Victorian texts added to this page might include excerpts from housekeeping guides, essays on household life in periodicals...and so on.

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                Domesticity Table of Contents

Sample Format

"Title," Sally M. Author, Original Place of Publication, volume.issue number (date): page numbers.

George du Maurier: The Last Straw image drawn in 1897 and displayed in Punch.

Governess, Companion and Housekeeper Ads from The Times of London (1845-1847)

"Horniman's Tea". National Review, 32, April 1863, p.529. 

 Little Girls Come Out To Play," no author, Englishwomens Review, Punch Magazine XXXVIII (Oct 10, 1857): pg. 153.

Visual Images of Miss Marjoribanks

Women's Rights  Punch, or the London Charivari.  (1874): 71.

                Useful Domesticity-Related Links

This is a great place to put links to sites that offer full-texts or information specifically related to domesticity.  Please use the Victorian Studies Websites page to link to pages that offer many different types of content. 

Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management (full-text)