Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management

By Isabella Beeton,

Book cover of Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management: The 1861 Classic with Advice on Cooking, Cleaning, Childrearing, Entertaining, and More

Book description

Coming soon!
Shepherd is reader supported. When you buy books, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Why read it?

1 author picked Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Yes, this is a domestic guide on how to create the ideal household, but it’s so much more than that!

I love that Beeton opens her book by comparing the mistress of the house to an army commander. The book includes hundreds of recipes, along with all kinds of domestic advice: how to hire servants, how to purchase a house, how to revive a child from a coma, how to set a broken bone, and how to treat opium overdose.

Best of all is the irony that the author of this middle-class domestic ideal worked outside the home alongside her…

Want books like Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management?

Our community of 11,000+ authors has personally recommended 100 books like Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management.

Browse books like Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management

5 book lists we think you will like!

Interested in Victorian, opium, and presidential biography?

Victorian 163 books
Opium 28 books