Letters

Not originally intended for publication, the celebrated and controversial correspondences between Lord Chesterfield and his son Philip, dating from 1737, were 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. Reflecting the political craft of a leading statesman and the urbane wit of a man who associated with Pope, Addison, and Swift, Lord Chesterfield's Letters reveal the author's political cynicism, his views on good breeding, and instruction to his son in etiquette and
the worldly arts. The only annotated selection of this breadth available in paperback, these entertaining letters illuminate the fascinating aspects of eighteenth-century life and manners.

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Author: Lord Chesterfield
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 10/15/2008
Pages: 480
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780199554843
ISBN10: 0199554846
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Collections | Letters
- History | Europe | Great Britain | General