Suburban Residences and How to Circumvent Them

Klappentext First published in 1896, this advice guide shows the middle classes how to make the best of suburban domestic life. Zusammenfassung First published in 1896, this was one of a series of domestic advice guides by the author and journalist Jane Ellen Panton (1847–1923). Looking at lifestyle, neighbour relations, housekeeping and decoration, it shows those with 'middle sized incomes' how to make the best of nineteenth-century suburban life. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. First steps; 2. Halls and passages; 3. Kitchen and basements; 4. Dining rooms; 5. Parlours; 6. Third rooms; 7. The nurseries; 8. Bedrooms; 9. Bathrooms and dining-rooms; 10. The great servant question.

Product details

• Authors: Jane Ellen Panton, Jane Ellen Frith Panton, Panton Jane Ellen
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.08.2012
• EAN: 9781108053204
• ISBN: 978-1-108-05320-4
• No. of pages: 330
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Practical guides; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, COOKING / Entertaining, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Social and cultural history, Parties, etiquette & entertaining, Parties, etiquette and entertaining