A Well-Kept House: Advice to Young Housewives

By Marie Delorme

Paris, 1901. A young bride steps into her first home and into the delightful, exacting, utterly French art of keeping it.

A Well-Kept House is Marie Delorme's celebrated household manual: part practical guide, part philosophy of domestic life. From setting the table and managing servants to balancing the household budget, receiving guests, keeping the linen cupboard, and the fine art of embroidery, Delorme writes with warmth, wit, and the unshakable confidence of a woman who ran a home for forty years.

First published by Librairie Armand Colin in 1901, this is the first English translation of a book French readers have treasured for over a century. It's a window into the rhythms, rituals, and quiet heroism of the well-kept home.

Charming, opinionated, and unexpectedly funny: the grandmother you wish you'd had. She's stern about corsets, tender about dowries, and never at a loss for words.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HMMM5KZR
• ISBN13: 9798178777695
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"