Etiquette [Paperback]

Emily Post (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2007 | ISBN-10: 1406812153 | ISBN-13: 978-1406812152

A comprehensive manual starting with 'What Is Best Society?' and ending with 'The Growth Of Good Taste In America'

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Review

Trendspotting Oh, Behave! From grandes dames of good behavior and modern advocates of fabulousness, manners make a comeback. "Emily Post is the literary It Girl of the moment, and she has Joan Didion to thank for it. Despite the fact that she's been dead for nearly fifty years, Post and her seminal guide to good manners, Etiquette, have come up in nearly every review of Didion's best-selling new memoir, The Year of Magical Thinking. Critics can't resist mentioning that in the dark days after her husband's death in late 2003, Didion found great solace in the "Funerals" chapter of Etiquette's first edition, published in 1922. Psychologists, poets, and philosophers could theorize all they wanted about the stages of grief and how to cope, but in Post, Didion found the reasoned voice that really offered relief. It was the relief of ritual -- of an established code of conduct that could safely transport her from one difficult moment to the next, without the burden of hand-wringing analysis." -- Blair Campbell "East Bay Express" (10/26/2005)

Trendspotting Oh, Behave! From grandes dames of good behavior and modern advocates of fabulousness, manners make a comeback. "Emily Post is the literary It Girl of the moment, and she has Joan Didion to thank for it. Despite the fact that she's been dead for nearly fifty years, Post and her seminal guide to good manners, Etiquette, have come up in nearly every review of Didion's best-selling new memoir, The Year of Magical Thinking. Critics can't resist mentioning that in the dark days after her husband's death in late 2003, Didion found great solace in the "Funerals" chapter of Etiquette's first edition, published in 1922. Psychologists, poets, and philosophers could theorize all they wanted about the stages of grief and how to cope, but in Post, Didion found the reasoned voice that really offered relief. It was the relief of ritual -- of an established code of conduct that could safely transport her from one difficult moment to the next, without the burden of hand-wringing analysis."

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Emily Price Post was born in October of 1872 or 1873 in Baltimore, Maryland to Bruce and Josephine Lee Price. She was homeschooled and, later, attended finishing school in New York City. In 1892, she married Edwin Main Post, a banker from a widely known family in the social circles of Long Island. The couple had two sons, Edwin M. Post, Jr. and Bruce Price Post, who died in 1927. Subsequently, Mr. and Mrs. Post were divorced. As well as Etiquette, which was in its eighty-ninth printing at the time of her death, Emily Post wrote other works, including fiction and short stories. In addition, she wrote a cookbook, The Emily Post Cook Book. In 1946, Emily Post founded the Emily Post Institute. She died on September 25, 1960, and her name has lived on in the public domain as synonymous with etiquette.

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 404 pages
• Publisher: Echo Library (March 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1406812153
• ISBN-13: 978-1406812152
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,154,601 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Emily Post began her career as a writer at the age of thirty-one. Her romantic stories of European and American society were serialized in Vanity Fair, Collier's, McCall's, and other popular magazines. Many were also successfully published in book form.

Upon its publication in 1922, her book, Etiquette, topped the nonfiction bestseller list, and the phrase "according to Emily Post" soon entered our language as the last word on the subject of social conduct. Mrs. Post, who as a girl had been told that well-bred women should not work, was suddenly a pioneering American career woman. Her numerous books, a syndicated newspaper column, and a regular network radio program made Emily Post a figure of national stature and importance throughout the rest of her life.

THE EMILY POST INSTITUTE, INC., is one of America's most unique family businesses. In addition to authoring books, the company hosts emilypost.com and etiquettedaily.com, conducts business etiquette and corporate civility seminars nationwide, and offers custom wedding invitations and social stationery in partnership with M. Middleton.

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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Old Fashioned, February 24, 2010

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This review is from: Etiquette (Kindle Edition)

My main complaint is that it is impossible to use the kindle version of this book as a reference book as there is no navigation between chapters, nor is there a table of contents.

33 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good but dated, January 18, 2009

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D. Brewster - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Etiquette (Paperback)

There is some valuable information in this book. Unfortunately, you have to wade through chapters on Teas, Debutantes, Country Houses, Balls, Club Etiquette, Position in the Community, Household Help and other subjects. The book was published in 2007, but there is no information about the edition date. I suspect it might be a soft cover of the 1922 edition. The book is over 400 pages of small print with no index and there is also no copyright date, which is puzzling. The book is an amusing look into the inner workings of "society", but not for people looking for a practical etiquette book.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for understanding the 'spirit' of etiquette, March 31, 2011

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This review is from: Etiquette (Kindle Edition)

While the book is chock full of detailed what to and not to do, the most impressive points to me were the explanations of why certain etiquettes exists. Putting heart in to what's usually regarded as a mental or social game, Ms. Post breathes a life of understanding into what otherwise would be a trite lexicon of customs. To the modern individual, it promotes ideas of selfless acts and words to create a better society, just be advised of the pitfalls of judgementalism, acts for the sake of routine, and false demeanor. Putting these latter three social sins aside, the book can be quite beneficial as well as enjoyable!