A Guide to Men Being Encore Reflections of a Bachelor Girl

by Helen Rowland

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Genres: Audiobook

48 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 1, 2007

About the author

Helen May Rowland (/ˈroʊlənd/; 1875–1950) was an American journalist and humorist. For many years she wrote a column in the New York World newspaper called Reflections of a Bachelor Girl. Many of her pithy insights from these columns were published in book form, including Reflections of a Bachelor Girl (1909), The Rubáiyát of a Bachelor (1915), and A Guide to Men (1922).

Reviews

[Virginia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Originally written in the 1920s, there are some witty thoughts in this collection. I came across this when reading A Certain Age and found a copy on Gutenberg. Overall, it doesn't stand up to the test of time but there are some gems hidden throughout.

[Ralph N · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought it was witty and made me think. Others are taking this book the wrong way. Obviously the larger the group you’re making statements about, the more sweeping said statements will be. Read the book as it’s intended and you’ll enjoy yourself

[Thom Swennes · Rating 4 out of 5]

“A husband is a lover with his nerve removed.” A Guide to Men by Helen Rowland is a humorous book that is guaranteed to put both sexes in stitches. I found myself laughing out loud as I read this refreshing guide to the differences of the sexes. Marriage, divorce, children and even death are served up into a delightful meal of prose. Nothing is spared and both men and women can look at themselves and each other in a distorted mirror of truth and fable. This book is bound to inspire a few but it is guaranteed to brighten your day. I recommend it to one and all!

[Diana · Rating 4 out of 5]

An old school classic. Some truth between the lines; some outdated, some very current.

[Sarah · Rating 1 out of 5]

A mind numbing assault of sexist aphorisms.

[ألاء · Rating 4 out of 5]

" مواد هذا الكتاب جمعتها الكاتبه على مسؤوليتها الخاصة من الطبيعة"
هكذا تبدأ الكاتبة كتيبها الصغير الذي يجمع عدة عبارات ساخرة، حادة وذكية عن الرجال - من هنا كان دليل النساء في الرجال - عن الحب والزواج وحتى عن النساء
ومع أنني لا أتفق مع كثير مما ورد إلا أنني استمتعت بجمال العبارات وما فيها من حس الدعابة وشئ من الحكمة.
ذكرتني بأوسكار وايلد الذي كنت استمتع بعباراته - الشريرة- أيضا بالرغم من عدم اتفاقي إطلاقا مع تحتويه من أفكار.
بعض تلك العبارات التي أعجبتني

It takes one woman twenty years to make a man of her son—and another woman twenty minutes to make a fool of him.

Marriage will never be safe until we stop making it an "ideal" and begin trying to make it a square deal.

No matter how many men have tried to flirt with her, a girl will step cheerfully up to the altar in the firm belief that she has found the one perfect human being in trousers who will never look at another woman.

After marriage, a woman's sight becomes so keen that she can see right through her husband without looking at him, and a man's so dull that he can look right through his wife without seeing her.

Before marriage, a man will go home and lie awake all night thinking about something you said; after marriage, he'll go to sleep before you finish saying it.

A man's greatest conquest is self-conquest; his greatest possession, self-possession; and his greatest love—Oh, well, you fill in the rest.

A woman's greatest "right" is the right husband.

Before marriage, a man declares that he would lay down his life to serve you; after marriage, he won't even lay down his newspaper to talk to you.

[Macy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Timelessly funny. I’m not sure if it’s depressing or encouraging that nothing has changed since these witty one-liners were first printed. On the one hand it’s depressing that there is no past of gallant, loving, gentleman we can look back on to glorify, on the other hand I feel so connected to this whole lineage of women who have put up with the same exact men throughout the centuries.

I listened to this one as an audiobook and I think I would have preferred reading it so I could take in each quip a little slower, but still a great book. I listened to a free audiobook on Spotify :)

[Elisa Macias · Rating 4 out of 5]

Do not take this one seriously if you do it won´t be fun and it can be very fun, the audiobook is on spotify!

[Rebecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tongue-in-cheek aphorism about men and women - quite funny when taken lightly. Written in little one liners and short sentences makes for a quick and easy read.

[The_J · Rating 3 out of 5]

What costs the joining of the sexes and the propagation of the species

[Kyoko · Rating 5 out of 5]

Funny, witty and most of all holds interesting views summing up every romance-drama novel.

[Emily Corne · Rating 2 out of 5]

the section about how a man will only marry a brunette but will spend the rest of his life fantasising about a blonde ripped me to shreds and now i don’t know which colour to dye my hair

[Shay Marie · Rating 3 out of 5]

cause you’re just a man. it’s just what you do. head in your hands as you color me blue

[Lana · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sassy, vintage quotes from a bachelorette in olde courting society of America. Funny if not substantial.

[Andrew · Rating 1 out of 5]

Cynical drivel.

[Lyg · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very funny, with poignant insights.

[Bryan Heck · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read it a while ago, so it is hard to remember my first reaction, but this story has at least stuck in my mind. I remember being intrigued by it and having the desire to purchase it upon finishing it.

[Mckinley · Rating 3 out of 5]

At times funny and telling, sometimes bordering on ridicule. This was written in 1922. Short almost one-liners at times so hard to read straight through even though it is short.

[AJ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Actually quite funny. Its all in little one liners and poems. I bet it was great for quotes in its time.

[Rachel · Rating 5 out of 5]

LOVE.

[Kylie Shannon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of the quips in this document are a little jaded, over simplified, cliche, etc. But for the most part, it was a well ordered survey on relationships.

[Anna · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very sharp tongue in cheek, sexist book that is so sarcastic it can't help but make you chuckle.

[manka · Rating 3 out of 5]

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Brains and beauty are an impossible combination in a woman. Not necessarily impossible to find but impossible to live with.