Project Gutenberg 2011-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 209 Warner, Frances Lester 1888 Hersey, Frances Lester Warner, Frances Warner, Gertrude Chandler 1890 1979 Warner, Gertrude Life's Minor Collisions Love's minor frictions -- Boston streets -- To horse -- Wheels and how they go round -- The will to boss -- More to it than you'd think -- Trio impetuoso -- The return of A, B, C -- Understanding the healthy -- Carving at table -- The feeling of irritation. Produced by Jana Srna and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Life's Minor Collisions" by Frances Lester Warner and Gertrude Chandler Warner is a collection of humorous essays written in the early 20th century. The book explores the everyday frictions and challenges between individuals and their relationships with family, society, and circumstances, addressing themes of adjustment and tension. Through relatable anecdotes and observations, the authors aim to depict how minor disagreements and misunderstandings can arise in daily life while also highlighting connections and the importance of understanding one another. The opening of the book introduces the concept of "minor collisions," illustrating how small irritations in familial or social interactions can manifest humorously and poignantly. In the first chapter, titled "Love's Minor Frictions," specific examples are shared about the different rhythms and paces of life within a household, such as a punctual wife juxtaposed against her tardy husband. The chapter portrays their struggles with timing and the resulting domestic humor, alongside various family dynamics that surface when minor disagreements arise. This sets a lighthearted yet thoughtful tone for the essays to follow, promising readers an examination of human nature and relationships through clever and relatable storytelling. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/37899/37899-h/images/title-page.jpg en Family life Conduct of life American essays -- 20th century PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature 191552 191560 2024-09-16T05:37:05.642949 2023-09-16T11:57:26.206977 text/html text/html 190815 2011-11-01T13:54:42 text/html; charset=utf-8 185325 2011-11-01T13:54:44 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 201729 2024-09-16T05:37:09.383930 application/epub+zip 201804 2024-09-16T05:37:06.416978 application/epub+zip 111294 2024-09-16T05:37:05.990964 application/epub+zip 255236 2024-09-16T05:37:11.862949 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 229977 2024-09-16T05:37:08.904949 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 147000 2022-09-17T10:34:43.136128 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 164474 164268 2024-09-16T05:37:05.303985 2023-09-16T11:57:25.896978 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 164409 2011-11-01T13:54:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 65899 2011-11-01T13:54:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 164399 2011-11-01T13:54:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 65865 2011-11-01T13:54:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21354 2024-09-16T05:37:12.025933 application/rdf+xml 10625 2024-09-16T05:37:06.065960 image/jpeg 1809 2024-09-16T05:37:06.027950 image/jpeg 187460 2024-09-16T05:37:05.673977 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