Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield

Lord Chesterfield, Letters written to his son (Annotated) Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-Lord Chesterfield, Letters written to his son by Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield. Originally not intended to be published, the celebrated and controversial correspondences between Lord Chesterfield and his son Philip, dating from 1737, were praised in their day as a comprehensive manual of education, and Samuel Johnson despised them for teaching "the morals of a prostitute and the manners of a dance master. " Reflecting the political profession of a prominent statesman and the urban ingenuity of a man who associated with Pope, Addison, and Swift, Lord Chesterfield's letters reveal the author's political cynicism, his views on good upbringing, and instructions to his son about etiquette and the world. letters. The only annotated selection of this breadth available in paperback, These entertaining letters illuminate the fascinating aspects of 18th century life and manners. Philip Dormer Stanhope, IVth Earl of Chesterfield (September 22, 1694 - March 24, 1773) was a British statesman and man of letters, famous for the Letters to his son, compilation of correspondence he maintained with his natural son. Until his father's death in 1726, he was known to be a Whig (nickname for the British Liberal Party).