Picture Framing (Pan Original)

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Cope, Anne

Crafts & Hobbies

Pan/Macmillan

An almost forgotten classic though a founding text of Victorian middle-class identity,Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management is a volume of insight and common sense. Written by what one might now describe as a Victorian Martha Stewart, the book offers advice on fashion, child-care, animal husbandry, poisons, and the management of servants. To the modern reader expecting stuffy verbosity or heavy moralizing, Beeton's book is a revelation: it explores the foods of Europe and beyond, suggesting new food stuffs and techniques, mixing domestic advice with discussions of science, religion, class, industrialism and gender roles. Alternately frugal and fashionable, anxious and self confident, the book highlights the concerns of the growing Victorian middle-class at a key moment in its history. This abridged edition serves as a cookery book, while documenting a significant aspect of Victorian social and cultural history.

The Shorter Mrs Beeton

Beeton, Mrs.

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Orion Publishing Co

<p>Over 500 hints to help you cope better with house, garden, car, credit, laundry and more. Each hint is indexed and cross-referenced, so you won't have to leaf through hundreds of pages to find the one hint you need.</p>

Household Hints

Nitty Gritty

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