The Book of Martha
1st Edition
Published on 3. September 2023
174 pages
978-3-98826-798-6 (ISBN)
Description
Excerpt: This book ought by rights to have borne Ruth?s name on the cover instead of mine. Of the fifty years I have lived the first twenty were scattered and lost. The remaining thirty were gathered as they came, and threaded on a wire which formed them into a serviceable chain; that wire was Ruth. She has now broken off and formed other ties, therefore the years that remain will probably be scattered like the first, for there can be no second Ruth. It may be, even, that I shall be driven to spend my declining days in an hotel. Meantime I have a record of experiences common to many Marthas.
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Content
- Intro
- The Book of Martha
- CONTENTS
- CHAPTER I MARTHA
- CHAPTER II THE COOK
- CHAPTER III THE HOUSEMAID
- CHAPTER IV TRADESMEN
- CHAPTER V THE DINNER PARTY
- CHAPTER VI THE JOB GARDENER
- CHAPTER VII THE DOCTOR
- CHAPTER VIII CHILDREN
- CHAPTER IX THE SCHOOLROOM
- CHAPTER X THE CHARWOMAN
- CHAPTER XI HUSBANDS
- CHAPTER XII CHRISTMAS
- CHAPTER XIII THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR
- CHAPTER XIV HOUSE-MOVING
- CHAPTER XV SHOPPING IN LONDON
- CHAPTER XVI THE COUNTRY HOUSE
- CHAPTER XVII THE BUTLER
- CHAPTER XVIII THE DRESSMAKER
- CHAPTER XIX THE LADY'S MAID
- CHAPTER XX RELATIONS-IN-LAW
- CHAPTER XXI GENIUS
- CHAPTER XXII CHARITY
- CHAPTER XXIII FOREIGN TRAVEL
