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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Collier, Jane, 1715?-1755
Otros Autores: Craik, Katharine A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Colección:Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
Temas:
Women > Conduct of life > Humor > Early works to 1800.
Interpersonal relations > Humor > Early works to 1800.
Conduct of life > Humor > Early works to 1800.
Femmes > Morale pratique > Humour > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Relations humaines > Humour > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Morale pratique > Humour > Ouvrages avant 1800.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS > Essays.
Conduct of life
Interpersonal relations
Women > Conduct of life
Early works
Humor
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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