wives in troubled times to those who featured in notorious trials for adultery, from abusive husbands whose excesses were only gradually curbed by the law to the modern phenomenon of the toxic wife, acclaimed historian Maureen Waller draws on intimate letters, diaries, court documents and advice books to trace the evolution of the English marriage. It is social history at its most revealing, astonishing and entertaining.
Publisher: John Murray
ISBN: 1848543913
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
The story of the English marriage is unique and eccentric. Long after the rest of Europe and neighbouring Scotland had reformed their marriage laws, England clung to the chaotic and contradictory laws of the medieval Church, making it all too easy to enter into a marriage but virtually impossible to end an unhappy one. If England was a 'paradise for wives' it could only have been through the feistiness of the women. Married women were placed in the same legal category as lunatics. While Englishmen prided themselves on their devotion to liberty, their wives were no freer than slaves. It was a husband's jealously guarded right to beat his wife, as long as the stick was no bigger than his thumb. Only after 1882 could a married woman even retain her own property. But then marriage was all about property in a society which was both mercenary and violent, where a girl was virtually sold into marriage and a price was put on a wife's chastity. With a cast of hundreds, from loyal and devoted wives in troubled times to those who featured in notorious trials for adultery, from abusive husbands whose excesses were only gradually curbed by the law to the modern phenomenon of the toxic wife, acclaimed historian Maureen Waller draws on intimate letters, diaries, court documents and advice books to trace the evolution of the English marriage. It is social history at its most revealing, astonishing and entertaining.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal
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Languages : en
Pages : 450
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Pages : 450
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The Story Of An Hour
Author: Kate Chopin
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 1443435198
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 11
Book Description
Mrs. Louise Mallard, afflicted with a heart condition, reflects on the death of her husband from the safety of her locked room. Originally published in Vogue magazine, “The Story of an Hour” was retitled as “The Dream of an Hour,” when it was published amid much controversy under its new title a year later in St. Louis Life. “The Story of an Hour” was adapted to film in The Joy That Kills by director Tina Rathbone, which was part of a PBS anthology called American Playhouse. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 1443435198
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 11
Book Description
Mrs. Louise Mallard, afflicted with a heart condition, reflects on the death of her husband from the safety of her locked room. Originally published in Vogue magazine, “The Story of an Hour” was retitled as “The Dream of an Hour,” when it was published amid much controversy under its new title a year later in St. Louis Life. “The Story of an Hour” was adapted to film in The Joy That Kills by director Tina Rathbone, which was part of a PBS anthology called American Playhouse. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.