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How to Be a Victorian - a Dawn to Dusk Guide
11-07-2014, 07:54 PM (This post was last modified: 11-07-2014 07:55 PM by BettyO.)
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How to Be a Victorian - a Dawn to Dusk Guide
Was in Barnes and Noble this afternoon picking up my copy of American Queen and came across this title: How to Be a Victorian - a Dawn to Dusk Guide by Ruth Goodman. I couldn't resist!

Brand new, it's a great social history covering the Victorian life from the early morning toilette (both male and female) to retiring at night - a step by step guide; what and how the ate, how they played, how they worked, slept, etc..... it looks like a wonderful read for covering all aspects of life in the 19th Century -

"The Past is a foreign country...they do things differently there" - L. P. Hartley
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11-08-2014, 11:09 AM
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Does it have many illustrations, or is it all text?

http://www.amazon.com/How-Be-Victorian-D...th+goodman

So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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11-08-2014, 08:17 PM (This post was last modified: 11-08-2014 08:18 PM by Eva Elisabeth.)
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I thumbed through this book at an international book shop at an airport on the way to the US in spring, and the only reason I didn't buy it was that I already had such a long wish list to look for and I didn't want to add "cargo" weight in advance. Thanks Betty for reminding me of this book now - it seemed absolutely interesting!!! I can't remember (m)any illustrations.
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