Featuring an art nouveau style gold embossed spine, wonderful colour plates and black and white illustrations and period adverts. Beeton addressed a variety of issues relating to this historically transitional period. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Begun in 1859 as a series of english magazine articles, household management was published complete at over 1,000 pages in 1861 and became an instant bestseller in the uk and beyond. Mrs beetons book of household management the world of. Beetons book of household management circa 1861 free. May 02, 2014 this month, the cook book guru is featuring the book of household management by mrs isabella beeton. Beeton s massive book of household management, published in 1861, offered its readers nononsense, practical advice on all aspects of housekeeping, cooking, child care, dealing with ones servants, managing ones poultry, and the ins and outs of properly addressing dinner invitations. Get it by mon, aug 17 tue, aug 18 from ny, united states very good condition. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Mrs beetons book of household management the british library.
Beeton s book of household management is a volume of insight and common sense. Nov 08, 2015 published in 1861, beetons book of household management is perhaps one of the most famous nonfiction books to come out of the 19th century. Mrs beetons book of household management by isabella beeton. Beetons massive book of household management, published in 1861, offered its readers nononsense, practical advice on all aspects of housekeeping, cooking, child care, dealing with ones servants, managing ones poultry, and the ins and outs of properly addressing dinner invitations. This month, the cook book guru is featuring the book of household management by mrs isabella beeton. It is not a book i would normally be clambering to cook from but, as it was being featured this month, i decided to give it a go. Beeton s book of household management was at first a guide to managing a household. Nov 26, 2007 british writer isabella mary beeton 18361865 caused a sensation in 1861 when she published her guide to proper victorian housekeeping, known under various unofficial titles, including mrs. The 1861 classic with advice on cooking, cleaning, childrearing, entertaining, and more kindle edition by. Isabella beeton was first published in 24 monthly parts 185961 and as a bound edition later in 1861.
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This useful book of recipes from the 1920s includes 400 recipes for jam, marmalade, jelly, pickles, chutneys, and wines. Beeton s book of household management opens and has 16 pages with 8 illustrations, it measures approximately 34 of an inch high by 58 of an inch wide. Her style, imparting information as clearly and simply as possible, was hugely influential. Fishing creek on the virginia side of the ohio, where they lived to a. Much more than just a cookery book, or even a guide to household management, her book of household management is full of historic and literary anecdotes she aimed to give her readers a thorough education. Beetons cookery book and household guide by isabella.
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