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Author Hughes, Kathryn, 1959- author.

Title Victorians undone : tales of the flesh in the age of decorum / Kathryn Hughes.

Publication Info. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018.
©2017

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Location Call No. Status
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  306.4094 HUGHES    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  306.7094 HUGHES, KATHRYN    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  941.081 HUG    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  941.081 HUGHES    Check Shelf
Description xviii, 414 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 25 cm
Note "First published in Great Britain by 4th Estate in 2017"--Title page verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-401) and index.
Contents Introduction : Parts and holes -- Lady Flora's belly -- Charles Darwin's beard -- George Eliot's hand -- Fanny Cornforth's mouth -- Sweet Fanny Adams.
Summary "A groundbreaking account of what it was like to live in a Victorian body from one of our best historians ... brings the Victorians back to life and helps us understand how they lived their lives"--Publisher's description.
Subject Human body -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Body image -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901.
Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Added Title Tales of the flesh in the age of decorum
ISBN 142142570X (hardcover)
9781421425702 (hardcover)
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