Letters to a Daughter


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Letters to a Daughter is a collection of essays proffering ‘fatherly advice’ in the form of a one-sided correspondence. Each of these takes the form of a response to a question that a young woman who is about to enter adult society might pose. The fictional daughter in Letters to a Daughter is named ‘Alexa.’ The author, Hubert Bland, a columnist and political activist, dedicated the book to his daughter, Rosamund Edith Nesbit Bland.

While married to the author Edith Nesbit, Mr. Bland had a lifelong extramarital relationship with Alice Hoatson, the birth mother of Rosamund - Edith, Alice and Hubert lived together ‘openly’. Rosamund wrote The Man in the Stone House, a novel about a young woman’s relationship with her parents, and the children’s book Moo Cow Tales; she also wrote the children's book Cat Tales with her adoptive mother, Edith Nesbit - Summary by Brian Fullen (3 hr 40 min)

Chapitres

ON LIFE AT LARGE 16:01 Lu par Jennifer Fournier
ON GOING TO CHURCH 12:49 Lu par Jennifer Fournier
ON BEING DELIGHTFUL 13:50 Lu par Nigel Kerr
THE GLAMOUR OF THE FOOTLIGHTS 18:15 Lu par Dyxlesic
THE RUDENESS OF WOMEN 16:16 Lu par Winnifred Assmann
DRESS AND FASHION 14:46 Lu par Seraphina
A MORAL QUESTION 12:04 Lu par De Anna Lee
THE LIMITS OF FLIRTATION 16:28 Lu par Fierdin
MEN’S LOVE 15:54 Lu par Fierdin
THE MAN’S POINT OF VIEW 16:22 Lu par docdlmartin
THE DOMESTIC HEARTH 15:55 Lu par Winnifred Assmann
THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE 14:41 Lu par Beeswaxcandle
THE RIGHT SORT OF MAN 15:43 Lu par Seraphina
MODERN MARRIAGE 15:50 Lu par Seraphina
THE SUBTLE SOMETHING 5:14 Lu par Hope