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Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures by Douglas William Jerrold
First serialized in Punch magazine in 1845, and officially published in book form in 1846, Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures presents a collection of 37 lectures delivered by Mrs. Caudle to her husband as a means of reproach for his trivial infractions. Also, the author marvelously incorporates typical elements responsible for disagreements between spouses including the antipathetic mother-in-law, the ne’er-do-well friends, and the jealous outbursts. Jerrold’s charming piece of satire introduces the Victorian married couple, Mr. Job Caudle, a small shop owner, and his martinet wife. Aware that he...
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Episodes
Introduction 02.01.2026 8:45
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Lecture 1: Mr. Caudle has lent five pounds to a friend 01.01.2026 6:22
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Lecture 2: Mr. Caudle has been at a tavern with a friend, and is “enough to poison a woman” with tobacco smoke 31.12.2025 7:11
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Lecture 3: Mr. Caudle joins a club – “The Skylarks” 30.12.2025 7:39
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Lecture 4: Mr. Caudle has been called from his bed to bail Mr. Prettyman from the watch-house 29.12.2025 2:56
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Lecture 5: Mr. Caudle has remained downstairs till past one, with a friend 28.12.2025 4:19
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Lecture 6: Mr. Caudle has lent an acquaintance the family umbrella 27.12.2025 6:23
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Lecture 7: Mr. Caudle has ventured a remonstrance on his day’s dinner: cold mutton and no pudding. – Mrs Caudle defends the cold shoulder. 26.12.2025 6:28
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Lecture 8: Caudle has been made a mason – Mrs Caudle indignant and curious 25.12.2025 6:08
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Lecture 9: Mr Caudle has been to Greenwich fair 24.12.2025 6:02
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Lecture 10: On Mr. Caudle’s shirt buttons 23.12.2025 6:29
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Lecture 11: Mrs Caudle suggests the her dear mother should “come and live with them” 22.12.2025 7:40
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Lecture 12: Mr. Caudle having come home a little late, declares that henceforth “he will have a key” 21.12.2025 7:05
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Lecture 13: Mrs Caudle has been to see her dear mother – Caudle on the “joyful occasion”, has given a party and issued a card of invitation 20.12.2025 5:38
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Lecture 14: Mrs Caudle thinks it “high time” that the children should have summer clothing 19.12.2025 7:27
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Lecture 15: Mr. Caudle again stayed out late. Mrs Caudle, at first injured and violent, melts. 18.12.2025 7:18
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Lecture 16: Baby is to be christened; Mrs Caudle canvasses the merits of probable godfathers 17.12.2025 7:41
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Lecture 17: Caudle in the course of the day has ventured to question the economy of “washing at home” 16.12.2025 7:11
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Lecture 18: Caudle, whilst walking with his wife, has been bowed to by a younger and even prettier woman than Mrs Caudle 15.12.2025 6:56
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Lecture 19: Mrs Caudle thinks “it would look well to keep their wedding-day” 14.12.2025 7:23
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Lecture 20: “Brother” Caudle has been to a Masonic charitable dinner. Mrs Caudle has hidden the “brother’s” cheque-book 13.12.2025 7:26
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Lecture 21: Mr. Caudle has not acted “like a husband” at the wedding dinner 12.12.2025 7:47
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Lecture 22: Caudle comes home in the evening, as Mrs Caudle has “just stepped out, shopping” On her return, at ten, Caudle remonstrates 11.12.2025 7:43
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Lecture 23: Mrs Caudle “wishes to know if they’re going to the sea-side, or not, this summer – that’s all 10.12.2025 7:41
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Lecture 24: Mrs Caudle dwells on Caudle’s “cruel neglect” of her on board the “Red Rover”. Mrs Caudle so “ill with the sea”, that they put up at the Dolphin, Herne Bay 09.12.2025 7:47
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