Books in the News: How to Be a Good Spouse
The Bodleian Library's newly published How To Be a Good Wife and How To Be a Good Husband were featured in a Valentine's Day article in the Chicago Tribune. The article excerpts maxims from each book and notes in its introduction:
In 1936, King Edward VIII abdicated the British throne for the American divorcee he loved. Romance apparently was in the air that year, because that's when a pair of "Do's and Don'ts" books were published to help English husbands and wives figure out how to make their marriages work.History does not tell us if the books turned up among the former king's wedding presents, but we can benefit from the advice ourselves, thanks to the Bodleian Library at Oxford University.
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