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(More customer reviews)This is a complete classic. While back in Britain at my inlaws' house, I read much of the original in a very old copy on their kitchen shelves. I have to admit I fell in love with her earnest tone and dry humor, and was very glad to see this edition so affordably priced upon our return. The abridgment worried me but it's still HUGE, so no complaints. Made a very fun and whimsical Mother's Day gift for my mom, too, who loves this type of thing.
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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.
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