This Victorian life: modern adventures in nineteenth-century culture, cooking, fashion, and technology 9781634502375, 9781510700734, 163450237X, 1510700730
Part memoir, part micro-history, this is an exploration of the present through the lens of the past. We all know that t
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Table of contents :
A home of a distinct form --
Thanksgiving --
Settling in --
Our new/old city --
The house --
and furnishing it --
Maligned plumbing, a beautiful toilette set, and a surprise visit from a daughter of Arachne --
A detail as fine as a hair --
The brackens --
Ghost stories --
Writing --
The book of household management --
An exotic flavor --
Our daily bread --
Chestnut shrapnel, 'pure evil, ' and a few sweet delights --
A problem that didn't exist in the nineteenth century, and a treat that did --
Portrait --
Communication parallels --
Chatelaine --
Watches --
Science matters and outdoor outings --
Strength and how to obtain it --
An ordinary bicycle --
Woman's cycle --
My first adventure in cycle touring --
Wheeling --
A typical day.
A home of a distinct form --
Thanksgiving --
Settling in --
Our new/old city --
The house --
and furnishing it --
Maligned plumbing, a beautiful toilette set, and a surprise visit from a daughter of Arachne --
A detail as fine as a hair --
The brackens --
Ghost stories --
Writing --
The book of household management --
An exotic flavor --
Our daily bread --
Chestnut shrapnel, 'pure evil, ' and a few sweet delights --
A problem that didn't exist in the nineteenth century, and a treat that did --
Portrait --
Communication parallels --
Chatelaine --
Watches --
Science matters and outdoor outings --
Strength and how to obtain it --
An ordinary bicycle --
Woman's cycle --
My first adventure in cycle touring --
Wheeling --
A typical day.
