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  1. An essay on the art of ingeniously tormenting
    Published: 2006
    Publisher:  Oxford University Press, Oxford [u.a.] ; EBSCO Industries, Inc., Birmingham, AL, USA

    An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting is the first English book on the craft of nagging. A bitingly funny social satire, it is also an advice book, a handbook of anti-etiquette, and a comedy of manners. The Art provides a fascinating glimpse... more

    Bibliothek der Hochschule Mainz, Untergeschoss
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    An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting is the first English book on the craft of nagging. A bitingly funny social satire, it is also an advice book, a handbook of anti-etiquette, and a comedy of manners. The Art provides a fascinating glimpse into eighteenth-century daily life, the treatment of servants and dependants and the bringing up of children, and is a thrilling precursor to the art of Jane Austen. - ;'Now the sport begins!'. An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting is the first English book on the craft of nagging. A bitingly funny social satire, it is also an advice book, a.

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Contributor: Craik, Katharine
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781429487177; 1429487178; 9780191517167; 019151716X
    Series: Oxford world's classics
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xlv, 111 pages)
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    Includes bibliographical references (pages xl-xliii)

  2. An essay on the art of ingeniously tormenting
    Published: 2006
    Publisher:  Oxford University Press, Oxford

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0192805525; 1429487178; 9780192805522; 9781429487177
    Series: Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
    Subjects: Femmes / Morale pratique / Humour / Ouvrages avant 1800; Relations humaines / Humour / Ouvrages avant 1800; Morale pratique / Humour / Ouvrages avant 1800; LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays; Conduct of life; Interpersonal relations; Women / Conduct of life; Frau; Women; Interpersonal relations; Conduct of life
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xlv, 111 p.)
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    Includes bibliographical references (p. [xl]-xliii)

  3. An essay on the art of ingeniously tormenting
    Published: 2006
    Publisher:  Oxford University Press, Oxford

    An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting is the first English book on the craft of nagging. A bitingly funny social satire, it is also an advice book, a handbook of anti-etiquette, and a comedy of manners. The Art provides a fascinating glimpse... more

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    An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting is the first English book on the craft of nagging. A bitingly funny social satire, it is also an advice book, a handbook of anti-etiquette, and a comedy of manners. The Art provides a fascinating glimpse into eighteenth-century daily life, the treatment of servants and dependants and the bringing up of children, and is a thrilling precursor to the art of Jane Austen. - ;'Now the sport begins!'. An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting is the first English book on the craft of nagging. A bitingly funny social satire, it is also an advice book, a Contents; Introduction; Note on the Text; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of Jane Collier; AN ESSAY ON THE ART OF INGENIOUSLY TORMENTING; Advertisement to the Reader; AN ESSAY ON THE ART OF TORMENTING; Part the First; I. Instructions to Masters and Mistresses, concerning their Servants; II. To the Patronesses of an Humble Companion; III. To Parents; IV. To the Husband; Part the Second; I. To Lovers; II. To the Wife; III. To the Friend; IV. To your Good Sort of People; being an appendage to the foregoing chapter; General Rules for plaguing all your acquaintance. with the description of a party of pleasureConclusion of the Essay; A Fable; Explanatory Notes.

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781429487177; 1429487178
    Series: Oxford world's classics
    Subjects: Women; Interpersonal relations; Conduct of life; Femmes; Relations humaines; Morale pratique; Women; Interpersonal relations; Conduct of life; Conduct of life; Women; Interpersonal relations; LITERARY COLLECTIONS ; Essays; Conduct of life; Interpersonal relations; Women ; Conduct of life; Early works; Humor
    Scope: Online Ressource (xlv, 111 p.)
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references (p. [xl]-xliii). - Description based on print version record