Self-Help
With illustrations of character and conduct
1859
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Livre de Samuel Smiles · 1859 (Royaume-Uni)
Genres : Essai, Psychologie, Version originaleIn many Victorian homes Self-Help had a status second only to the Bible, and though now considered a classic display of 'Victorian values' (industry, thrift, progress etc.), the old-fashioned turns of phrase and unquestioning morality represent the cover by which we should not judge the book. It is a work within a broader literary tradition that includes Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography and the novels of Horatio Alger, one in which human beings advance despite the odds. (Tom Butler-Bowdon)
