Project Gutenberg 2005-10-04 Public domain in the USA. 97 Harland, Marion 1830 1922 Terhune, Mary Virginia Hawes Hawes, Mary Virginia Terhune, Edward Payson, Mrs. The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) Reading ease score: 65.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "The Secret of a Happy Home" by Marion Harland is a guidebook on domestic happiness and family dynamics written in the late 19th century. The work delves into principles that create joy within the household, emphasizing the roles of women in home-making and family life. It discusses various topics, including marriage, the importance of order and kindness, and the contributions women make toward nurturing a happy home environment. The opening of this volume sets the stage for a candid exploration of domestic life, beginning with the author's conviction that the themes of home and happiness are intertwined and vital for both men and women. Harland introduces the concept of home as something more than just a physical space, asserting that it is the emotional warmth and love brought by its female inhabitants that truly defines it. She outlines her intent to engage in a series of discussions regarding the subtleties of maintaining a serene and loving home, establishing a conversational tone that invites readers to consider their own family lives and the role they play in promoting happiness within them. As the narrative unfolds, Harland moves beyond mere housekeeping tips to discuss the deeper emotional and social dynamics at play in sustaining a happy household. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Home HQ Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Parenthood & Family Relations 461668 2024-10-07T12:26:55.229795 2023-09-08T03:30:13.226790 text/html text/html 467889 2020-12-12T16:50:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 228552 2020-12-12T16:50:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 321469 2024-10-07T12:27:06.158257 application/epub+zip 325116 2024-10-07T12:26:59.100741 application/epub+zip 252387 2024-10-07T12:26:57.510782 application/epub+zip 523416 2024-10-07T12:27:11.407173 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 478689 2024-10-07T12:27:04.804246 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 397244 2022-09-08T07:38:27.730611 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 418477 418381 2024-10-07T12:26:54.055788 2023-09-08T03:30:12.196813 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 418380 2020-12-12T16:50:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 169335 2020-12-12T16:50:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 418375 2020-12-12T16:50:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 169266 2020-12-12T16:50:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21431 2024-10-07T12:27:11.868173 application/rdf+xml 12108 2024-10-07T12:26:58.081753 image/jpeg 2913 2024-10-07T12:26:57.801760 image/jpeg 303237 2024-10-07T12:26:55.274810 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia