Victorians undone : tales of the flesh in the age of decorum / Kathryn Hughes
London : Fourth Estate, 2017. First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #395131
ISBN: 0007548362
Physical description: xviii, 414 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Introduction : Parts and holes -- Lady Flora's belly -- Charles Darwin's beard -- George Eliot's hand -- Fanny Cornforth's mouth -- Sweet Fanny Adams. Subjects: Hastings, Flora Lady 1806-1839; Darwin, Charles 1809-1882; Eliot, George 1819-1880; Cornforth, Fanny 1835-1909; Adams, Fanny 1859-1867; Human body Social aspects Great Britain History 19th century; Body image Social aspects Great Britain History 19th century.
Price: €10.95