Project Gutenberg 2004-11-08 Public domain in the USA. 148 Various Verschillende Various, Various The Fifteen Comforts of Matrimony: Responses from Men Produced by David Starner, Fred Robinson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "The Fifteen Comforts of Matrimony: Responses from Men by Various" is a collection of poetic commentary on the institution of marriage, likely written in the early 18th century. The book provides humorous and satirical reflections on the various challenges and frustrations that men generally experience in married life. Through a series of verses, it addresses the disillusionment of men after they marry, revealing how their initial joys can transform into a litany of complaints about their partners and the burdens of domestic life. The content chronicles a series of perspectives on marriage, detailing how men respond to the realities of matrimony—depicted as a whimsical yet often sorrowful exploration of love, fidelity, and marital dynamics. Each "comfort" serves as a cautionary tale about the realities faced by husbands, including infidelity, financial burdens, and the emotional weight of living with a spouse. Through this lens, the book critically portrays the concept of "comforts" in marriage while weaving in a mix of humor and melancholy, emphasizing the complexities and paradoxes of the married state. Ultimately, it encapsulates the conflicting feelings of affection and frustration that characterize many matrimonial experiences. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Erotic literature, English English literature -- 18th century PR Text Category: Poetry Category: Humour 90901 2025-08-06T07:51:05.298845 text/html 69624 2024-10-28T21:00:46 text/html 154165 2025-08-06T07:51:12.436804 application/epub+zip 152624 2025-08-06T07:51:08.723837 application/epub+zip 104629 2025-08-06T07:51:07.333876 application/epub+zip 316129 2025-08-06T07:51:14.686814 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 295789 2025-08-06T07:51:11.335840 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 215575 2022-09-07T13:54:34.083247 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 84166 2025-08-06T07:51:04.703915 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 64350 2024-10-28T21:00:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15977 2025-08-06T07:51:14.821794 application/rdf+xml 16024 2025-08-06T07:51:07.878865 image/jpeg 3517 2025-08-06T07:51:07.582838 image/jpeg 147930 2025-08-06T07:51:05.313853 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog