Author: Thomas DayPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
The History of Sandford and Merton
Author: Thomas DayHow to Create the Perfect Wife
Author: Wendy MoorePublisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0465065732
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
A captivating tale of one man's mission to groom his ideal mate. Thomas Day, an 18th-century British writer and radical, knew exactly the sort of woman he wanted to marry. Pure and virginal, yet tough and hardy, and completely subervient to his whims. But after being rejected by a number of spirited young women, Day concluded that the perfect partner he envisioned simply did not exist in frivolous, fashion-obsessed Georgian society. Rather than conceding defeat and giving up on his search for the woman of his dreams, however, Day set out to create her. So begins the extraordinary true story at the heart of How to Create the Perfect Wife. A few days after he turned twenty-one and inherited a large fortune, Day adopted two young orphans from the Founding Hospital and, guided by the writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the principles of the Enlightenment, attempted to teach them to be model wives. Day's peculiar experiment inevitably backfired -- though not before he had taken his theories about marriage, education, and femininity to shocking extremes. Stranger than fiction, blending tragedy and farce, How to Create the Perfect Wife is an engrossing tale of the radicalism -- and deep contradictions -- at the heart of the enlightenment.
Sandford and Merton
Author: Lucy AikinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animal welfare
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
History of Sandford and Merton
Author: The History of Sandford and Merton
Author: Thomas DayPublisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
The History of Sandford and Merton was one of the best-selling children's books written by Thomas Day. He created it as a contribution to Richard Lovell and Honora Edgeworth's Harry and Lucy, a collection of short stories for children that Maria Edgeworth continued some years after Honora died.
The History of Sandford and Merton
Author: Thomas DayThe History of Sandford and Merton. Abridged from the Original
Author: Thomas DayNovel Gazing
Author: Eve Kosofsky SedgwickPublisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822320401
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
DIVThis is the first collection of queer criticism on the history of the novel. Eve Sedgwick has brought together contributors to navigate this new terrritory through discussions of a wide range of British, French, and American novels--including canonical/div
Author: Harry SANDFORD
Author: Thomas Day