Etiquette
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Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers interested in the history of social etiquette and everyday culture
- Those who want to understand the social norms and standards of conduct of an earlier era
- Intermediate and advanced English learners in need of English reading material
- Readers who enjoy short, rule-based books for casual browsing
Not a good fit for
- Readers seeking a practical guide to contemporary workplace or business etiquette
- Readers hoping for a systematic etiquette training textbook
- Readers who prefer coherent narratives or plot-driven books
Reading tips
- Choose chapters by topic, such as hosting, correspondence, and conversation, rather than reading straight through from beginning to end.
- Jot down rules that differ markedly from contemporary practice and keep notes for era comparison.
- English learners can select passages for close reading, paying attention to polite and euphemistic expressions.
- Compare with etiquette books from other eras to observe the continuity and change of etiquette norms.
About the publisher
Project Gutenberg is a digital publishing project focused on public-domain ebooks. Its publishing direction centers on classic literary works whose copyright has expired, covering genres such as poetry, drama, fiction, and epic. Representative books include Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge, Proust's Du côté de chez Swann, Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Homer's The Iliad, Dante's La Divina Comèdia: Purgatòri, Cervantes's The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, and Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Its author resources consist mainly of classic Western writers such as Wordsworth, Proust, Shakespeare, Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Grahame, and Tolstoy. Its publishing feature is the provision of freely accessible ebooks in EPUB and Kindle formats; it is not a traditional publisher, and publicly available information is limited.
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About the author
Agnes H. Morton is an author about whom very limited public information is available: her nationality, dates of birth and death, education, and professional career are not clearly recorded. What can be confirmed is that she is known by a single work titled Etiquette, and that one title by her is held in the catalogue. Judging from the title and subject matter, the book is likely a guide to manners, covering conduct in social settings, the etiquette of receiving and meeting others, and rules of behavior in daily life. Works of this kind long served as social handbooks in the English-speaking world, offering readers practical standards of courtesy. Because biographical details are lacking, it is impossible to determine whether her writing formed a systematic or serial project, or to confirm the specific editions and circulation of the book. Readers should rely on catalogue records and avoid speculating about the author's identity and life. Overall, Morton's visible profile rests mainly on this etiquette work, whose value lies in providing a concrete text for the study of the etiquette-writing tradition rather than a complete author biography.
