Mark Twain's helpful hints for good living : a handbook for the damned human race /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
Corporate Author: Bancroft Library. Mark Twain Project
Other Authors: Salamo, Lin, Fischer, Victor, 1942-, Frank, Michael B.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2004.
Series:Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Jumping frogs ; 2.
Subjects:
Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910 > Quotations.
Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910
Conduct of life > Quotations, maxims, etc.
Conduct of life > Literary collections.
Morale pratique > Citations, maximes, etc.
Morale pratique > Anthologies.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Conduct of life
Literary collections
Quotations
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.

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