{"product_id":"9781631491139","title":"How to Be a Victorian: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Victorian Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNamed one of the Best Books of the Year by NPR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA “revelatory” (\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e) romp through the intimate details of Victorian life, by an historian who has cheerfully endured them all.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  Lauded by critics, \u003cem\u003eHow to Be a Victorian\u003c\/em\u003e is an enchanting manual for the insatiably curious, the “the cheapest time-travel machine you’ll find” (NPR). Readers have fallen in love with Ruth Goodman, an historian who believes in getting her hands dirty. Drawing on her own firsthand adventures living in re-created Victorian conditions, Goodman serves as our bustling guide to nineteenth-century life. Proceeding from daybreak to bedtime, this charming, illustrative work “imagines the Victorians as intrepid survivors” (\u003cem\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/em\u003e) of the most perennially fascinating era of British history. From lacing into a corset after a round of calisthenics to slipping opium to the little ones, Goodman’s account of Victorian life “makes you feel as if you could pass as a native” (\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e).","brand":"Liveright Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47037230776560,"sku":"9781631491139","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781631491139_p0.jpg?v=1763672123","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781631491139","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}