Author: Maria BensonPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780267168491
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Excerpt from The Wife, a Novel, Vol. 1 of 3: In Three Volumes IT may, perhaps, by some of my readers, be thought that I should not introduce awife into society without those pre liminary observations on her character which might give her a claim to its nos tice and acceptance; but should I point out her defects, it may be enquired of me, why, when you formed her mind, did you not form it better? Should I expatiate on her virtues, I might be charged with the same impertinent, ego tism which attaches to the mother, when. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.