Lord Chesterfields Letters to His Son and Godson: Selected (1897) - Couverture rigide

Stanhope, Philip Dormer

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1498152163 ISBN 13 : 9781498152167

Editeur : Literary Licensing, LLC, 2014

Synopsis

Lord Chesterfield's Letters to His Son and Godson: Selected is a book that contains a compilation of letters written by Lord Chesterfield to his son and godson. The book was first published in 1897 and was edited by Philip Dormer Stanhope. The letters were written between 1737 and 1768 and cover a wide range of topics such as politics, literature, education, and social behavior. The book is considered a classic of English literature and is widely read for its insights into the social and cultural norms of the 18th century. The letters are written in a conversational style and offer advice and guidance to the young men on how to navigate society and achieve success in life. The book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in history, literature, or social etiquette.This Is A New Release Of The Original 1897 Edition.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Introduction Surely it is of great use to a young man, before he starts out for a country full of mazes, windings, and turnings, to have at least a good map of it by some experienced traveler. Thus did the author of these Letters state their object: and in this spirit has this selection of them been prepared for the use of American youth. For more than a century the Letters of Lord Chesterfield have commanded the admiration of lovers of English literature. The Letters are brilliantly written full of elegant wisdom, of keen wit, of admirable portrait painting, of exquisite observation and deduction. Viewed as compositions, they appear almost unrivaled as models for a serious epistolary style :clear, elegant, and terse, never straining at effect and yet never hurried into carelessness. Lord Mahon, As literature, they have never been criticised :but their morality has been condemned as doubtful, or worse, and their perusal by the young has been regarded as having a tendency to debase, rather than to elevate. The answer to this charge has usually been that the Letters reflected the morality of the age, and that their author only systematized and reduced to writing the principles of conduct by which, deliberately or unconsciously, the best and the worst of his contemporaries were governed. While this is true of some of the letters, it is equally true that, in others, moral conduct is repeatedly and foicibly inculcated, but generally, it is to be regretted, from the lowest motive, selfishness. Lord Chesterfield advocates purity of character as many advocate honesty, because it is the best policy. Between his basis for a correct life, and the New Testament basis, there is a great gulf. Even the stoic Emperor, Marcus A urelius, lives on a far higher plane. But that Lord Chesterfield does insist upon a moral life is recognized by the readers of his letters, though pr
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Literary Licensing, LLC
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1498152163
• ISBN 13: 9781498152167
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible