How to be a Victorian : a dawn-to-dusk guide to Victorian life
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New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, 2014.
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Book
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First American edition.
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458 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Published
New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, 2014.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English

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"First published in Great Britain in 2013 by Penguin Books Ltd."--T.p. verso.
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Includes index.
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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, she 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.

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