How to be a Victorian : a dawn-to-dusk guide to Victorian life / Ruth Goodman.

Title: 
How to be a Victorian : a dawn-to-dusk guide to Victorian life / Ruth Goodman.

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Author/Artist: 
Goodman, Ruth, 1963-
Description: 
458 pages, 8 unnumbered plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Edition: 
First American edition.
Format of Material: 
Books
Subjects: 
1800 - 1901 fast
Manners and customs. fast (OCoLC)fst01007815
Social history. fast (OCoLC)fst01122498
Great Britain Social life and customs 19th century.
Great Britain History Victoria, 1837-1901.
Great Britain Social conditions 19th century.
Great Britain. fast (OCoLC)fst01204623
Bib ID: 
141398
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Location: 
Stacks
Call Number: 
DA533.G557 2014z
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Notes: 
"First published in Great Britain in 2013 by Penguin Books Ltd."--Title page verso.
Includes index.
Contents: 
Getting up --
Getting dressed --
A trip to the privy --
Personal grooming --
Morning exercise --
Breakfast --
The main business of the day --
Back at the house --
The midday meal --
The day's work resumes --
Meanwhile, for the young, there was school --
A few snatched hours of leisure --
The evening meal --
A bath before bed --
Behind the bedroom door.
ISBN: 
9780871404855 (hbk.)
0871404850 (hbk.)