How to Create the Perfect Wife : : Britain's Most Ineligible Bachelor and his Enlightened Quest to Train the Ideal Mate
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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.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Basic Books, c2013.
Year Published: 2013
Description: vii, 343 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780465065745
0465065740
SUBJECTS
Day, Thomas, -- 1748-1789.
Authors, English -- 18th century.
Marriage -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
Women -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 18th century.