Published: April 10, 2022
Thanks to rereading Austen I have experienced a rejuvenation of spirit and energy
Life begins at 40, my father used to say. He drew that particular piece of popular wisdom from a self-help book, written by Walter B Pitkin and published in 1932. Only 50 years previously 40 had been the end-of-life expectation, so naturally my father was relieved that it had risen to 60.
Pitkin’s claim was based on the belief that the benefits of modern life, having resulted in improved standards of living, would give people, women and men alike, many more years of productive existence, provided they adopted a properly positive attitude to life. The latter my father had in abundance.
Continue reading...from The Guardian https://ift.tt/JrsU8uG
via
0 Comments