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. |
Съдържание:
- Contents; Introduction; Note on the Text; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of Jane Collier; AN ESSAY ON THE ART OF INGENIOUSLY TORMENTING; Advertisement to the Reader; AN ESSAY ON THE ART OF TORMENTING; Part the First; I. Instructions to Masters and Mistresses, concerning their Servants; II. To the Patronesses of an Humble Companion; III. To Parents; IV. To the Husband; Part the Second; I. To Lovers; II. To the Wife; III. To the Friend; IV. To your Good Sort of People; being an appendage to the foregoing chapter; General Rules for plaguing all your acquaintance.
- with the description of a party of pleasureConclusion of the Essay; A Fable; Explanatory Notes.