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A witty, satirical look at marriage, money, and social ambition in a fashionable New York household.
A sharp, lighthearted novel follows Mr. and Mrs. Rasher as they navigate a new, showy home, demanding pieties, and the frothy pretensions of city life. Through brisk dialogue and comic misadventures, the couple’s temptations, tensions, and turn-of-the-century foibles come to life with humor and warmth.
The book blends domestic comedy with social commentary, offering a window into how love, pride, and vanity clash in a world of parlor lectures and glittering fronts. Readers will recognize familiar scenes of pushing for status, balancing work and family, and finding humor amid everyday trials.- Witty exchanges and misadventures in a newly furnished, style-conscious home
- A humorous prime-time view of marriage, money, and social pretensions
- Crisp, accessible storytelling with memorable characters and punchy dialogue
- A blend of domestic humor and social observation that’s inviting and entertaining
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Mrs. Rasherâs Curtain Lectures (Classic Reprint)
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book is a series of humorous and light-hearted domestic stories from the late 1800s. Through the adventures and misadventures of a hapless pork-packing husband, and his social-climbing wife, this book explores the domestic and social mores of the Victorian era. The author satirises the pretensions of the newly rich, and lampoons the shift from rural to urban living in America. The book is a fascinating social document that takes the reader back to a time of social upheaval, full of insights into the dreams and aspirations of the age. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781332901760_0
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