Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management: Abridged edition (Oxford World's Classics)

Author: Beeton, Isabella

Brand: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Edition: Abridged

Number Of Pages: 672

Details: 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. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

EAN: 9780199536337

Release Date: 01-08-2008

Languages: English

Item Note: This is a lightly used copy! There is minimal wear from use. The pages are clean with no marks.

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood

Binding: paperback

PartNumber: 9780199536337