Perfect Behavior: A Guide for Ladies and Gentlemen in All Social Crises
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About This Book
Perfect Behavior is a satirical novel written by Donald Ogden Stewart, first published in 1922. The book is set in New York City during the 1920s and follows the story of Amory Blaine, a young man who is desperate to fit in with high society. Amory is determined to learn the rules of perfect behavior and become accepted by the upper class. He moves in with his wealthy aunt and uncle and spends his days attending parties, going to the theater, and rubbing shoulders with the elite.However, as Amory becomes more immersed in this world, he begins to see the hypocrisy and superficiality of the peop...
Chapters (107)
- Perfect Behavior
- Illustrated by Ralph Barton
- A Guide for Ladies and Gentlemen in all Social Crises
- CONTENTS
- CHAPTER ONE: THE ETIQUETTE OF COURTSHIP
- A FEW WORDS ABOUT LOVE
- CORRECT INTRODUCTIONS; HOW TO MAKE THEM
- CARDS AND FLOWERS
- FLOWERS AND THEIR MESSAGE IN COURTSHIP
- RECEIVING AN INVITATION TO CALL
- THE ETIQUETTE OF TELEPHONING
- MAKING THE FIRST CALL
- CONVERSATION AND SOME OF ITS USES
- A PROPER CALL
- THE PROPOSAL PROPER
- CHAPTER TWO: THE ETIQUETTE OF ENGAGEMENTS AND WEDDINGS
- THE HISTORIC ASPECT
- ANNOUNCING THE ENGAGEMENT
- THE BRIDE-TO-BE
- THE ENGAGEMENT LUNCHEON
- SELECTING THE BRIDAL PARTY
- INVITATIONS AND WEDDING PRESENTS
- DUTIES OF THE BEST MAN
- THE BRIDE’S TEA
- THE MAID OF HONOR
- THE BACHELOR DINNER AND AFTER
- THE REHEARSAL
- THE BRIDAL DINNER
- A CHURCH WEDDING
- CHAPTER THREE: THE ETIQUETTE OF TRAVEL
- HINTS FOR THE CORRECT PEDESTRIAN
- TRAVELLING BY RAIL
- GOOD FORM ON A STREET CAR
- IN THE SUBWAY
- A HONEYMOON IN A SUBWAY
- TRAVELLING UNDER STEAM
- A CORRECT NIGHT IN A PULLMAN
- CHAPTER FOUR: AT THE CONCERT AND THE OPERA
- LISTENING TO A SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
- CORRECT BEHAVIOR AT A PIANO RECITAL
- IN A BOX AT THE OPERA
- CHAPTER FIVE: ETIQUETTE FOR DRY AGENTS
- SOME BROADER ASPECTS OF PROHIBITION
- THE COLLEGE GRADUATE AS DRY AGENT
- PLANNING A DRY RAID ON A MASQUERADE BALL
- A WORD ABOUT CORRECT COSTUMES
- GOOD FORM FOR DRY AGENTS DURING A RAID
- CHAPTER SIX: A CHAPTER FOR SCHOOLGIRLS
- SELECTING A PROPER SCHOOL
- CORRECT EQUIPMENT FOR THE SCHOOLGIRL
- EN ROUTE
- A JOURNEY AROUND NEW YORK
- THE FIRST DAYS IN THE NEW SCHOOL
- BECOMING ACCLIMATIZED
- A VISITOR FROM PRINCETON
- CHAPTER SEVEN: THE ETIQUETTE OF GAMES AND SPORTS
- GOLF AS A PASTIME
- AN AFTERNOON AT THE OLD FARM WITH THE DICE
- CORRECT BEHAVIOR ON A PICNIC
- BOXING IN AMERICAN SOCIETY
- BRIDGE WHIST
- FORMAL AND INFORMAL DRINKING
- A JOLLY HALLOWE’EN PARTY
- INVITATIONS
- RECEIVING THE GUESTS
- HOW TO MYSTIFY
- GAMES
- CHAPTER EIGHT: CORRESPONDENCE AND INVITATIONS
- CORRESPONDENCE
- CORRESPONDENCE FOR YOUNG LADIES
- An Incorrect Letter from a Débutante to a Taxidermist Thanking Him for Having Stuffed Her Pet Alice
- A Correct Letter from a Débutante to a Taxidermist Thanking Him for Having Stuffed Her Pet Alice
- COLLEGE BOYS
- An Incorrect Letter from a Princeton Student to a Yale Student Congratulating the Latter on His Football Victory
- A Correct Letter from a Princeton Student to a Yale Student Congratulating the Latter on His Football Victory
- LETTERS TO PARENTS
- A Correct Letter from a Young Lady in Boarding School to Her Parents
- LETTERS FROM PARENTS
- A Correct Letter from a Mother to Her Son Congratulating Him on His Election to the Presidency of the United States
- LETTERS TO PROSPECTIVE FATHERS-IN-LAW
- A Correct Letter to a Prospective Father-in-Law Who Is a Business Man
- A Correct Letter to a Prospective Father-in-Law Who Is in the Advertising Business
- LOVE LETTERS
- A Correct Letter from a Young Man Traveling in Europe to His Fiancée
- CORRESPONDENCE OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS
- A Correct “Public Letter” from a Congressman
- A Correct Private Letter of a Congressman
- LETTERS TO NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, ETC.
- A Correct Letter from an Elderly Gentleman to the Editor of a Newspaper or Magazine
- A Correct Letter from an Indignant Father to an Editor of Low Ideals
- A Letter from a Member of the Lower Classes. Particular pains should be taken in answering such letters as it should always be our aim to lend a hand to those aspiring toward better things.
- A Correct Letter to the Lost and Found Department of a Periodical, inquiring for a Missing Relative. This should be referred to the persons mentioned in the letter who will probably take prompt and vigorous action.
- LETTERS TO STRANGERS
- A CORRECT LETTER TO A FRENCH VISITOR
- A CORRECT LETTER TO A BEARDED LADY
- INVITATIONS
- ACCEPTANCES AND REGRETS
- CHAPTER NINE: THE ETIQUETTE OF DINNERS AND BALLS
- FORMAL DINNERS IN AMERICA
- TABLE MANNERS FOR CHILDREN
- A CHILD’S GARDEN OF ETIQUETTE
- ETIQUETTE IN THE SCHOOL
- CONVERSATION AT DINNER
- STEWART’S LIGHTNING CALCULATOR OF DINNER TABLE CONVERSATION
- BALLS AND DANCES
- MIXED DANCING
- HINTS FOR STAGS
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