The Oxford Book of Marriage by Helge Rubinstein

The Oxford Book of Marriage by Helge Rubinstein

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Covering a time span of 2,000 years and drawn from many different nationalities, these extracts show the feelings and experiences of marriage, through the writings of Darwin, Kafka, Rabelais, Jane Austen, Pepys, Flaubert, Tolstoy, Virginia Woolf, and Alison Lurie, amongst others.

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The Oxford Book of Marriage by Helge Rubinstein

Drawn from a time span of 2,000 years and from many different nationalities, these extracts show the feelings and experiences of marriage, through the writings of Darwin, Kafka, Rabelais, Jane Austen, Pepys, Flaubert, Tolstoy, Virginia Woolf, Alison Lurie, Albee amongst others. The editor charts the course of a marriage in twelve chapters, beginning with courtship and proposal and the wedding ceremony itself, through the establishment of married life, having children and ending with old age and death. As well as describing the happiness, the extracts look at the factors that lead to adultery or divorce.
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ISBN 13 9780192141507
ISBN 10 0192141503
Title The Oxford Book of Marriage
Author Helge Rubinstein
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Oxford University Press
Year published 1990-03-01
Number of pages 400
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