![]() ![]() The book starts off in the bedroom (as many Victorian babies were actually born in these rooms), and by using the bedroom function as its starting point, Flanders takes the focus wider and wider to include childbirth, early childhood life, the life and times of Victorian parents, gender roles and more. ![]() Life was not easy for the average woman (especially when compared to all the conveniences we have of today), so it was interesting for me to read and try to think how I would have coped in a similar situation. (Actually, I would say it was perfect as I can’t really think of anything that I would change or make different.) Flanders takes a typical Victorian home and by visiting it room by room and linking each room with a particular stage in life, the reader is transported through the domestic life of a fairly typical middle class married woman. ![]() So – this volume was very close to perfect. I just find it to be a fascinating era to look at. I grew up in England in a Victorian house, attended a private girls’ school that was started during the reign of Victoria, and like to read literature and anything else related to that time period. ![]() As you may have noticed by now, I am *somewhat* interested in Victorian times, especially the lives and times of ordinary people during those years. ![]()
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