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The Plain Man and His Wife

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The Plain Man and His Wife

Arnold Bennett

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All means and no end: Bennett catches the plain man mid-life, prosperous, busy, and pointless. These essays ask what the daily grind is actually for, examine the taste for pleasure, and let the wife's perspective complicate the husband's certainties. Domestic philosophy, short and sharp. For every household that runs perfectly and goes nowhere.

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28 chapters

  1. 1THE PLAIN MAN AND HIS WIFE
  2. 2Author Of “The Old Adam,” “The Old Wives’ Tale,” “Buried Alive,” Etc.
  3. 3THE PLAIN MAN AND HIS WIFE
  4. 4I - ALL MEANS AND NO END
  5. 5I
  6. 6II
  7. 7III
  8. 8IV
  9. 9II - THE TASTE FOR PLEASURE
  10. 10I
  11. 11II
  12. 12III
  13. 13IV
  14. 14V
  15. 15III - THE RISKS OF LIFE
  16. 16I
  17. 17II
  18. 18III

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