How to Be a Victorian : A Dawn-To-Dusk Guide to Victorian Life

from Diana_Long_Thomas

Another book by Ruth Goodman. I have been wanting to read this one for awhile now, I just loved her in the various "Farm" series. I learned quite a bit on everyday life from this one. I was actually surprised at how much I didn't know about how people lived in this era, but I think it's because I...

from lauriebrown54

As a social historian and TV presenter, Ruth Goodman has lived the life of the Victorians at times. She learned the skills, wore the clothing, ate the foods, and groomed herself in the way of the 19th century for weeks at a time. Here she presents the day to day life of the Victorians over a rang...

from susandennis

This was absolutely fascinating. I read it in short chunks over many weeks and hated when I got to the end. Ruth Goodman knows her stuff and shares it all from how Victorians went to the bathroom to their schools and their breakfasts. I generally have very little to know interest in history and y...

from snash

This book describes Victorian life in England from country to city and from poor to affluent. It organizes the event of everyday life from dawn to dusk including everything from work to leisure, from food to clothes, and from medicine to sex. Since the author has lived a Victorian life for variou...

from dhelmen

An engrossing and enjoyable social history which covered all the topics I enjoy most and which are generally overlooked or spoken about in only the most general of terms about the upper classes such as food and clothing. Goodman's style is eminantly readable, enjoyable and informative.