Mark Twain's helpful hints for good living : a handbook for the damned human race /
Irreverent, charming, eminently quotable, this handbook - an eccentric etiquette guide for the human race - contains sixtynine aphorisms, anecdotes, whimsical suggestions, maxims, and cautionary tales from Mark Twain's private and published writings. It dispenses advice and reflections on famil...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2004.
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Series: | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Jumping frogs ;
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Introduction; 1. Everyday Etiquette; 2. Modest Proposals and Judicious Complaints; 3. The American Table; 4. Travel Manners; 5. Health and Diet; 6. Parenting and the Ethical Child; 7. Clothes, Fashion, and Style; 8. In Case of Emergency; About the Texts; Works Cited; Acknowledgments.