Free opinions, freely expressed on certain phases of modern social life and conduct / by Marie Corelli
1905, First Edition. London : Archibald Constable. Good copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges; staining to the boards. Remains preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #244616
Physical description; x, 353 p. ; 20 cm. Contents; A vital point of education -- The responsibility of the press -- "Pagan London" -- A question of faith -- Unchristian clerics -- The social blight -- The death of hospitality -- The vulgarity of wealth -- American women in England -- The American bounder -- Coward Adam -- Accursëd Eve -- "Imaginary" love -- The advance of woman -- The palm of beauty -- The madness of clothes -- The decay of home life in England -- Society and Sunday -- The "strong" book of the Ishbosheth -- The making of little poets -- The prayer of the small country M.P. -- The thanksgiving of the small country M.P.'s wife -- The vanishing gift -- The power of the pen -- The glory of work -- The happy life -- The soul of the Nation. Subjects; English essays — 19th century. Social history. Customs and traditions. Social behaviour. Urban life. Genre; Essay.
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