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A middle class home, circa 1850, of the sort that many people live in today, is the focus of Judith Flanders' book. The Victorian age is both recent and unimaginably distant. In the most prosperous and technologically advanced nation in the world, people carried slops up and down stairs; buried meat in fresh earth to prevent mould forming; wrung sheets out in boiling water with their bare hands. This drudgery was routinely performed by the parents of people still living, but the knowledge of it has passed as if it had never been. Running water, stoves, flush lavatories - even lavatory paper - arrived slowly throughout the century; and most were luxuries available only to the prosperous. Judith Flanders' new book is itself laid out like a house, following the story of daily life from room to room: from childbirth in the master bedroom, through the scullery and kitchen - cleaning, dining, entertaining - on upwards, ending in the sickroom and death. Under Judith Flanders' guidance the Victorian house opens up in front of the reader to become a full exploration of Victorian life. Through a collage of diaries, letters, advice books, magazines and paintings, she shows how social history is built up out of tiny domestic details. Through these we can understand the desires, motivations and thoughts of the age. Many people today live in Victorian terraces, and so the houses themselves are familiar. But the lives are not.Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-139780007131884
eBay Product ID (ePID)91130153
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Victorian House: Domestic Life from Childbirth to Deathbed
AuthorJudith Flanders
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicHistory
Publication Year2003
TypeTextbook
Number of Pages512 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height240mm
Item Width159mm
Item Weight878g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorJudith Flanders
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 01 Jul, 2020
All-round interest
Quite in-depth but not 'dry' at all - quite a lot of information that was new to me and a joy to read.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 25 Mar, 2025
Great item with no probelms...
Great item with no probelmsVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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