The Gentle art of making enemies : as pleasingly exemplified in many instances, wherein the serious ones of this earth, carefully exasperated, have been prettily spurred on to unseemliness and indiscretion, while overcome by an undue sense of right (original 1890; edition 1892)

by James McNeill Whistler

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Described by Whistler himself as a highly entertaining account of personal revenges, this work is filled with the deadly sarcasm and stinging remarks of one of the wittiest men of the 19th century. The great artist deflates Wilde, Ruskin, Swinburne, and inane critics and discusses the aesthetics of the Impressionist.… (more)

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Title:	The Gentle art of making enemies : as pleasingly exemplified in many instances, wherein the serious ones of this earth, carefully exasperated, have been prettily spurred on to unseemliness and indiscretion, while overcome by an undue sense of right
Authors:	James McNeill Whistler
Info:	London : William Heineman, 1892.
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The Gentle art of making enemies: as pleasingly exemplified in many instances, wherein the serious ones of this earth, carefully exasperated, have been prettily spurred on to unseemliness and indiscretion, while overcome by an undue sense of right

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To the rare few who, early in life, have rid themselves of the friendship of the many, these pathetic Papers are inscribed.

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Described by Whistler himself as a highly entertaining account of personal revenges, this work is filled with the deadly sarcasm and stinging remarks of one of the wittiest men of the 19th century. The great artist deflates Wilde, Ruskin, Swinburne, and inane critics and discusses the aesthetics of the Impressionist.

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