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Maud C. Cooke

Best known for practical guides to etiquette and home life, this late-19th-century author wrote books that opened a window onto everyday social customs of the era. Her work is still read today for its lively mix of advice, manners, and domestic know-how.

2 Audiobooks

Twentieth Century Culture and Deportment Or the Lady and Gentleman at Home and Abroad; Containing Rules of Etiquette for All Occasions, Including Calls; Invitations; Parties; Weddings; Receptions; Dinners and Teas; Etiquette of the Street; Public Places, Etc., Etc. Forming a Complete Guide to Self-Culture; the Art of Dressing Well; Conversation; Courtship; Etiquette for Children; Letter-Writing; Artistic Home and Interior Decorations, Etc.

Twentieth Century Culture and Deportment Or the Lady and Gentleman at Home and Abroad; Containing Rules of Etiquette for All Occasions, Including Calls; Invitations; Parties; Weddings; Receptions; Dinners and Teas; Etiquette of the Street; Public Places, Etc., Etc. Forming a Complete Guide to Self-Culture; the Art of Dressing Well; Conversation; Courtship; Etiquette for Children; Letter-Writing; Artistic Home and Interior Decorations, Etc.

by Maud C. Cooke

Social Life; or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society

Social Life; or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society

by Maud C. Cooke

About the author

Maud C. Cooke is known for popular etiquette and household guides from the 1890s and early 1900s. Reliable catalog and ebook records connect her with Social Etiquette; or, Manners and Customs of Polite Society (1896), Social Life; or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society, and Twentieth Century Culture and Deportment.

She also appears to have written or been credited on domestic reference books such as Three Meals a Day and 20th Century Cook Book, which suggests a body of work centered on social conduct, entertaining, and practical life in the home. Because biographical details about her life are scarce in the sources available here, it is safer to view her mainly through the books she left behind.

Today, Cooke's writing offers more than rules of etiquette: it gives modern readers a vivid look at the expectations, routines, and aspirations of polite society at the turn of the century. Her books can feel formal by modern standards, but they remain useful as cultural snapshots and engaging period guides.