The Young Girls’ Handbook of Good Manners

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Image: Inseparables – by Florence Fuller c1900

Manuel de civilité pour les petites filles

(à l’usage des maisons d’éducation)

Table of Contents

(links to chapters will be added here when posted)

• Introduction and Glossary
• In the Bedroom
• At Home
• In the Pantry
• At the Table
• Games and Playtime
• In Class
• Gifts
• At the Ball
• Visiting
• Irrational Beliefs
• At Church
• At Confession
• At the Museum
• On the Champs Élysées
• On the Street
• Shopping
• At the Theatre
• At the Seaside
• At the hotel, travelling
• In the countryside
• Duties toward thy neighbour
• Duties toward your Daddy
• Duties toward your Mother
• Duties toward your Brother
• Duties toward your Sister
• Duties toward God
• With the lover of her mother
• Special column on losing your virginity
• With a lover
• With the servants
• With the President of the Republic
• On Sucking
• In bed with a girlfriend
• In bed with an older gentleman
• Do not say…

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Original public domain French text from Wikisource. Translated to English and placed into the public domain by Spanking Theatre (@spankingtheatre). You are welcome to share, but please keep this attribution intact.

At last… I’ve finished translating all 35 sections of Pierre Louys’ erotic classic from French to English. I’ve relished the challenge of translating century-old French slang, and enjoyed choosing the accompanying images from the corpus of great European art. And now I’m placing this text into the public domain for everyone with a naughty mind to enjoy… Have fun!