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The Book of Household Management

by Isabella Beeton

The book best known as Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management, also published as Mrs Beeton's Cookery Book, is an extensive guide to running a household in Victorian Britain, edited by Isabella Beeton and first published as a book in 1861. Previously published in parts, it initially and briefly bore the title Beeton's Book of Household Management, as one of the series of guide-books published by her husband, Samuel Beeton. The recipes were highly structured, in contrast to those in earlier cookbooks. It was illustrated with many monochrome and colour plates.

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English

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English

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1861

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Isabella Beeton

United Kingdom

Isabella Mary Beeton known as Mrs Beeton, was an English journalist, editor and writer. Her name is associated with her first book, the 1861 work Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management. After schoo...

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