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Editore: Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, 2008
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- Titolo
- How to Be a Good Wife
- Autore
- Bodleian Library the [Editor]
- Editore
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Anno di pubblicazione
- 2008
- Condizione
- Fair
- Rilegatura
- Hardcover
- Lingua
- inglese
- ISBN 10
- 185124381X
- ISBN 13
- 9781851243815
- Peso dell'articolo
- 3 once
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- 4x3x0
Don&;t think that your wife has placed waste-paper baskets in the rooms as ornaments.
 
Don&;t forget that very true remark that while face powder may catch a man, baking powder is the stuff to hold him.
 
Marriage can be a series of humorous miscommunications, a power struggle, or a diplomatic nightmare. Men and women have long struggled to figure each other out&;and the misunderstandings can continue well after they&;ve been joined in matrimony. But long before Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, couples turned to self-help booklets such as How to Be a GoodHusband and How to Be a Good Wife, two historic advice books that are now delightfully reproduced by the Bodleian Library.
The books, originally published in the 1930s for middle-class British couples, are filled with witty and charming aphorisms on how wives and husbands should treat each other. Some advice is unquestionably outdated&;&;It is a wife&;s duty to look her best. If you don&;t tidy yourself up, don&;t be surprised if your husband begins to compare you unfavorably with the typist at the office&;&;but many other pieces of advice are wholly applicable today. They include such insightful sayings as: &;Don&;t tell your wife terminological inexactitudes, which are, in plain English, lies. A woman has wonderful intuition for spotting even minor departures from the truth&;; &;After all is said and done, husbands are not terribly difficult to manage&;; or &;Don&;t squeeze the tube of toothpaste from the top instead of from the bottom. This is one of the small things of life that always irritates a careful wife.&;
Entertaining and charmingly illustrated, How to Be a Good Husband and How to Be a Good Wife offer enduringly useful advice for all couples, from the newly engaged to those celebrating their golden anniversary.
 
Don&;t forget that very true remark that while face powder may catch a man, baking powder is the stuff to hold him.
 
Marriage can be a series of humorous miscommunications, a power struggle, or a diplomatic nightmare. Men and women have long struggled to figure each other out&;and the misunderstandings can continue well after they&;ve been joined in matrimony. But long before Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, couples turned to self-help booklets such as How to Be a GoodHusband and How to Be a Good Wife, two historic advice books that are now delightfully reproduced by the Bodleian Library.
The books, originally published in the 1930s for middle-class British couples, are filled with witty and charming aphorisms on how wives and husbands should treat each other. Some advice is unquestionably outdated&;&;It is a wife&;s duty to look her best. If you don&;t tidy yourself up, don&;t be surprised if your husband begins to compare you unfavorably with the typist at the office&;&;but many other pieces of advice are wholly applicable today. They include such insightful sayings as: &;Don&;t tell your wife terminological inexactitudes, which are, in plain English, lies. A woman has wonderful intuition for spotting even minor departures from the truth&;; &;After all is said and done, husbands are not terribly difficult to manage&;; or &;Don&;t squeeze the tube of toothpaste from the top instead of from the bottom. This is one of the small things of life that always irritates a careful wife.&;
Entertaining and charmingly illustrated, How to Be a Good Husband and How to Be a Good Wife offer enduringly useful advice for all couples, from the newly engaged to those celebrating their golden anniversary.
 
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The art of being a good wife is not an easy one. This little guide was written in the 1930s for the middle classes - one of the first modern self-help books. Illustrated with contemporary line-drawings, it contains delightfully arcane and timelessly true advice: After all is said and done, husbands are not terribly difficult to manage.
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