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The Book of Household Management

Mrs. Beeton

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  • Book language: English
  • 1867 pages

The Book of Household Management is a Victorian domestic manual by Isabella Beeton, first issued in monthly parts and then as a bound volume in 1861. It offers practical guidance on cookery, servants, etiquette, health and household economy, making it a rich portrait of nineteenth-century home life. Listeners can enjoy its detailed recipes and period advice.

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Opening of the book

THE BOOK OF HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT;

Comprising Information for the

MISTRESS, HOUSEKEEPER, COOK, KITCHEN-MAID, BUTLER, FOOTMAN,

COACHMAN, VALET, UPPER AND UNDER HOUSE-MAIDS, LADY'S-MAID, MAIDOF-ALL-WORK, LAUNDRY-MAID, NURSE AND NURSE-MAID, MONTHLY, WET,

AND SICK NURSES, ETC. ETC.

ALSO, SANITARY, MEDICAL, & LEGAL MEMORANDA;

WITH A HISTORY OF THE ORIGIN, PROPERTIES, AND USES OF ALL THINGS

CONNECTED WITH HOME LIFE AND COMFORT.

BY MRS. ISABELLA BEETON.

Nothing lovelier can be found

In Woman, than to study household good.—MILTON.

Published Originally By S. O. Beeton in 24 Monthly Parts

1859-1861.

First Published in a Bound Edition 1861.

PREFACE.

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Contents

  1. PREFACE.
  2. GENERAL CONTENTS
  3. ANALYTICAL INDEX.
  4. ENGRAVINGS.
  5. COLOURED PLATES.
  6. THE BOOK OF HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT.
  7. CHAPTER I.
  8. CHAPTER II.
  9. CHAPTER III.
  10. CHAPTER IV.
  11. RECIPES.
  12. FISH SOUPS.
  13. RECIPES.
  14. RECIPES.
  15. RECIPES.
  16. RECIPES.
  17. CHAPTER XVII.
  18. CHAPTER XVIII.
  19. RECIPES.
  20. RECIPES.
  21. RECIPES.
  22. RECIPES.
  23. RECIPES.
  24. RECIPES.
  25. RECIPES.
  26. RECIPES.
  27. RECIPES.
  28. RECIPES.
  29. INVALID COOKERY.
  30. RECIPES.

and 6 more chapters

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