Letters Written by Lord Chesterfield to His Son
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Written by Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield to his son Philip and never meant for publication, these letters date from 1737 onward. Lord Chesterfield was a leading statesman who kept company with Pope, Addison and Swift, and the letters carry both his political craft and his urbane wit. He instructs the young man in etiquette, good breeding and the worldly arts, and his political cynicism shows throughout. Readers of his day praised the collection as a complete manual of education, while Samuel Johnson despised it for the morals and manners it taught. The letters also open a window on eighteenth-century life and manners.
Ryan Holiday said he wished his own father had written him letters this good, and that while he disagrees with some of Chesterfield's advice, most of it is great.
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Ryan Holiday (Founder/Brass Check)
These two books of letters are great—I wish my father had written me stuff this good. [...] Chesterfield wrote his letters to his illegitimate son, tutoring him on how to learn, how to think, how to act, how to deal with important people. I don’t agree with all his advice but most of it is great.
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