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UNMENTIONABLE
The Victorian Lady's Guide To Sex, Marriage & Manners
A guide to almost everything a modern woman needs to know to navigate this simpler time among genteel society. Readers will learn how to smear white lead over their body to cover freckles, and how to face the horrors of one's wedding night. Most importantly, this book will explain the logic behind these bizarre behaviors. Our great-great grandmothers were not idiots. This is a book about the complex nature of everyday female life in the 19th century.
Have you ever wished you could live in an earlier, more romantic era? Welcome to the 19thcentury, where there’s arsenic in your face cream, cocaine wine in your pantry (to help with “nerves”), and all of your underwear is crotchless.
In the spirit of "Texts from Jane Eyre" and Schott’s "Miscellany", UNMENTIONABLE is your guide to the secrets of life as a Victorian lady, giving detailed advice on everything from how much laughter is permitted a lady on the street (none), how to please your husband (stop talking) to what to wear (whalebone corsets, crinoline cages, and crotchless pantalettes – for quick bathroom access under all that hardware!), to managing your monthly “unwellness” (imagine crocheting your own maxi-pads!).
This is laugh-out-loud funny, naughty, and the historical details are fascinating.
Jane Austen fans will love it, and it’s the perfect holiday gift for women of all ages.
In her first book, Therese ONeill expands the success of her laugh-out-loud history pieces written for The Atlantic, Mental Floss, The Week, and Jezebel to a full-length adventure through the underbelly of Victorian femininity. Learn the mystery of the two-seater outhouse. Explore the different methods to ensure male offspring. Understand precisely why it's your own fault if your husband brings home syphilis. And most importantly, come away with an astonishing new appreciation of the fortitude of our great-grandmothers.
In the spirit of "Texts from Jane Eyre" and Schott’s "Miscellany", UNMENTIONABLE is your guide to the secrets of life as a Victorian lady, giving detailed advice on everything from how much laughter is permitted a lady on the street (none), how to please your husband (stop talking) to what to wear (whalebone corsets, crinoline cages, and crotchless pantalettes – for quick bathroom access under all that hardware!), to managing your monthly “unwellness” (imagine crocheting your own maxi-pads!).
This is laugh-out-loud funny, naughty, and the historical details are fascinating.
Jane Austen fans will love it, and it’s the perfect holiday gift for women of all ages.
In her first book, Therese ONeill expands the success of her laugh-out-loud history pieces written for The Atlantic, Mental Floss, The Week, and Jezebel to a full-length adventure through the underbelly of Victorian femininity. Learn the mystery of the two-seater outhouse. Explore the different methods to ensure male offspring. Understand precisely why it's your own fault if your husband brings home syphilis. And most importantly, come away with an astonishing new appreciation of the fortitude of our great-grandmothers.
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Published 2016-11-01 by Little Brown |
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Published 2016-11-01 by Little Brown |