The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book
William F. Bigelow
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A collection of articles from Good Housekeeping magazine, The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book focuses on the subject of marriage. With instructions and advice from courtship to raising children, this collection aims to assist those with questions and concerns surrounding marriage and the ensuing relationship. Published in 1938. (Summary by Robin Cotter) (5 hr 11 min)
Chapters
Introduction & Foreword | 6:29 | Read by Robin Cotter |
When He Comes A-Courting | 20:50 | Read by Ernst Schnell |
Now That You Are Engaged | 24:21 | Read by Lee Ann Howlett |
Ought I to Marry? | 24:54 | Read by Christine Blachford |
Should Wives Work? | 16:11 | Read by Ada Kerman |
Learning to Live Together | 20:36 | Read by Megan Stemm-Wade |
Marriage Makes the Money Go | 24:11 | Read by Lee Ann Howlett |
Children? Of Course! | 30:02 | Read by Scott Sherris |
Detour Around Reno | 23:39 | Read by Scott Sherris |
Sex Instruction in the Home | 29:18 | Read by Robin Cotter |
Religion in the Home | 22:06 | Read by E. Tavano |
It Pays to be Happily Married | 29:20 | Read by guava |
The Case for Monogamy | 39:34 | Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) |
Reviews
Hit and Miss Relevancy
blalack
What can you expect from a public domain domestic manual? Some chapters are horribly outdated (for example, there is a segment on budgeting the monthly income of $100). However, many key concepts in this book still ring as true today as they did during it's compilation. As a note: a few of the chapters have quite poor audio and would benefit from revision however none were too bad to get through. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and the reflection it has stirred.
Terrible Recording
Maud
Unfortunately this recording jumps chapters without completing sentences.
This is a good book. It provided some informative insight
Lule