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Inside the Victorian home : a portrait of domestic life in Victorian England /

Takes readers through daily life in a Victorian house on a room-by-room basis, providing detailed descriptions of each area's furnishings and decorations while recounting events that may have transpired in the parlor, master bedroom, scullery, sickroom, and more. By the author of A Circle of Si...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Flanders, Judith (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton, 2006.
Edition:Norton paperback edition.
Subjects:
Families > England > History > 19th century.
Home economics > England > History > 19th century.
Middle class > England > History > 19th century.
England > Social life and customs > 19th century.
England > Social conditions > 19th century.
Familles > Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Économie domestique > Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Angleterre > Mœurs et coutumes > 19e siècle.
Angleterre > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
Society.
Middle class.
Manners and customs.
Home economics.
Families.
Social conditions
England.
1800-1899
History.
Online Access:Online access for everyone for Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • A quick guide to books and authors
  • Currency
  • Introduction: House and home
  • The bedroom
  • The nursery
  • The kitchen
  • The scullery
  • The drawing room
  • The parlor
  • The dining room
  • The morning room
  • The bathroom and the lavatory
  • The sickroom
  • The street.