Manners and Rules of Good Society; Or, Solecisms to be Avoided by a Member of the Aristocracy: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Manners and Rules of Good Society; Or, Solecisms to be Avoided by a Member of the Aristocracy, credited to Anonymous, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Manners and Rules of Good Society; Or, Solecisms to be Avoided by a Member of the Aristocracy by Anonymous. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. The title of this work sufficiently indicates the nature of its contents. The Usages of Good Society relate not only to good manners and to good breeding, but also to the proper etiquette to be observed on every occasion. (From "Introductory Remarks") Note: The abbreviation viz. (or viz without a full stop) is short for the Latin videlicet, which itself is a contraction of the Latin phrase videre licet, meaning "it is permitted to see". (Wikipedia)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Manners and Rules of Good Society; Or, Solecisms to be Avoided by a Member of the Aristocracy
• Author credits: Anonymous
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 48
• Listed recording duration: 8:39:05

Catalogue topics

• manners
• education
• self-help
• aristocracy
• good
• behaviour

Opening tracks: first 24 of 48

1. 00 - Preface and Introductory Remarks — 5:46
2. 01 - The Meaning of Etiquette — 11:45
3. 02 - Introductions — 27:36
4. 03 - Leaving Cards — 23:08
5. 04 - Paying Calls — 21:40
6. 05 - Precedency — 21:10
7. 06 - The Colloquial Application of Titles — 17:35
8. 07 - Points of Etiquette as Regards Royal Personages — 8:09
9. 08 - Points of Etiquette when Travelling Abroad, and Presentations at Foreign Courts — 4:49
10. 09 - The Received Mode of Pronouncing Certain Surnames — 20:09
11. 10 - Presentations at Courts and Attending Courts — 19:28
12. 11 - Presentations at Levées and Attending Levées — 11:31
13. 12 - Balls and State Balls — 23:26
14. 13 - Dinner Giving and Dining Out — 35:31
15. 14 - Dinner-Table Etiquette — 12:44
16. 15 - Evening Parties — 10:31
17. 16 - Weddings and Wedding Luncheons — 24:12
18. 17 - Wedding Receptions — 3:51
19. 18 - Wedding Expenses — 9:09
20. 19 - Afternoon "at Homes" — 16:08
21. 20 - "At Home" Days — 3:53
22. 21 - Colonial Etiquette — 6:20
23. 22 - Indian Etiquette — 2:23
24. 23 - Garden-Parties — 9:53

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