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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Victorian House: Domestic Life from Childbirth to Deathbed (2003)di Judith Flanders
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Loads of good info in a readable package. Some inconsistencies, errors but not a concern. Entertaining and informative. Huzzah! ( ) This book took me 5 months to read. I did enjoy it, but it was very focused--much more focused than I am. I read several other nonfiction books in breaks from this one. Flanders set up this book to examine the Victorian home by room--what activities went on in that room, who used it, what it looked like, fashions, trends, and the whys as to changing fashions and trends. Of course, most sources are upper middle to upper class, and she acknowledges this, tryin to find lesser known sources to look at working class rooms (spoiler: they had fewer rooms so used them for more things). Flanders is quite adept at weaving from one room into a slightly different topic. For example, in "The Sickroom" she moves into and exhaustive examination of mourning wear. (So many rules for upper middle class and up women!) I definitely feel like I learned a lot, and am looking forward to my next read of Victorian literature, as I think I will understand some things much more. I am also glad I finished this, it really was good. It was also rather exhausting. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Publisher's description: The Victorian age is much closer to us in time than we might believe. Yet at that time, in the most technologically advanced nation in the world, people buried meat in fresh earth to prevent mold forming and wrung sheets out in boiling water with their bare hands. Such household drudgery was routinely performed by the grandparents of people still living, but the knowledge of it has passed as if it had never been. Judith Flanders's book is laid out like a Victorian house, taking you through the story of daily life from room to room. In each space she depicts the home's furnishings and decoration: from childbirth in the master bedroom, through the scullery and kitchen, the separate male and female domains of the drawing room and the parlor, and ending in the sickroom. A rich selection from diaries, letters, advice books, magazines, and paintings fills the rooms with the people and personalities of the age. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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