Project Gutenberg 2012-11-05 Public domain in the USA. 79 Trowbridge, W. R. H. (William Rutherford Hayes) 1866 1938 Trowbridge, William Rutherford Hayes The Letters of Her Mother to Elizabeth Produced by Suzanne Shell, Stephen Blundell 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.) "The Letters of Her Mother to Elizabeth" by W. R. H. Trowbridge is a collection of fictional letters written in the early 20th century. The book presents a correspondence from a mother to her daughter, Elizabeth, filled with social commentary and lively observations about society, class, and the pursuit of suitable marriages. The letters reveal the mother’s hopes for her daughter to make a good match while navigating the intricacies of upper-class society. The opening of the work introduces us to Elizabeth's mother, who expresses relief at her daughter's safe arrival at her destination and critiques Elizabeth's grammar in a light-hearted yet instructive manner. The mother provides her daughter with guidance on social maneuvering at various gatherings, cleverly referencing eligible suitors like the Marquis of Valmond and African millionaires. She also shares local gossip and updates on acquaintances, highlighting the dynamics of relationships and societal expectations in their social circles. This blend of humor, advice, and keen observation sets the stage for a charming exploration of early 20th-century social life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Mothers and daughters -- Fiction Epistolary fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 298475 298483 2024-09-17T10:50:28.988482 2023-09-18T05:52:48.386617 text/html text/html 299412 2013-06-24T08:43:38 text/html; charset=us-ascii 171806 2013-06-24T08:46:54 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 230438 2024-09-17T10:50:35.681494 application/epub+zip 234828 2024-09-17T10:50:30.751472 application/epub+zip 171188 2024-09-17T10:50:29.724465 application/epub+zip 432956 2024-09-17T10:50:39.639396 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 390401 2024-09-17T10:50:34.900417 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 312859 2022-09-18T20:05:00.392905 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 260410 260182 2024-09-17T10:50:28.247471 2023-09-18T05:52:47.722606 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 260062 2013-06-24T08:43:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 99843 2013-06-24T08:46:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 260065 2013-06-24T08:43:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 99640 2013-06-24T08:46:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20078 2024-09-17T10:50:39.792389 application/rdf+xml 14720 2024-09-17T10:50:30.095443 image/jpeg 3479 2024-09-17T10:50:29.908437 image/jpeg 221767 2024-09-17T10:50:29.021453 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