How to be Happy Though Married: Being a Handbook to Marriage

"How to be Happy Though Married: Being a Handbook to Marriage" by E. J. Hardy is a guide exploring ways to achieve happiness within marriage, likely from the late 1800s, teaching readers that a good marriage requires real work, comprehension, and kindness. The author seems to believe that many have the wrong ideas about marriage, and happiness isn't just going to be there unless a couple makes it. Often partners think it will be wonderful only to be disappointed when life gets real, but readers will learn to cherish the complications of marriage, with an emphasis on tolerance and putting the other person first to have a joyous relationship. The book brings up subjects that will be gone into later, providing an engaging look for people either recently hitched or just thinking about it.