An edition of Unmentionable
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Unmentionable
the Victorian lady's guide to sex, marriage, and manners
First edition.
by Therese Oneill
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"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"--
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Social conditions, Social life and customs, Women, History, Women, great britain, Women, social conditions, Great britain, social life and customs, Sex customs, Women, sexual behavior, Great britain, history, 19th century, nyt:fashion-manners-and-customs=2017-01-08, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewedPlaces
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Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners
Apr 16, 2019, Hachette Book Group and Blackstone Audio, Little Brown and Company
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Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners
May 08, 2018, Back Bay Books
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Unmentionable: the Victorian lady's guide to sex, marriage, and manners
2016
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Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners
2016, Little Brown & Company
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Table of 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-307).
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