Orchids On Your Budget
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Orchids On Your Budget
This charming and bestselling gem for thrifty living is as relevant today as it was in 1937. An elegant and witty guide to living chicly but cheaply.
*This charming gem from a more genteel age is an elegant and witty guide to living chicly but cheaply
First published in 1937, Orchids On Your Budget gives advice on all manner of subjects, from entertaining and creating the perfect capsule wardrobe to relinquishing the family estate. Lest you worry about how to put the advice into practice, each chapter concludes with a case study providing examples of women who heededβand those lamentable souls who ignoredβMarjorie's wise words.
It's not difficult to have fun out of economising (up to a point), both because of the sense of achievement it gives you and because everyone else is doing it, too. A slight financial pressure sharpens the wits, though it needn't sharpen the disposition. But it takes an interesting person to have an attractive menage on a shoe-string and to run it with gaiety and charm.
Maybe you would rather play polo than pingpong, but if you've got an old pingpong set and no ponies, you'll get a lot more fun out of life from being a pingpong champion than from taking a dispirited whack with a polo mallet every now and then.
Series: Virago Modern Classics
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781844086184
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 03 September 2009
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Virago Press Ltd
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 19.0mm
Width: 121.0mm
Height: 187.0mm
Weight: 214g
Pages: 192
About the Author
Marjorie Hillis (1889-1971) worked for Vogue for over twenty years, where she became assistant editor. She was one of a growing number of independent, professional women who lived alone by choice. In 1936 she wrote LIVE ALONE AND LIKE IT (9781844081257), the superlative guide for 'bachelor ladies' (who became known as 'live-aloners'). It was an instant bestseller.
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