Project Gutenberg 2013-10-19 Public domain in the USA. 86 Dale, Alan 1861 1928 Cohen, Alfred J. Dale, Allen Wanted: A Cook Domestic Dialogues Produced by Annie R. McGuire. This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print archive. "Wanted: A Cook" by Alan Dale is a domestic comedy written in the early 20th century. The narrative revolves around a newlywed couple, Archie and Letitia Fairfax, as they navigate the challenges of establishing their home in New York City, particularly focusing on the intriguing dynamics of hiring a cook. Throughout the introductory chapters, the couple's humorous and sometimes absurd interactions with their domestic life, societal norms, and expectations unfold, especially in relation to their new cook, Anna. At the start of the book, we are introduced to Archie and Letitia, who are both highly educated and full of youthful idealism. Their romantic vision of a refined home quickly collides with the practical realities of domesticity, primarily illustrated through their ongoing discussions about the "servant question." After Aunt Julia, Letitia's relative, facilitates their engagement of Anna Carter, the colored cook, the couple anticipates a harmonious household but instead faces comical and discordant events, including their poorly executed "delicatessen dinners" and Anna's unanticipated personality clashes. The opening chapters set the stage for a social critique wrapped in lighthearted banter, highlighting the difficulties of merging high ideals with everyday life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Married people -- Fiction Housekeeping -- Fiction Cooks -- Fiction Household employees -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 526695 526704 2024-09-18T12:03:57.905277 2023-09-19T07:53:35.619485 text/html text/html 535950 2013-10-19T14:43:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 198805 2013-10-19T14:43:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 261580 2024-09-18T12:04:06.005246 application/epub+zip 265704 2024-09-18T12:03:59.751393 application/epub+zip 265704 2024-09-18T12:03:58.633244 application/epub+zip 455233 2024-09-18T12:04:10.943224 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 408903 2024-09-18T12:04:05.183265 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 413049 2022-09-20T05:28:58.263787 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 484862 484732 2024-09-18T12:03:56.828279 2023-09-19T07:53:34.572494 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 484591 2013-10-19T14:43:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 188135 2013-10-19T14:43:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 484596 2013-10-19T14:43:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 188021 2013-10-19T14:43:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20792 2024-09-18T12:04:11.088175 application/rdf+xml 11064 2024-09-18T12:03:59.086235 image/jpeg 2893 2024-09-18T12:03:58.815254 image/jpeg 245651 2024-09-18T12:03:57.949279 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