Blanche Ebbutt
Autor de Don'ts for Husbands
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Conocimiento común
- Género
- female
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For a book that was written almost 100 years ago, it's doing pretty well in keeping up with the times.
Stay light hearted and don't take things to literally, like he is working for you , he earns the money for the both of you. Back in those days I guess it was normal for the wife not to work and look after the house & their belongings.
Some wives can take a page of two from this book and really learn something.
Stay light hearted and don't take things to literally, like he is working for you , he earns the money for the both of you. Back in those days I guess it was normal for the wife not to work and look after the house & their belongings.
Some wives can take a page of two from this book and really learn something.
Great little book from 1913, yes things were very different then so what was serious advice is now quite funny. Yet, in saying this there is an undertone of sensibility to the advice presented and many of the items are equally as relevant today as they were 100 years ago.
Appropriately titled. Not as outdated as one would think, in my opinion. A very interesting read.
Four and a half out of five.
Four and a half out of five.
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 8
- Miembros
- 341
- Popularidad
- #69,903
- Valoración
- 3.5
- Reseñas
- 7
- ISBNs
- 12
- Idiomas
- 4
I was surprised to find it has a lot of fairly practical advice for getting along in a partnership--with some sexist views, but not that many overall. It's pretty easy to think of the terms in a broader sense, and it could apply to different types of people rather than "the husband" or "the wife" in the way it's presented.
There are a few amusingly dated items, but again, it isn't the general trend.… (más)