Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior, Freshly Updated (original 1979; edition 2005)

by Judith Martin, Gloria Kamen (Illustrator)

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Title:	Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior, Freshly Updated
Authors:	Judith Martin
Other authors:	Gloria Kamen (Illustrator)
Info:	W. W. Norton & Company (2005), Edition: Updated, Hardcover, 858 pages
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jmcdbooks | Jan 28, 2013 |

The most important thing I learned from the book was how to say no. (

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aulsmith | May 9, 2012 |

I love advice columns, and Miss Manners is one of the best. This book takes years of her columns, adds witty (and useful!) prose about them, and is a joy to read. She's so damn funny.

mulliner | Nov 14, 2009 |

Witty and comprehensive, ideal for dipping or reference, this book has been my constant companion since I discovered it in 1985 while attending the wedding of a friend in Massachusetts. In any dilemma involving polite behaviour or the lack of it, Miss Manners can be guaranteed to expose the essentials of the situation with such a surgical stroke that you feel not pain but relief. This is a replacement for my original copy of the English edition which fell to pieces through constant use. I have also given away several more copies to friends and relatives (

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1979

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New York Times bestseller (General, 1982)

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Preface: The chief characters of this book are Daffodil Louise Perfect and Jonathan Rhinehart Awful, 3rd.

"Assertiveness," "Looking out for number one," and other systems for the dissemination of rudeness are abhorrent to Miss Manners.

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An indispensable manual to navigating life from birth to death without making a false move.

Your neighbor denounces cellular telephones as instruments of the devil. Your niece swears that no one expects thank-you letters anymore. Your father-in-law insists that married women have to take their husbands' names. Your guests plead that asking them to commit themselves to attending your party ruins the spontaneity. Who is right? Miss Manners, of course. With all those amateurs issuing unauthorized etiquette pronouncements, aren't you glad that there is a gold standard to consult about what has really changed and what has not? The freshly updated version of the classic bestseller includes the latest letters, essays, and illustrations, along with the laugh-out-loud wisdom of Miss Manners as she meets the new millennium of American misbehavior head-on. This wickedly witty guide rules on the challenges brought about by our ever-evolving society, once again proving that etiquette, far from being an optional extra, is the essential currency of a civilized world. 32 illustrations

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An updated edition of the best-selling classic by the popular author of the "Miss Manners" columns and etiquette guides is a new volume of letters, essays, illustrations, and humorous advice on how to navigate the world of civilized behavior.

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