Displaying her intellectual and literary abilities from a young age, 'Mrs Taylor of Ongar' (1757–1830) enjoyed writing all her life. She had eleven children, of whom six (four of them writers) survived to adulthood. Her published works began with advice books for her own daughters, produce...

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Main Author:	Taylor Mrs 1757-1830 (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1815
Series:	Cambridge library collection. Education
Subjects:	Married women / Great Britain / Life skills guides Young women / Great Britain / Life skills guides Großbritannien
Online Access:	BSB01 UBG01 Volltext
Summary:	Displaying her intellectual and literary abilities from a young age, 'Mrs Taylor of Ongar' (1757–1830) enjoyed writing all her life. She had eleven children, of whom six (four of them writers) survived to adulthood. Her published works began with advice books for her own daughters, produced when increasing deafness made ordinary conversation difficult for her. Given the difficulty of providing advice equally appropriate to girls at all levels of society, this 1815 work is addressed to 'females in the middle ranks'. It is assumed that a girl's aspiration, as well as her destiny, is to be a wife and mother: conduct towards the husband, and the rearing of children, are of prime importance. But there is also a chapter for the husband, pointing out his reciprocal duties to his wife as an equal partner in their relationship. The book offers fascinating insights into the middle-class ideal of domestic happiness
Item Description:	Originally published in 1815
Physical Description:	1 online resource (viii, 168 pages)
ISBN:	9781107707313
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9781107707313