Boston Victorians
Boston Victorians
Very nice 5-room apartment in Melrose (Horace Mann) $1175July 1, 2009 by admin
Very nice and spacious 5-room apartment in Victorian 2-family. Lots of features, including large eat-in-kitchen, hardwood floors, french doors, pocket doors, tons of storage, washer/dryer hook-up, parking for 2 cars including 1 garage space. Close to bus, commuter rail, and shopping. Rent is 75+ utilities. Available mid-August. Please call 781-856-2474. |
This room-by-room guide brims with delightful description and discussion of the Victorians and their domestic environments... Flanders is unflinching on the realities of dirt, childbirth, women's bodies and serious illness. Her intelligent, and unromanticized scrutiny of Victorian domestic custom, etiquette and style will greatly enhance readers' understanding of the period's social history, its literature, and visual and decorative arts. Aware of the power of family life to determine attitudes toward gender, childhood, education and health... 24 pages of color illus. and b&w illus. throughout.
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