- Title: Inside the Victorian Home A Portrait of Domestic Life in Victorian England
- Author: Judith Flanders
- Year Published: 2003 (W.W. Norton & Company)
- Year Purchased: 2004/2005
- Source: History Book Club
- About: I am lustfully curious about matters of domestic history. No, not marital details. I mean the inner workings of domesticity-cooking, shopping, consumerism, the running of households, servants, the cost of goods, wages. It may be a strange occupation, but then I have never claimed nor aspired to normalcy. Inside the Victorian Home is not the only book on the subject I own (although it was the first I bought). It breaks down and explicates on all of the above subjects (as well as social and political history), as filtered through rooms of a house: bedroom, drawing room, morning room, etc., before throwing us out on the street, as it were, in the last chapter. So many things can be learned-insights gained-from how we lived, perhaps even more than what we say or record for posterity. It is a gem of its kind, and one that I turn to for clarification on such matters.
- Motivation: History + England + Domestic History= a book I could not resist.
- Times Read: 2
- Random Excerpt/Page 28: “If the family’s status was on display in the choice of the house, then it followed that location and public rooms were more important than comfort and convenience, and certainly more important than the private, family spaces.”
- Happiness Scale: 9+
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This sounds like a wonderful book. I had a Victoriana month on my blog throughout June, drop by and check out some of the posts if you like x
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I love this book. You should definitely read it if you get the chance. I will definitely take the time to stop by your blog later today or tomorrow! Thanks!
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