Author: CORELLI, MARIE (1855-1924)
Title: Free opinions, freely expressed on certain phases of modern social life and conduct
Description: London : Archibald Constable 1905. First Edition. Good copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges; staining to the boards. Remains preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong. by Marie Corelli. Physical description; x. 353 p. ; 20 cm. Contents; A vital point of education -- The responsibility of the press -- 'Pagan London' -- A question of faith -- Unchristian clerics -- The social blight -- The death of hospitality -- The vulgarity of wealth -- American women in England -- The American bounder -- Coward Adam -- Accursëd Eve -- 'Imaginary' love -- The advance of woman -- The palm of beauty -- The madness of clothes -- The decay of home life in England -- Society and Sunday -- The 'strong' book of the Ishbosheth -- The making of little poets -- The prayer of the small country M.P. -- The thanksgiving of the small country M.P.'s wife -- The vanishing gift -- The power of the pen -- The glory of work -- The happy life -- The soul of the Nation. Subjects; English essays — 19th century. Social history. Customs and traditions. Social behaviour. Urban life. Genre; Essay. Weight in Kg appr.:

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