Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures by Jerrold, Douglas

Prion, 2000. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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London: Prion Books Ltd. Very Good/Very Good. 2000. Hard Cover. 1853754005 Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. Illustrated. 209 pages clean and tight.First published in "Punch" in 1845, this book gives Mrs Caudle's incessant petty lectures to her unfortunate husband - enacted in the matrimonial bed at the close of each day when he is compelled to lie and listen. In Mrs Caudle's eyes he can do no right and she lays the blame for all their ills squarely at his feet. Mrs Caudle is adept at inconsistency and her melodramatic talent for turning molehills into mountains means her husband's most innocent acts - from eating out to lending an umbrella - are construed as monstrous deeds that will surely lead their whole family to death and damnation. The lectures are a war of attriction between the irressistible force of Mrs Caulde's tongue and the stamina of her poor husband's tortured ears.… Read More

London: Prion Books, 2000. First Edition Thus. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, spine ends rubbed, otherwise VG in Vg priceclipped dustjacket.

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PRION, 2000. Hardback. GOOD/DW VGC. NEWISH SOME TANNING

Prion Books, 2000-09. Hardcover. Good.

Prion Books, 2000-09-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!