Ebook: An essay on the art of ingeniously tormenting
Author: Craik Katharine A., Collier Jane
- Tags: Women -- Conduct of life -- Humor -- Early works to 1800. Interpersonal relations -- Humor -- Early works to 1800. Conduct of life -- Humor -- Early works to 1800. Femmes -- Morale pratique -- Humour -- Ouvrages avant 1800. Relations humaines -- Humour -- Ouvrages avant 1800. Morale pratique -- Humour -- Ouvrages avant 1800. LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- Essays.
- Series: Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
- Year: 2006
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- City: New York, Oxford
- Language: English
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An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting is the first English book on the craft of nagging. A bitingly funny social satire, it is also an advice book, a handbook of anti-etiquette, and a comedy of manners. The Art provides a fascinating glimpse into eighteenth-century daily life, the treatment of servants and dependants and the bringing up of children, and is a thrilling precursor to the art of Jane Austen. - Read more...
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Dealing with the craft of nagging, this social satire is also an advice book, a handbook of anti-etiquette, and a comedy of manners. It provides a glimpse into eighteenth-century daily life, the Read more...
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