Carregue numa fotografia para ir para os Livros Google.
A carregar... Lord Chesterfields Letters To His Son. Complete. Two Volumes In One (1774)por The Earl Of Chesterfield (Autor)
Informação Sobre a ObraLord Chesterfield's Letters por Lord Chesterfield (1774)
A carregar...
Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. I have been thinking abour writing a series of advice letters to grandchildren,great grandchildren.....daughters will not pay any attention, but might read them after I am dead.....and Chseterfirld is RIGHT ON...and the topics ever timeley...chosing asouse, debt (do not gamble....thiis he will no subsidize, suggestings on reading the classices...looking for mentors both men and women, accepting advice....a very modern. Terrific book, even for today. ( ) sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
Notable Lists
`My object is to have you fit to live; which, if you are not, I do not desire that you should live at all.'So wrote Lord Chesterfield in one of the most celebrated and controversial correspondences between a father and son. Chesterfield wrote almost daily to his natural son, Philip, from 1737 onwards, providing him with instruction in etiquette and the worldly arts.Praised in their day as a complete manual of education, and despised by Samuel Johnson for teaching `the morals of a whore and the manners of a dancing-master', these letters reflect the political craft of a leading statesman and th Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
Current DiscussionsNenhum(a)Capas populares
Google Books — A carregar... GénerosSistema Decimal de Melvil (DDC)941.070092History and Geography Europe British Isles Historical periods of British Isles 1714-1837 Period of House of HanoverClassificação da Biblioteca do Congresso dos EUA (LCC)AvaliaçãoMédia:
É você?Torne-se num Autor LibraryThing. |