MRS. BEETONS BOOK OF HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT

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Originally published as twentyfour newspaper columns from 1859 to 1861 Mrs. Beeton’:s Book of Household Management is many things but it is first and foremost a guide to managing a household during the nineteenth century.Beeton wrote “:As with the commander of an army or the leader of any enterprise so is it with the mistress of a house.”: Running an extravagant household was a monumental task and a responsibility not to be taken lightly. It meant supervising every employee from the butler to the laundrymaid to the footman and the wet nurse. It meant managing the safety happiness comfort and wellbeing of the family.In addition to offering advice on a wide range of domestic topics this abridged edition of Mrs. Beeton’:s Book of Household Management contains hundreds of original recipes. A compendium of practical information about everything from animal husbandry to child care this Victorian classic is both fascinating and still useful.Sarah A. Chrisman author of Victorian Secrets and This Victorian Life provides the foreword reflecting on how she uses Mrs. Beeton’:s advice on a daily basis.Isabella Beeton was born Isabella Mary Mayson (1836–:1865). After marrying a London publisher she wrote domestic columns and translated French texts. Her first work was published when she was twentytwo. She died at the age of twentyfive of an infection she contracted during the birth of her fourth child.Sarah A. Chrisman is the author of Victorian Secrets and This Victorian Life as well as the editor of True Ladies & Proper Gentlemen. Alongside her husband Gabriel she gives presentations on nineteenthcentury fashion and culture. She resides in Port Townsend Washington.

Data Publikacji: 2015-11-03
Wymiary: 203.2 mm 152.4 mm 30.48 mm 16.72 oz 474 gr