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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...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2004.
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| Collection: | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Jumping frogs ;
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | 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 family life and public manners; opinions on topics such as dress, health, food, and childrearing and safety; and more specialized tips, such as those for dealing with annoying salesmen and burglars. |
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| Description: | "The Mark Twain Project is a research and editorial project housed within the Mark Twain Papers at the Bancroft Library, Univ. of Calif., Berkeley." |
| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (xiv, 207 pages) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780520931343 0520931343 9780520242456 0520242459 1597347361 9781597347365 1417545372 9781417545377 |