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Victorians Undone: Tales of the Flesh in the Age of Decorum by Kathryn Hughes

Description: A groundbreaking account of what it was like to live in a Victorian body from one of our best historians, author of The Short Life and Long Times of Mrs Beeton and George Eliot: The Last Victorian. Why did the great philosophical novelist George Eliot feel so self-conscious that her right hand was larger than her left?Exactly what made Darwin grow that iconic beard in 1862, a good five years after his contemporaries had all retired their razors?Who knew Queen Victoria had a personal hygiene problem as a young woman and the crisis that followed led to a hurried commitment to marry Albert?What did John Sell Cotman, a handsome drawing room operator who painted some of the most exquisite watercolours the world has ever seen, feel about marrying a woman whose big nose made smart people snigger?How did a working-class child called Fanny Adams disintegrate into pieces in 1867 before being reassembled into a popular joke, one we still reference today, but would stop, appalled, if we knew its origins?Kathryn Hughes follows a thickened index finger or deep baritone voice into the realms of social history, medical discourse, aesthetic practise and religious observance – its language is one of admiring glances, cruel sniggers, an implacably turned back. The result is an eye-opening, deeply intelligent, groundbreaking account that brings the Victorians back to life and helps us understand how they lived their lives.

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EAN: 9780007548385

UPC: 9780007548385

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Book Title: Victorians Undone: Tales of the Flesh in the Age o

Item Length: 19.8 cm

Number of Pages: 432 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: Victorians Undone: Tales of the Flesh in the Age of Decorum

Publisher: HarperCollins

Publication Year: 2018

Subject: Archaeology, History

Item Height: 198 mm

Item Weight: 310 g

Type: Textbook

Author: Kathryn Hughes

Item Width: 129 mm

Format: Paperback

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