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This Victorian Life

Modern Adventures in Nineteenth-Century Culture, Cooking, Fashion, and Technology

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This Victorian Life

Written by: Sarah A. Chrisman
Narrated by: Laural Merlington
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We all know that the best way to study a foreign language is to go to a country where it's spoken, but can the same immersion method be applied to history? How do interactions with antique objects influence perceptions of the modern world?

From Victorian beauty regimes to 19th-century bicycles, custard recipes to taxidermy experiments, oil lamps to an ice box, Sarah and Gabriel Chrisman decided to explore 19th-century culture and technologies from the inside out. Even the deepest aspects of their lives became affected, and the more immersed they became in the late Victorian era, the more aware they grew of its legacies permeating the 21st century.

In her first book, Victorian Secrets, Chrisman recalled the first year she spent wearing a Victorian corset 24/7. In This Victorian Life, Chrisman picks up where Secrets left off and documents her complete shift into living as though she were in the 19th century.

©2015 Sarah A. Chrisman (P)2015 Tantor Americas United States Women Victorian History
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I found the narrator very dry and dragging. Listened on 1.25x speed minimum and it was a bit better, but overall I thinkt he narrators performance made this a more difficult listen.

Overall I don't agree with a lot of the negative reviews I see about the story, I do not find the author has a greater than thou attitude, rather I believe she is just enthusiastic about her lifestyle, which I find very interesting.

Great Story, terrible Narrator

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I really enjoyed her experience, language and unique perspective. Her passion is very clear.

Wonderful Wording

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The one and only complaint about this book is that it came to an end. I cherished every word and was truly impressed and utterly charmed with Sarah’s writing.

Cherished every minute!

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