Cart
Free Shipping in the UK
Proud to be B-Corp

Better Bed Manners Anne Balliol

Better Bed Manners By Anne Balliol

Better Bed Manners by Anne Balliol


£5.10
New RRP £12.99
Condition - Like New
Only 1 left

Summary

A charming, humorous guide on nighttime manners for married couples, first published in the 1930s.

Better Bed Manners Summary

Better Bed Manners: A Humorous 1930s Guide to Bedroom Etiquette for Husbands and Wives by Anne Balliol

Ever needed tips on how to sleep next to a snoring spouse? How to convalesce in style? Or the etiquette of staying in a haunted house? This humorous book was originally published in the 1930s as an amusing guide for married couples. Poking fun at wives and husbands in an even-handed manner, it is both witty and quaint, giving a glimpse of middle-class life of a bygone era, but also offering up some universal advice which still rings true today. For example, 'Choose bedside books for their soporific qualities', or, 'one whisky-and-soda on retiring... makes the average man forget the dullest dinner and sends him to bed in a glow of good will.' With sections on hot-water bottles, robes de nuit, breakfast in bed, the best kind of pillow, sneaking home late and night-time readers, this is the perfect, self-improving gift for your favourite bedfellow.

Table of Contents

Bediquette 1 In Bed with a Teacher of Manners 3 How to Go to Bed 7 Going to Bed Under Difficulties 17 The Seven Great Problems of Marriage 23 The Seven Pillars of Desertion and Divorce 38 How to Get Up 39 In Bed with a Nice Person 44 How to Invite Somebody to Bed 55 Bed Manners in a Haunted House 58 Suzygophobia 64 The Freedom of the Seas 66 How to Be a Charming Convalescent at Home 71 A Woman's Best Friend is Her Hot-Water Bottle 88 Bed Manners in a Country House 91 So You Don't Sleep Well! 106 Advice to Those About to Marry 115

Additional information

GOR013486711
9781851246199
1851246193
Better Bed Manners: A Humorous 1930s Guide to Bedroom Etiquette for Husbands and Wives by Anne Balliol
Used - Like New
Hardback
Bodleian Library
2023-09-21
128
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

Customer Reviews - Better Bed Manners