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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
Lecture 25: Mrs Caudle, wearied of Margate, has “a great desire to see France” 08.12.2025 8:10
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Lecture 26: Mrs Caudle’s first night in France – “shameful indifference” of Caudle at the Boulogne custom house 07.12.2025 7:21
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Lecture 27: Mrs Caudle returns to her native land. “Unmanly cruelty” of Caudle, who has refused “to smuggle a few things” for her 06.12.2025 7:47
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Lecture 28: Mrs Caudle has returned home. The house (of course) “not fit to be seen”. Mr Caudle, in self-defence, takes a book 05.12.2025 6:12
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Lecture 29: Mrs Caudle thinks “the time has come to have a cottage out of town” 04.12.2025 8:17
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Lecture 30: Mrs Caudle complains of the “Turtle Dovery”. Discovers black beetles. Thinks it “nothing but right” that Caudle should set up a chaise 03.12.2025 7:25
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Lecture 31: Mrs Caudle complains very bitterly that Mr. Caudle has “broken her confidence” 02.12.2025 8:02
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Lecture 32: Mrs Caudle discourses of maids-of-all-work and maids in general. Mr. Caudle’s “infamous behaviour” ten years ago 01.12.2025 7:08
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Lecture 33: Mrs Caudle has discovered that Caudle is a railway director 30.11.2025 7:36
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Lecture 34: Mrs Caudle, suspecting that Mr. Caudle has made his will, is only “anxious as a wife”, to know its provisions 29.11.2025 7:36
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Lecture 35: Mrs Caudle “has been told “ that Caudle has “taken to play” at billiards 28.11.2025 7:35
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Lecture the Last: Mrs Caudle has taken cold; the tragedy of thin shoes 27.11.2025 5:16
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Postscript 26.11.2025 1:55
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