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The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book

Edited by William F. Bigelow (1879-1966)

A collection of articles from Good Housekeeping magazine, The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book focuses on the subject of marriage. With instructions and advice from courtship to raising children, this collection aims to assist those with questions and concerns surrounding marriage and the ensuing relationship. Published in 1938. (Summary by Robin Cotter)

• Gutenberg e-text
• Wikipedia - Good Housekeeping
• LibriVox’s The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book Internet Archive page
• Zip file of the entire book - 149.6MB
• RSS feed · Subscribe in iTunes · Chapter-a-day

Total running time: 5:11:31

mp3 and ogg files

• 00 - Introduction & Foreword by William F. Bigelow & Helen Judy Bond - 00:06:29
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  Read by: Robin Cotter
• 01 - When He Comes A-Courting by Dr. Ernest R. Groves - 00:20:50
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  Read by: Ernst Schnell
• 02 - Now That You Are Engaged by Dr. James L. McConaughy - 00:24:21
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  Read by: Lee Ann Howlett
• 03 - Ought I To Marry? by Dr. Ellsworth Huntington - 00:24:54
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  Read by: Christine Blachford
• 04 - Should Wives Work? by Eleanor Roosevelt - 00:16:11
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  Read by: Ada Kerman
• 05 - Learning to Live Together by Gladys Hoagland Groves - 00:20:36
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  Read by: Megan Stemm-Wade
• 06 - Marriage Makes the Money Go by Elizabeth Bussing - 00:24:11
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  Read by: Lee Ann Howlett
• 07 - Children? Of Course! by Jessie Marshall, MD - 00:30:02
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  Read by: Scott Sherris
• 08 - Detour Around Reno by Dr. Hornell Hart - 00:23:39
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  Read by: Scott Sherris
• 09 - Sex Instruction in the Home by Frances Bruce Strain - 00:29:18
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  Read by: Robin Cotter
• 10 - Religion in the Home by William Lyon Phelps - 00:22:06
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  Read by: E. Tavano
• 11 - It Pays to be Happily Married by Stanley G. Dickinson - 00:29:20
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  Read by: guava
• 12 - The Case for Monogamy by Dr. Ernest Groves and Gladys Groves - 00:39:34
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  [mp3@128kbps - 37.9MB]
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  Read by: Denny Sayers

Cataloged on September 28, 2007