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At Home

A Short History of Private Life

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At Home

Auteur(s): Bill Bryson
Narrateur(s): Bill Bryson
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 From one of the most beloved authors of our time—more than six million copies of his books have been sold in this country alone—a fascinating excursion into the history behind the place we call home.

“Houses aren’t refuges from history. They are where history ends up.”

Bill Bryson and his family live in a Victorian parsonage in a part of England where nothing of any great significance has happened since the Romans decamped. Yet one day, he began to consider how very little he knew about the ordinary things of life as he found it in that comfortable home. To remedy this, he formed the idea of journeying about his house from room to room to “write a history of the world without leaving home.” The bathroom provides the occasion for a history of hygiene; the bedroom, sex, death, and sleep; the kitchen, nutrition and the spice trade; and so on, as Bryson shows how each has fig­ured in the evolution of private life. Whatever happens in the world, he demonstrates, ends up in our house, in the paint and the pipes and the pillows and every item of furniture.

Bill Bryson has one of the liveliest, most inquisitive minds on the planet, and he is a master at turning the seemingly isolated or mundane fact into an occasion for the most diverting exposi­tion imaginable. His wit and sheer prose fluency make At Home one of the most entertaining books ever written about private life. Architecture Maison et habitation Monde Drôle Angleterre Moyen Âge

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PRAISE FOR AT HOME: A Short History of Private Life:

"...a delightful stroll through the history of domestic life. Now living in a 19th-century church rectory in Norfolk, England, the author decided to learn about the ordinary things of life by exploring each room in his house.... In a sense, Bryson’s book is a history of “getting comfortable slowly".... Informative, readable and great fun."—Kirkus Reviews (starred)

"[D]elightful.... Considering our homes means a dash through history, politics, science, sex, and dozens of other fields. If this book doesn't supply you with five years' worth of dinner conversation, you're not paying attention."—PEOPLE magazine

"Fascinating.... Join this ambiable tour guide as he wanders through his house, a former rectory built in 1851 in a tranquil English village.... [It] takes a very particular kind of thoughtfulness, as well as a bold temperament, to stuff all this research into a mattress that's supportive enough to loll about on while pondering the real subject of this book -- the development of the modern world.... Bryson is fascinated by everything, and his curiosity is infectious...[his] enthusiasm brightens any dull corner.... You'll be given a delightful smattering of information about everything but...the kitchen sink."— Dominique Browning, The New York Times Book Review
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Mr. Bryson is pleasing to the ear. Such a piece is a great reminder of the dangers of conceptual living; Victorian times.
Would and have recommended.

Great listen. A good survole of early England.

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Informative

I found the content very interesting.
I enjoyed learning about so many things.

Informative

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Ah the history of our homes snd the contents there in is so delectable...Bill Bryson is the best person to write znd perform it!

Delicious Morsels of Detail

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I can't recommend this book highly enough.! It was a stab in the dark. I had not heard of the book or the author, I simply wanted a book that wasn't a novel, wasn't political and wasn't some heavy tome seeped in Egyptian or Grecian History. I have all those. What a pleasant surprise! Beautifully written and researched by Bill Bryson and so well narrated. I loved it... it's like a treasure trove of "wows" and "oohs and ahhs". History has never looked so interesting. Congratulations Mr. Bryson, I will recommend this to everyone I can think of . I will also explore your other books now....but think that this will always be my favorite. Thank you.

Unexpected Pleasure!

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an enjoyable listen, but bill takes us on a very circuitous series of historical discussions that feel only loosely hung on the premise of telling the story of domestic life by going through room by room. the tangents that come out of that sometimes feel like a bit of a stretch, and not always the best direction to go. for example in telling the story of the kitchen, the author tells us the somewhat tangential story of the European spice trade. in a later chapter, as fascinating as this information is, it doesn't come together that nicely as a book. Rather it feels more like the author had some stories he wanted to tell, and works the theme a bit to fit them in.
It's fascinating and theatrically told, if a bit hodgepodge.

interesting. But a very loose through-line

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