How to be Happy Though Married: Being a Handbook to Marriage! An Instructional Classic By Edward John Hardy! AAA+++
A serious little book of this title first appeared in 1885, written by the Reverend E.J. Hardy. Oscar Wilde praised it extravagantly: �It is a complete handbook to an earthly Paradise, and its author may be regarded as the Murray of matrimony and the Baedeker of bliss.�
Most of the humor in Reverend Hardy�s original manual was confined to the title. Otherwise his book was typical of its 19th-century ilk: religious, reproving and decidedly coy not just about sexual matters but the nitty-gritty details of married life.
Times have changed and our needs within marriage have changed with them. If anything, marriage asks more of us than it did one hundred years ago. Now the same person who washes the socks is also expected to be a tender lover and psychological counselor.
Help is at hand. Throughout the ages, marriage manuals have given excellent (and appalling) advice on how to find and keep a spouse. This new anthology includes extracts from these sometimes unintentionally hilarious books, often juxtaposing very modern advice with ancient wisdom of a thousand or five hundred years ago. This book provides something really useful and thought-provoking, as well as entertaining, for anyone contemplating or living in the state of matrimony. It�s also a wonderful new source of fresh material for wedding speeches.
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Most of the humor in Reverend Hardy�s original manual was confined to the title. Otherwise his book was typical of its 19th-century ilk: religious, reproving and decidedly coy not just about sexual matters but the nitty-gritty details of married life.
Times have changed and our needs within marriage have changed with them. If anything, marriage asks more of us than it did one hundred years ago. Now the same person who washes the socks is also expected to be a tender lover and psychological counselor.
Help is at hand. Throughout the ages, marriage manuals have given excellent (and appalling) advice on how to find and keep a spouse. This new anthology includes extracts from these sometimes unintentionally hilarious books, often juxtaposing very modern advice with ancient wisdom of a thousand or five hundred years ago. This book provides something really useful and thought-provoking, as well as entertaining, for anyone contemplating or living in the state of matrimony. It�s also a wonderful new source of fresh material for wedding speeches.
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Dear Readers:
�We are dedicated to providing our customers with cutting edge information with the latest and most popular ebooks and hot topics at very affordable prices. Our mission is to create positive change in your life. We carry hundreds of unique titles including �Literary Classics� under many categories for your convenience. Please click on the editor's name "BDP" at the top of the page, next to the title, or write �BDP' at the search box and you will be taken to our main page in Barnes & Noble, where you will be able to check all the interesting, unique and informative titles that we carry at Barnes & Noble Nook Store.�
How to be Happy Though Married: Being a Handbook to Marriage! An Instructional Classic By Edward John Hardy! AAA+++
A serious little book of this title first appeared in 1885, written by the Reverend E.J. Hardy. Oscar Wilde praised it extravagantly: �It is a complete handbook to an earthly Paradise, and its author may be regarded as the Murray of matrimony and the Baedeker of bliss.�
Most of the humor in Reverend Hardy�s original manual was confined to the title. Otherwise his book was typical of its 19th-century ilk: religious, reproving and decidedly coy not just about sexual matters but the nitty-gritty details of married life.
Times have changed and our needs within marriage have changed with them. If anything, marriage asks more of us than it did one hundred years ago. Now the same person who washes the socks is also expected to be a tender lover and psychological counselor.
Help is at hand. Throughout the ages, marriage manuals have given excellent (and appalling) advice on how to find and keep a spouse. This new anthology includes extracts from these sometimes unintentionally hilarious books, often juxtaposing very modern advice with ancient wisdom of a thousand or five hundred years ago. This book provides something really useful and thought-provoking, as well as entertaining, for anyone contemplating or living in the state of matrimony. It�s also a wonderful new source of fresh material for wedding speeches.
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Dear Readers:
�We are dedicated to providing our customers with cutting edge information with the latest and most popular ebooks and hot topics at very affordable prices. Our mission is to create positive change in your life. We carry hundreds of unique titles including �Literary Classics� under many categories for your convenience. Please click on the editor's name "BDP" at the top of the page, next to the title, or write �BDP' at the search box and you will be taken to our main page in Barnes & Noble, where you will be able to check all the interesting, unique and informative titles that we carry at Barnes & Noble Nook Store.�
Most of the humor in Reverend Hardy�s original manual was confined to the title. Otherwise his book was typical of its 19th-century ilk: religious, reproving and decidedly coy not just about sexual matters but the nitty-gritty details of married life.
Times have changed and our needs within marriage have changed with them. If anything, marriage asks more of us than it did one hundred years ago. Now the same person who washes the socks is also expected to be a tender lover and psychological counselor.
Help is at hand. Throughout the ages, marriage manuals have given excellent (and appalling) advice on how to find and keep a spouse. This new anthology includes extracts from these sometimes unintentionally hilarious books, often juxtaposing very modern advice with ancient wisdom of a thousand or five hundred years ago. This book provides something really useful and thought-provoking, as well as entertaining, for anyone contemplating or living in the state of matrimony. It�s also a wonderful new source of fresh material for wedding speeches.
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Dear Readers:
�We are dedicated to providing our customers with cutting edge information with the latest and most popular ebooks and hot topics at very affordable prices. Our mission is to create positive change in your life. We carry hundreds of unique titles including �Literary Classics� under many categories for your convenience. Please click on the editor's name "BDP" at the top of the page, next to the title, or write �BDP' at the search box and you will be taken to our main page in Barnes & Noble, where you will be able to check all the interesting, unique and informative titles that we carry at Barnes & Noble Nook Store.�
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| BN ID: | 2940149662951 |
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| Publisher: | BDP |
| Publication date: | 07/29/2014 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 292 KB |
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