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Mrs Beeton´s Book of Household Management: Abridged edition
Isabella Beeton
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Description for Mrs Beeton´s Book of Household Management: Abridged edition
Paperback. This almost forgotten classic text of Victorian middle-class identity offers advice on fashion, child-care, animal husbandry, poisons, and the management of servants. Alternatively frugal and fashionable, this book highlights the concerns of the growing Victorian middle-class at a key moment in its history. Illustrations. Editor(s): Humble, Nicola. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 672 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: V; W. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 490.
'As with the commander of an army, or the leader of any enterprise, so it is with the mistress of a house.' A founding text of Victorian middle-class identity, Household Management is today one of the great unread classics. Over a thousand pages long, and written when its author was only 22, it offered highly authoritative advice on subjects as diverse as fashion, child-care, animal husbandry, poisons, and the management of servants. To the modern reader expecting stuffy moralizing and watery vegetables, Beeton's book is a revelation: it ranges widely across the foods of Europe and beyond, actively ... Read more
'As with the commander of an army, or the leader of any enterprise, so it is with the mistress of a house.' A founding text of Victorian middle-class identity, Household Management is today one of the great unread classics. Over a thousand pages long, and written when its author was only 22, it offered highly authoritative advice on subjects as diverse as fashion, child-care, animal husbandry, poisons, and the management of servants. To the modern reader expecting stuffy moralizing and watery vegetables, Beeton's book is a revelation: it ranges widely across the foods of Europe and beyond, actively ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
672
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199536337
SKU
V9780199536337
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Reviews for Mrs Beeton´s Book of Household Management: Abridged edition
The recipes are excellent and there are all sorts of tips that help me save money, time and temper.
Sandi Toksvig, Daily Express
sold out in Central London book shops within weeks
Red, August 2000
Sandi Toksvig, Daily Express
sold out in Central London book shops within weeks
Red, August 2000