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5 Obras 208 Miembros 9 Reseñas

Obras de Lucinda Holdforth

Etiquetado

Conocimiento común

Fecha de nacimiento
1963
Género
female
Nacionalidad
Australia
Lugares de residencia
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Ocupaciones
author
diplomat
management consultant

Miembros

Reseñas

Good, funny, and sad to think we need to be told why we need manners.
 
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ichadwick | 4 reseñas más. | Dec 7, 2020 |
A good essay in support of courtesy, replete with referential material. A cheery authorial style makes it an easy read, grammatical misadventure makes it a bit rough around the edges.
Inclusion of anecdotal evidence referencing Talleyrand is my favourite element. To wit, "You're nothing but a shit in a silk stocking!" what ho, courtesy.
½
 
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kat_with_a_book | 4 reseñas más. | Oct 8, 2016 |
Yes, it's an Australian woman riffing on life in Paris. It's not normally the type of book I care for but, through the torturous link that I once met the chap she dedicates "True Pleasures" to, I found myself reading it.

Holdsworth does use some flowery language and does go on somewhat but her references to sadly obscure French writers and intellectuals, and even the late Margaret Whitlam cops a mention. The book could have been far worse.
½
 
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MiaCulpa | 3 reseñas más. | Jan 22, 2015 |
I first picked this book up from the cruise ship library - an intersting moment because I was already seething about the lack of etiquitte and manners they becomes apparent when you cram 6,000 people onto a boat. Holdforthe starts by quoting Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices" - from there, she writes about how manners are more then just being nice; it's the fabric of how we interact with others, it means we can live without laws and morals. It smooths out the rough edges that always occurs when you have humans living together.
I agreed with most of everything she said - I enjoyed how she explain manners as more then just an intricate set of rules and behaviors, but as more. I highly recommned this book to anyone interested in social behavior, manners, or just how people interact.
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empress8411 | 4 reseñas más. | Jan 19, 2014 |

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Obras
5
Miembros
208
Popularidad
#106,482
Valoración
½ 3.6
Reseñas
9
ISBNs
17
Idiomas
1

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