Translator's Preface
Editor's Introduction
Introduction
1. Marital Discord: Households in ruin ; The imprisonment of wives ; The debauchry of husbands ; The tale of a request 2. Parents and Children: The disruption of affairs ; Shameful concubinage ; The dishonor of waywardness ; Domestic violence ; Bad apprentices ; Exiles ; Family honor ; Parental ethos of 1728: the rationale for sentiment ; Parental ethos of 1758: the duty to educate
3. When Addressing the King
Afterword to the English edition / Arlette Farge.