How to Be a Victorian A Dawn to Dusk Guide to Victorian Life

Goodman, Ruth

ISBN 10: 0871404850 / ISBN 13: 9780871404855

Published by Liveright Pub Corp, 2014

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1st edition. 464 pages. 9.75x6.75x1.75 inches. In Stock.

Seller Inventory # 0871404850

Bibliographic Details

• Title: How to Be a Victorian A Dawn to Dusk Guide to Victorian Life
• Publisher: Liveright Pub Corp
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0871404850
• ISBN 13: 9780871404855
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.83 kilograms

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Synopsis

A delightful tour through the intimate details of life in Victorian England, told by a historian who has cheerfully endured them all.

Ruth Goodman believes in getting her hands dirty. Drawing on her own adventures living in re-created Victorian conditions, Goodman serves as our bustling and fanciful guide to nineteenth-century life. Proceeding from daybreak to bedtime, this charming, illustrative work celebrates the ordinary lives of the most perennially fascinating era of British history. From waking up to the rapping of a “knocker-upper man” on the window pane to lacing into a corset after a round of calisthenics, from slipping opium to the little ones to finally retiring to the bedroom for the ideal combination of “love, consideration, control and pleasure,” the weird, wonderful, and somewhat gruesome intricacies of Victorian life are vividly rendered here. How to Be a Victorian is an enchanting manual for the insatiably curious. 131 illustrations, 8 pages of color

About the Author

Ruth Goodman is the author of multiple books including How to Be a Victorian. An historian of British life, she has presented a number of BBC television series, including Tudor Monastery Farm. She lives in the United Kingdom.