The Shorter Mrs. Beeton: A New Concise Edition

Beeton, Isabella Mary. Editor Simon Rigge

ISBN 10: 0706365631 / ISBN 13: 9780706365634

Published by Ward Lock, London, 1987

About this Item

Slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, small closed tear affecting top front of jacket, not price clipped, no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square. Lavishly illustrated with new photos and original pictures from 'The Book of Household Management'. Mrs Beeton updated for the modern cook, with a new introduction and short biography of Mrs Beeton. A large heavy book, extra postage may be required.

Seller Inventory # 000379

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Shorter Mrs. Beeton: A New Concise Edition
• Publisher: Ward Lock, London
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0706365631
• ISBN 13: 9780706365634
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

An almost forgotten classic though a founding text of Victorian middle-class identity,Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management is a volume of insight and common sense. Written by what one might now describe as a Victorian Martha Stewart, the book offers advice on fashion, child-care, animal husbandry, poisons, and the management of servants. To the modern reader expecting stuffy verbosity or heavy moralizing, Beeton's book is a revelation: it explores the foods of Europe and beyond, suggesting new food stuffs and techniques, mixing domestic advice with discussions of science, religion, class, industrialism and gender roles. Alternately frugal and fashionable, anxious and self confident, the book highlights the concerns of the growing Victorian middle-class at a key moment in its history. This abridged edition serves as a cookery book, while documenting a significant aspect of Victorian social and cultural history.

About the Author

Nicola Humble, Senior Lecturer, Roehampton Institute, London.