Unmentionable
Books | History / Women
3.7
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Therese Oneill
Have you ever wished you could live in an earlier, more romantic era? Ladies, welcome to the 19th century, where there's arsenic in your face cream, a pot of cold pee sits under your bed, and all of your underwear is crotchless. (Why? Shush, dear. A lady doesn't question.) Unmentionable is your hilarious, illustrated, scandalously honest (yet never crass) guide to the secrets of Victorian womanhood, giving you detailed advice on: What to wear Where to relieve yourself How to conceal your loathsome addiction to menstruating What to expect on your wedding night How to be the perfect Victorian wife Why masturbating will kill you And more! Irresistibly charming, laugh-out-loud funny, and featuring nearly 200 images from Victorian publications, Unmentionable will inspire a whole new level of respect for Elizabeth Bennett, Scarlet O'Hara, Jane Eyre, and all of our great, great grandmothers. (And it just might leave you feeling ecstatically grateful to live in an age of pants, super absorbency tampons, epidurals, anti-depressants, and not dying of the syphilis your husband brought home.)
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Author
Therese Oneill
Pages
320
Publisher
Little, Brown
Published Date
2016-10-25
ISBN
0316358045 9780316358040
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"I loved ever minute reading this. It was informative and entertaining. "
Meagan Khatthaname
"Did I learn anything new? Only slightly. Is the author congratulating herself on her own wit? Definitely. This grated."
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"Still reading this. Never really cares much for history but this makes it fun to learn how things were done in this time period and the awful things women had to endure with clothing, hygiene, and men. "
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Alicia Chunn
"One of the funniest history books I've ever read"
Kristina Wood
"I'm really disappointed and angry about this book. As someone who really adores historical non-fiction and women's history, I was really thrilled to read this. I thought the way the book was written was cute and funny. It was easy to work through. However, this book is more to poke fun of the period and reaffirms a lot of stereotypes that people have about the Victorian Era. I couldn't find her background to maybe help explain if maybe she just has a historical degree or is a Victorian Era researcher, but I found nothing. <br/><br/>I'm a little sad. Where not everything is inaccurate, it's not handled tactfully nor clearly."
Renee Delcourt