The Victorian parlour is a distinctive artifact that will richly repay a thoughtful interdisciplinary analysis.
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History, History and criticism, Social life and customs, House furnishings, Literature and society, Living rooms, English literature, Domestic fiction, English, House furnishings in literature, Home in literature, English Domestic fiction, Domestic fiction, history and criticism, English literature, history and criticism, 19th century, Great britain, social life and customsPlaces
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The Victorian Parlour: A Cultural Study (Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture)
November 2, 2006, Cambridge University Press
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0521028159 9780521028158
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Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: List of illustrations page x
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
I House and home: the parlour in context I
2. "Sweet ordering, arrangement, and decision":
decorating the parlour 36
3. An empire of things: objects in the parlour 105
4. "Intimate glimpses of home": representations of
the parlour 202
Afterword 233
Notes 236
Bibliography 260
Index 276.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 260-275) and index.
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