How to Be a Victorian: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Victorian Life
Language: English
Published by Liveright, 2014
Series: Book 1 of 2 - How to Be
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Very Good condition hardcover book, Near Fine condition dust jacket. First US Edition. Bright gilt lettering on spine and front cover, , not worn. Minimal shelf wear and smudging to covers. Minimal bumping to spine ends. Smudging and light toning to page edges. Dust jacket unclipped. Jacket has toning and light bumping, no rips or tears. Jacket protected by Brodart Each book individually inspected and described. Never X-Library unless specifically stated as such.
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- Title
- How to Be a Victorian: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Victorian Life
- Author
- Goodman, Ruth
- Publisher
- Liveright
- Publication year
- 2014
- Condition
- Very good
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0871404850
- ISBN 13
- 9780871404855
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Item weight
- 1.764 pounds
- Dimensions
- 6.6 inches width by 9.6 inches height by 1.5 inches depth
- Series
- Book 1 of 2: How to Be
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"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
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