LEADER 02654nam 2200469 450 001 9910148633703321 005 20221030092053.0 010 $a0-316-35804-5 010 $a0-316-39565-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000000921458 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5363431 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6925055 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6925055 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000921458 100 $a20221030d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aUnmentionable $ethe Victorian lady's guide to sex, marriage, and manners /$fTherese Oneill 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aNew York, New York :$cLittle, Brown and Company,$d[2016] 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 307 pages) $cillustrations 311 $a0-316-35791-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aHello, 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. 330 $a"A scandalously honest guide to the secrets of Victorian womanhood. "If Unmentionable does not secure the Pulitzer Prize for Most Fascinating Book Ever, the whole gig is rigged. Therese Oneill opens the doors to everything we secretly wanted to know about the Victorian era, but didn't think to ask. Knickers with no crotches? Check. Arsenic as a facial scrub? Check. The infrequency of bathing and the stench of the Victorian human body? Check mate"--$cprovided by publisher. 606 $aWomen$zEngland$xSocial conditions 607 $aGreat Britain$xSocial life and customs$y19th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWomen$xSocial conditions. 676 $a305.4209034 700 $aOneill$b Therese$01213254 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910148633703321 996 $aUnmentionable$92802087 997 $aUNINA