The Victorian era has dominated the popular imagination like no other period, but these myths and stories also give a very distorted view of the 19th century. T
What was life really like in Victorian England during its transition from provincial society into modern urban power? Discover the effects of increased women's
The Way People Live series focuses on pockets of human culture. Using a wide variety of primary quotations, each book in the series attempts to show an honest a
A rich selection from diaries, letters, advice books, magazines, and paintings creates a rooms-by-room portrait of Victorian life--from childbirth in the master