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Thomas Edie Hill (1832–1915)

Auteur van The Essential Handbook of Victorian Etiquette

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Hill, Thomas Edie
Geboortedatum
1832
Overlijdensdatum
1915
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Wonderful reference! Get to know about the good old days.
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penelopemarzec | 3 andere besprekingen | Jan 19, 2016 |
Life is much more simple now in some respects, but the defined relationships and behavior patterns of the past have something to be said for them.

While I would not want to return to the stultifying Victorian age as a woman, given the limited options available to females, the formal, courteous and thoughtful ways of the time have something nice about them.

But of course, all these nice manners, and nice they are, were for the upper class people who had the time and money to live the lives as described. The "regular" people lived at much simpler and less formal level, and probably enjoyed it more (money aside).
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MissJessie | 3 andere besprekingen | Oct 16, 2013 |
Good book for anyone interested in the Victorian Age.
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KerrvilleCate | 3 andere besprekingen | Apr 15, 2007 |
We purchased this book after a visit to the Mark Twain House and museum in Hartford on June 23,2006. These rules of etiquette are excerpted and adapted directly from material written and published by Professor Thomas E. Hill between 1873-1890. Includes indexes. [ebt/06@MarkTwainHouse,Hartford,CT]
 
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