"How to Behave Though a Debutante" 1928 Post, Emily

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POST, Emily

[227] pp.

Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.

1928

First Edition

7 3/4" x 5"

Illustrations by John Held … Read more POST, Emily

[227] pp.

Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.

1928

First Edition

7 3/4" x 5"

Illustrations by John Held Jr.

The foremost arbiter of manners, Emily Post, first published this book in serial form in Vanity Fair under the anonymous pen name Muriel. A satire on the unseemly behavior of the flapper generation, its intentional vulgarity was mistaken for truth. The release of the story in book form revealed Muriel’s true identity. Borrowing from both Anita Loos’s Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and her own Etiquette: The Blue Book of Social Usage, Post (as Muriel) belittles many of her own rules with a wink and a nod.

“As lots of people think a debutante leads a butterfly life, it would probably be as well to describe an average day. To begin with, you wake up quite early—about nine o’clock.”

--Muriel (a.k.a. Emily Post) See less