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For the first time in its history, this American classic has been completely rewritten. Peggy Post gives us etiquette for today's times. Read by millions since the first edition was published in 1922, Emily Post—the most trusted name in etiquette—has always been there to help people navigate every conceivable social situation. The tradition continues with this 100 percent revised and updated edition, which covers the formal, the traditional, the contemporary, and the casual.
Based on thousands of reader questions, surveys conducted on the Emily Post Institute and Good Housekeeping Web sites, and Peggy's travels across the country, the book shows how to handle the new, difficult, unusual, and everyday situations we all encounter. The definition of etiquette—a code of behavior based on thoughtfulness—has not changed since Emily's day. The etiquette guidelines we use to smooth the way change all the time.
This new edition resolves hundreds of our key etiquette concerns: dealing with rudeness, netiquette, noxious neighbors, road rage, family harmony, on-line dating, cell phone courtesy, raising respectful children and teens, and travel etiquette in the post-9/11 world...to name just a few.
Emily Post's Etiquette, 17th Edition also remains the definitive source for timeless advice on entertaining, social protocol, table manners, guidelines for religious ceremonies, expressing condolences, introductions, how to be a good houseguest and host, invitations, correspondence, planning a wedding, giving a toast, and sportsmanship.
Peggy Post's advice gives us the confidence of knowing we're doing the right thing so we can relax and enjoy the moment and move more easily through our world. Emily Post's Etiquette, 17th Edition will be the resource of choice for years to come.
- Print length896 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherHarperResource
- Publication dateNovember 2, 2004
- Dimensions7.38 x 1.95 x 9.25 inches
- ISBN-100066209579
- ISBN-13978-0066209579
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“The user’s manual that should have come with your life? This is as close as you’re likely to get.” (Publishers Weekly)
“Richly encyclopedic. . .updated for our present-day lives and cyber-times. . .invaluable.” (O magazine)
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Peggy Post, Emily Posts great-granddaughter-in-law, is a director of The Emily Post Institute and the author of more than a dozen books. Peggy writes a monthly column in Good Housekeeping and an online wedding etiquette column for the New York Times.
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- Publisher : HarperResource; Indexed edition (November 2, 2004)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 896 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0066209579
- ISBN-13 : 978-0066209579
- Item Weight : 3.62 pounds
- Dimensions : 7.38 x 1.95 x 9.25 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #111,303 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #53 in Etiquette Guides & Advice
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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.

Peggy Post, Emily Post's great-granddaughter-in-law, is a director of The Emily Post Institute and the author of more than a dozen etiquette books. Peggy is co-author of the new 18th edition of Emily Post's Etiquette, published in October 2011. Her other books include the 16th and 17th editions of Emily Post's Etiquette; Emily Post's Wedding Etiquette; Emily Post's Wedding Planner; Excuse Me, But I Was Next... How to Handle the Top 100 Manners Dilemmas. She is co-author of: The Etiquette Advantage in Business; The Gift of Good Manners - A Parent's Guide to Raising Respectful, Kind, Considerate Children; and Emily Post's Table Manners for Kids. All are published by William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Peggy writes a monthly column in Good Housekeeping magazine, as well as a biweekly online column in The New York Times called "The Well-Mannered Wedding." Peggy's wedding etiquette expertise is an integral component of Emily Post Wedding, a line of wedding invitations produced by M. Middleton and licensed by The Emily Post Institute. Her media appearances include Oprah, Dr. Phil, The View, Live with Regis and Kelly, the Today show, Good Morning America, Dateline, VH1, and CNN. Peggy conducts lectures and seminars for businesses, trade associations, and community organizations throughout the U.S., including a recent symposium, "Choosing Civility in Southwest Louisiana."
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This is an indispensable book.
The publisher's content description comments state: "For the first time in its history, this American classic has been completely rewritten. Peggy Post gives us etiquette for today's times. Read by millions since the first edition was published in 1922, Emily Post—the most trusted name in etiquette—has always been there to help people navigate every conceivable social situation. The tradition continues with this 100 percent revised and updated edition, which covers the formal, the traditional, the contemporary, and the casual. Based on thousands of reader questions, surveys conducted on the Emily Post Institute and Good Housekeeping Web sites, and Peggy's travels across the country, the book shows how to handle the new, difficult, unusual, and everyday situations we all encounter. The definition of etiquette—a code of behavior based on thoughtfulness—has not changed since Emily's day. The etiquette guidelines we use to smooth the way change all the time. This new edition resolves hundreds of our key etiquette concerns: dealing with rudeness, netiquette, noxious neighbors, road rage, family harmony, on-line dating, cell phone courtesy, raising respectful children and teens, and travel etiquette in the post-9/11 world...to name just a few. Emily Post's Etiquette, 17th Edition also remains the definitive source for timeless advice on entertaining, social protocol, table manners, guidelines for religious ceremonies, expressing condolences, introductions, how to be a good houseguest and host, invitations, correspondence, planning a wedding, giving a toast, and sportsmanship. Peggy Post's advice gives us the confidence of knowing we're doing the right thing so we can relax and enjoy the moment and move more easily through our world. Emily Post's Etiquette, 17th Edition will be the resource of choice for years to come."
This book delivers on what is promised within the contents. Proper protocol is provided for just about any social or communication issue which you may require direction upon. The updated information to include points on etiquette for modern circumstances is relevant and very much a necessity. This text should be a staple in every home. Etiquette and manners are the hallmarks of orderly and civilized behavior which are a positive reflection upon our greater Western Civilization. Impressive. Five stars!
I have already recommended this book to everyone I know - for my foreign friends to bring themselves up to date on how things are done here, and for my American friends as an interesting read, to reassure themselves that they are doing things properly.
I'd recommend this book to anyone. I'm just sorry that I bought it as a Kindle book, because e-books are much harder to reference back to at whim. I think I'll buy a hard copy sooner or later, so that I can page through to the items of interest.








