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How to Be a Good Lover

Hardback

Main Details

Title How to Be a Good Lover
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Bodleian Library the
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:96
Dimensions(mm): Height 115,Width 88
Category/GenreDating, relationships, living together and marriage
ISBN/Barcode 9781851242801
ClassificationsDewey:306.734
Audience
General
Illustrations 14 Line drawings, black and white

Publishing Details

Publisher Bodleian Library
Imprint Bodleian Library
Publication Date 5 September 2012
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

How should men and women embark on a new relationship? Is it acceptable to flirt? Should one ever kiss in a canoe? What is the ideal age gap for marriage? What gifts are appropriate for a fiancee? How should one announce an engagement? Aimed at the romantically inclined in the 1930s, this charming self-help guide is dedicated to the etiquette of choosing, wooing and winning a prospective partner. Written with both sexes in mind, this little book is brimming with nuggets of useful advice, by turns humorous, old-fashioned and timeless: Don't attempt kissing in a canoe unless you are both able to swim. Don't delay falling in love until you have reached middle age. To be easily won is to be lightly valued. It is very inadvisable to marry anyone who laughs at your parents. Don't hesitate to break off an engagement if you consider you have made a mistake. Do bear in mind when there's any mistletoe about that two heads are better than one. Delightfully illustrated with contemporary line drawings, 'How to be a Good Lover' appears in the same series as 'How to be a Good Husband' and 'How to be a Good Wife'. All three guides were written for the middle classes of the 1930s - who were reading one of the first modern self-help series on relationships.

Author Biography

The Bodleian Library produces beautiful and authoritative books which help to bring the riches of Oxford's libraries to readers around the world. They publish on a very wide range of subjects, including catalogues and other titles related to their exhibitions, illustrated and non-illustrated thematic works and facsimiles, gift books, and children's books and stationery.