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Why can't more of my friends read this? They say art is the main indication of the values of a culture, but I think the real indication would be our idea of etiquette. That might be an exaggeration, but the rules here, though dated, are still products of sharp insight and humor and plenty can still be used for today's time to help you be a nicer person. True, lots of it is blatantly sexist but most of it sets itself apart from actual snobbery by emphasizing kindness over superficial "well-breeding." The prose is direct and to the point, so it's very easy to flip open to any page and skim that, then move on with your day.
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Do I really need to write a review about this book?
Yes.
Before, during, and after reading this book I kept asking why?
Why read?
I suppose a part of me just can’t stop reading. Put a book in front of me and the words start flowing. But the other part, the part that wants to understand human interaction was intrigued.
Martine’s Handbook of Etiquette is a window to a time when relationships between the sexes was quite different. Sometimes it helps to have perspective from somewhere different so that we can understand the present. This book is just that. Somewhere else and sometime different.
While reading, I couldn’t help but be mesmerized by some of the suggestions for conversation. There is good stuff. But so much of it is sexist and prejudiced.
Still, I have no regrets. I learned a lot from the Handbook of Etiquette. I think it is most valuable as research to a time and place much different yet eerily similar to our own.
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