Wendy Moore's exploration of British writer Thomas Day's mission to groom his ideal mate captures the radicalism--and deep contradictions-- at the heart of the Enlightenment.
How to create the perfect wife
Britain's most ineligible bachelor and his enlightened quest to train the ideal mate
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343 pages
English language
Published Nov. 15, 2013 by Basic Books.
Subjects
- Social conditions
- English Authors
- History
- Marriage
- Women
Places
- Great Britain