Project Gutenberg 2020-12-23 Public domain in the USA. 122 Stowe, Harriet Beecher 1811 1896 Stowe, Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Crowfield, Christopher Stowe, H. B. (Harriet Beecher) House and Home Papers Seventh Edition The ravages of a carpet -- Home-keeping vs. house-keeping -- What is a home? -- The economy of the beautiful -- Raking up the fire -- The lady who does her own work -- What can be got in America -- Economy -- Servants -- Cookery -- Our house -- Home religion. Charlene Taylor, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "House and Home Papers" by Harriet Beecher Stowe is a collection of essays written in the mid-19th century. The book explores themes of domestic life, home-making, and the contrasts between true home-keeping and mere house-keeping, reflecting on the author's personal experiences and broader societal observations. Stowe's emphasis on the importance of love, liberty, and genuine warmth in creating a nurturing home atmosphere sets the tone for her exploration. At the start of "House and Home Papers," the narrator introduces a humorous anecdote about purchasing a new carpet and its implications for domestic life. He reflects on the different attitudes toward furniture, home decor, and the pressures exerted by family members—particularly women—when it comes to upholding societal standards in home aesthetics. The narrator vividly describes how the introduction of the carpet leads to a shift in household dynamics, creating tensions between maintaining their easy-going, lived-in feel versus conforming to perceived norms of elegance and propriety. The opening sets the stage for continued exploration of the evolving relationship between domestic spaces and personal happiness, ultimately arguing for the significance of true home over mere appearances. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 65.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Home economics TX Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: Parenthood & Family Relations 538597 2025-06-25T09:43:24.359551 text/html 516167 2024-10-18T09:13:46 text/html 574841 2025-06-25T09:43:30.695534 application/epub+zip 575616 2025-06-25T09:43:25.598559 application/epub+zip 285029 2025-06-25T09:43:24.986546 application/epub+zip 700376 2025-06-25T09:43:34.697530 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 671664 2025-06-25T09:43:30.138549 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 381329 2022-09-28T21:18:42.388303 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 501943 2025-06-25T09:43:23.599634 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 482017 2024-10-18T09:13:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16765 2025-06-25T09:43:34.837502 application/rdf+xml 4143 2025-06-25T09:43:25.124558 image/jpeg 1178 2025-06-25T09:43:25.055583 image/jpeg 559470 2025-06-25T09:43:24.408607 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 en.wikipedia