How to create the perfect wife
Subtitle: Britain's most ineligible bachelor and his enlightened quest to train the ideal mate
By: Wendy Moore
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 343
ISBN-13: 9780465065745
Subjects: Social conditions; English Authors; History; Marriage; Women
Description: Wendy Moore's exploration of British writer Thomas Day's mission to groom his ideal mate captures the radicalism--and deep contradictions-- at the heart of the Enlightenment.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 326-332) and index.