The Nice Girl's Guide To Good Behavior - Hardcover

Redlich, Monica

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9780789312068: The Nice Girl's Guide To Good Behavior

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0789312069 ISBN 13: 9780789312068

Publisher: Universe Pub, 2004

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First published in 1935, this subversive tome purports to be a classic etiquette guide to good behavior for young women. Yet hidden beneath its civilized tone is a classic satire that provides a dubious blueprint for becoming the "right" sort of girl. From razor-sharp lessons in female one-up-man*("I'm sure this would fit you. It's vast on me") to absurd dating instructions ("If a particular friend has not telephoned you for over a week, this can mean one thing only. He is afraid of being a nuisance. Common courtesy insists that you ring him up and reassure him.") this tome's "advice," coupled with charming period photographs, is as timely and amusing as ever.

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About the Author:

Monica Redlich was an English journalist, author and social commentator. She was born in 1909 in Lincolnshire, and brought up in London and the Midlands – her father was Canon Theologian of Leicester. Following her marriage to a Danish diplomat, Sigurd Christensen, in 1937, Monica moved first to Copenhagen, where she remained throughout the war years, and then to New York where her husband became Danish Consul General. Her books include Everyday England, Jam Tomorrow, Summer Landscape and Danish Delight. She died in Copenhagen in 1963.

From the Back Cover:

‘What do you look like? What is your type of beauty? Do not be surprised at this question. You dress according to your looks, I know, but do you behave to suit them? The following brief table will, I hope, make clear how much added pleasure you can give to your partners at dances by truly being yourself.

If you have good teeth, be radiant.
If you are very thin, be serious.
If you are well-developed, avoid the polka.
If you are dark, be sympathetic.
If you are blonde, be bright.’

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