Life With Father

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Summary: A very entertaining father
Review: These are very amusing sketches of family life in New York in the 1880s and 90s. Clarence Day Seniuor is a larger-than-life character, autocratic, excitable, with strong likes and dislikes. I was a bit startled to read a previous review that spoke of his 'emotional abuse' of his children. There is no abuse , emotional or otherwise, in this book. Mr Day clearly adored his family. Another reviewer says that Day Snr 'disrespected his wife'. Again, I see no evidence of disrespect in this book, Mr Day obviously loves his slightly eccentric wife to distraction, and in their frequent clashes of temperament she almost always succeeds in getting the better of him. The chapter where she departs on a lengthy trip to Egypt, leaving him pining for her, is particularly touching. This is a charming book, much more amusing than the pleasant but rather bland film that was based on it.

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Summary: THIS IS NOT THE PLAY
Review: This page describes the NOVEL by Clarence Day written in 1920, not the PLAY by Lindsay & Crouse written in 1948. The ISBN is for the play but Amazon does not recognize that these are two completely different works and what is described here and what you get if you order is Clarence day's NOVEL (not written or collaborated by Lindsay & Crouse). Barnes & Noble has the PLAY by Lindsay & Crouse, correctly listed as a distinct work from the novel written by a different author 28 years earlier.