The Young Woman's Guide to Excellence


Gelesen von Bria Snow

(1.8 stars; 8 reviews)

Much of this guide for young women is still valuable today. Despite mentions of tight lacing and other out of date matters, it contains many timeless principles. (Bria Snow) (6 hr 59 min)

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Explanation of Terms 7:20 Gelesen von Bria Snow
Female Responsibilities 23:49 Gelesen von Bria Snow
Self-Education 10:22 Gelesen von Bria Snow
Love of Improvement 10:02 Gelesen von Bria Snow
Self-Knowledge 16:24 Gelesen von Bria Snow
Conscientiousness 22:04 Gelesen von Bria Snow
Self-Government 24:09 Gelesen von Bria Snow
Self-Command 11:45 Gelesen von Bria Snow
Decision of Character 8:35 Gelesen von Bria Snow
Self-Dependence 16:21 Gelesen von Bria Snow
Reasoning and Originality 10:18 Gelesen von Bria Snow
Invention 3:06 Gelesen von Bria Snow
Observation and Reflection 4:04 Gelesen von Bria Snow
Detraction and Scandal 6:20 Gelesen von Bria Snow
The Right Use of Time 6:38 Gelesen von Bria Snow
Love of Domestic Concerns 12:41 Gelesen von Bria Snow
Frugality and Economy 7:01 Gelesen von Bria Snow
System 5:48 Gelesen von Bria Snow
Punctuality 17:22 Gelesen von Bria Snow
Exercise 23:16 Gelesen von Bria Snow
Rest and Sleep 24:35 Gelesen von Bria Snow
Industry 6:24 Gelesen von Bria Snow
Visiting 8:54 Gelesen von Bria Snow
Manners 7:26 Gelesen von Bria Snow
Health and Beauty 7:21 Gelesen von Bria Snow
Neatness and Cleanliness 11:32 Gelesen von Bria Snow
Dress and Ornament 27:24 Gelesen von Bria Snow
Dosing and Drugging 7:09 Gelesen von Bria Snow
Taking Care of the Sick 11:04 Gelesen von Bria Snow
Intellectual Improvement 21:24 Gelesen von Bria Snow
Social Improvement 28:16 Gelesen von Bria Snow
Moral Progress 10:59 Gelesen von Bria Snow

Bewertungen

A very interesting work!


(4 stars)

This book, in many points, was very interesting and instructional to a person of today, just as it was, I’m sure, to those of the mid-1800s. I had read several books written by his daughter, Louisa May Alcott, but I had never read anything written by William Alcott. Most of the time he seems to display great good sense, and helped me to think about the role and power of a female to influence the world in a way I hadn’t thought about it before. Both men and women, certainly, think little about how their actions and words might affect those around them for good or ill. His chapters on “Decision“ and ”Punctuality“ also hit me where I live, and may now be helping me to understand my own character better than I did before. As an American, I, of course, enjoy listening to the accents of cultures derived from Great Britain, so I enjoyed the reader very much.


(0.5 stars)

Well… voice is not good, it will make u stop to listen, slight a bit of religious perspective and u might stop at all

The Young Woman's Guide to Excellence


(1 stars)

It sounds as if the narrator is reading, instead of telling a story.

Interesting only as a historical document


(0.5 stars)

I have to admit I didn't read the whole book. I skipped around from chapter to chapter until I felt I had a good feel for the book. Even for the time, this author is virulently misogynistic. One highlight: the author claims that in olden days, when women were not taught mathematics from professors but only housework by their mothers, "then were they good for something." Also, women mustn't snack between meals or take medicine when they're sick. And reasoning is "unfeminine." The author writes with a pompous, passive, wordy style that garbles his meaning. The reader doesn't help as she (sorry to say) mumbles and has a speech impediment. A truly offensive book, terribly written and badly read.

I do not in any way mean to offend the reader but to be truthful, she shouldn't…


(0.5 stars)

BORING


(1 stars)

BORING, that is all I have to say.