Unmentionable : the Victorian lady's guide to sex, marriage, and manners / Therese Oneill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oneill, Therese, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--England--Social conditions--19th century.

Women.

Women--England--History--19th century.

History.

Social conditions.

Great Britain--Social life and customs--19th century.

Great Britain.

Manners and customs.

England.

Physical Description:

viii, 307 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2016.

Summary:

"A scandalously honest guide to the secrets of Victorian womanhood. "If Unmentionable does not secure the Pulitzer Prize for Most Fascinating Book Ever, the whole gig is rigged. Therese Oneill opens the doors to everything we secretly wanted to know about the Victorian era, but didn't think to ask. Knickers with no crotches? Check. Arsenic as a facial scrub? Check. The infrequency of bathing and the stench of the Victorian human body? Check mate." -- provided by publisher.

Contents:

Hello, Slattern

Getting Dressed: How to Properly Hide Your Shame

Bowels into Buckets: Nature Is an Obscene Caller

The Treacherous Art of Bathing

Menstruation: You're Doing It Wrong

Diet: You're a Little Bag of Pudding

Beauty: Scorch, Slather. and Stuff

Courtship: Not-Talking Your Way into His Heart

The Wedding Night, or: a Bad Bit of Bumbo

Birth Control and Other Affronts to God

Being a Good Wife: How to Avoid His Eventual Resentment for as Long as Possible

Running a Proper Household: The Gentle Art of Dictatorship

Public Behavior: Avoiding Scorn, Dangers, and Museums

It's Hysterical: The Least Funny Thing About Victorian Life

The Secret Vice: "Where Warts and Tiny Nipples Come From"

Conclusion: I Miss Pants

Acknowledgments

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-307)

ISBN:

9780316357913

031635791X

OCLC:

944933719

Publisher Number:

99969472063