An essay on the art of ingeniously tormenting /
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...
| Основен автор: | Collier, Jane, 1715?-1755. |
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| Други автори: | Craik, Katharine A. |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Серия: |
Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=201037 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Essay on the art of ingeniously tormenting. |
| Резюме: |
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. - ;'Now the sport begins!'. 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. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xlv, 111 pages). |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages xl-xliii). |
| ISBN: |
9781429487177 1429487178 9780191517167 019151716X |