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
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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
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Review
A triumph.--Judith Flanders
Goodman's impeccably researched account will raise readers' eyebrows with her adventures "living history..". [Her] charming guide richly illustrates what daily life was like for common people undergoing the massive social changes of the time and succeeds in presenting "a more intimate, personal and physical sort of history."
Goodman skillfully creates a portrait of daily Victorian life with accessible, compelling, and deeply sensory prose... Compulsively readable.--Erin Entrada Kelly
If the past is a foreign country because they do things differently there, we're lucky to have such a knowledgeable cicerone as Ruth Goodman.... Goodman's fascination with the objects of the past doesn't lead her to fetishize or romanticize them. She is admirably matter-of-fact.... Revelatory.--Alexandra Kimball
[E]ntertaining... Goodman mixes historical context with technical know-how; in addition to explaining why women wore corsets she tries wearing--and even making--one herself... [T]he book's accumulation of detail on matters as diverse as purchasing a ticket for the new underground railway, administering an opium-based tonic to a baby, and signaling interest in a homosexual affair makes you feel as if you could pass as a native.
Goodman's research is impeccable, and she attacks the topic with gusto, taking the reader through an average day and presenting the oddities of life without condescension... Although the book lends itself to being read in segments, I read it straight through like a novel, panting to know what would happen next.--Patricia Hagen
[A] witty account of life during the monarch's reign... [Goodman's] interest in historical accuracy leads her to experiment with corsets and home cures. Research for the book led her 'down harrowing avenues of hunger, disease, overwork, and abuse.' Among the most upsetting are accounts of small children working harder than most adults do now, sometimes in dangerous and frightening environments, and on empty stomachs. Often a very funny read, the book takes seriously the suffering of these kids and their families.--Kate Tuttle
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