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The Book of Household Management — Mrs. Beeton

The Book of Household Management

Mrs. Beeton

  • Essays
  • 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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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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