Project Gutenberg 2016-09-12 Public domain in the USA. 141 Grant, Robert 1852 1940 99004206 The Art of Living Income -- The dwelling -- House-furnishing and the commissariat -- Education -- Occupation -- The use of time -- The summer problem -- The case of man -- The case of woman -- The conduct of life. Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Art of Living" by Robert Grant is a reflective work addressing personal finance and lifestyle choices, likely written in the late 19th century. The author explores themes of consumption, social norms, and the pressures of maintaining a certain standard of living, particularly in an era of growing wealth and social expectations. Throughout the text, Grant contrasts characters like Mr. Rogers, who lives modestly despite his financial limitations, with others who grapple with societal pressures to display wealth. At the start of the book, we meet the narrator, who learns from a friend’s bookkeeper, Mr. Rogers, about the art of budgeting and living well on a limited income. This encounter prompts a deep reflection within the narrator about financial choices, societal pressures, and personal happiness. His conversation with his wife, Barbara, reveals their shared struggle with monthly bills and the morality of living within their means, especially in comparison to Mr. Rogers's seemingly successful family life on a much lower income. Through these initial discussions, the groundwork is laid for an exploration of what it truly means to live wisely and the complex choices individuals face in managing their income amidst societal expectations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Home economics Quality of life Life skills TX Text Browsing: Cooking & Drinking Browsing: How To... Browsing: Parenthood & Family Relations 437871 437794 2024-09-22T06:03:43.725060 2023-09-23T04:40:58.890275 text/html text/html 440388 2016-09-12T14:00:58 text/html; charset=utf-8 321632 2016-09-12T14:01:00 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 387934 2024-09-22T06:03:49.474121 application/epub+zip 385423 2024-09-22T06:03:44.630118 application/epub+zip 267276 2024-09-22T06:03:44.195060 application/epub+zip 494169 2024-09-22T06:03:53.505017 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 353045 2024-09-22T06:03:49.025026 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 332953 2022-09-24T04:53:25.750936 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 404582 404419 2024-09-22T06:03:43.007091 2023-09-23T04:40:58.185279 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 404838 2016-09-12T14:00:56 text/plain; charset=utf-8 152432 2016-09-12T14:01:00 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 19109 2024-09-22T06:03:53.667003 application/rdf+xml 24644 2024-09-22T06:03:44.282073 image/jpeg 3762 2024-09-22T06:03:44.238062 image/jpeg 325292 2024-09-22T06:03:43.802108 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