The Book of Household Management by Mrs. Beeton
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"The Book of Household Management" by Mrs. Beeton is an extensive guide to running a household in Victorian Britain, first published in 1861. Initially serialized in monthly installments beginning in 1859, this comprehensive work covers everything from cookery and household duties to medical advice and servant management. The book became an immediate bestseller, selling 60,000 copies in its first year and nearly two million by 1868. Its highly structured recipes and practical
instructions revolutionized domestic management, making it the most consulted cookery book between 1875 and 1914. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary), 1836-1865 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Book of Household Management |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs._Beeton%27s_Book_of_Household_Management |
| Credits | E-text prepared by Jonathan Ingram, Sandra Brown, and Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 67.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | TX: Technology: Home economics |
| Subject | Home economics |
| Subject | Cooking, English |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 10136 |
| Release Date | Nov 1, 2003 |
| Last Update | Oct 28, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 3372 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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