How to Create the Perfect Wife: Britain's Most Ineligible Bachelor and his Enlightened Quest to Train the Ideal Mate
by Wendy Moore
English AuthorsMarriageHistoryDay, thomas, 1748-1789Aristocracy (social class)Women, history, modern period, 1600-Great britain, history, 18th centurySocial classes, great britain
Wendy Moore's exploration of British writer Thomas Day's mission to groom his ideal mate captures the radicalism--and deep contradictions-- at the heart of the Enlightenment.
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