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Are you aware that a lady shouldn't cross the road to greet a friend on the other side, that she should hold a conversation only while walking and definitely not stand still in the road? The kind of book I would be delighted to find in someone's loo - and I mean that in a nice and definitely not insulting way. Avoid talking about ‘the opera’ in the presence of those who are not frequent visitors to it. 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With a 4-year-old's scatological glee, Oneill details the logistics of old-time peeing, pooping, gestating, menstruating and mating...For Oneill, Victorian time travel is a tour of horrors that makes us thankful to come home to tampons and toilets. .price-update-feature-ww{display:none}.price-update-row-ww{display:none;padding-bottom:10px;margin-bottom:0}.twister-plus-bottom-sheet-padding{padding-right:1.3rem;padding-left:1.3rem}.pinned-header-container{width:100%;display:block}.tp-pinned-header-sticky{position:fixed;top:0;left:0;width:100%}#tp-pinned-header{z-index:10000;display:none;border-width:0;border-radius:0;padding-top:0;max-height:60px}.tp-pinned-header-shadow-box{-moz-box-shadow:0 2px 5px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.2);-webkit-box-shadow:0 2px 5px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.2);box-shadow:0 2px 5px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.2)}.pinned-header-center-section{padding:17px 0 0 5px;margin-bottom:0;line-height:0}.pinned-header-center-section.multi-line{padding-top:9px}.pinned-header-price-section{width:100%}.pinned-header-secondary-text{width:100%}.pinned-header-button-section{padding:13px 13px}.tp-pinned-header-image-container{padding:9px 0 9px 5px}.pinned-header-button-section.non-english{padding-top:9px}#tp-pinned-header-additional-price-info{display:none}.tp-pinned-header-payment-term-number{margin-left:4px}.tp-pinned-header-payment-period{display:none;word-spacing:normal}.tp-pinned-header-prime-badge{display:inline-block}#twister-plus-card{padding:0}#twister-plus-card .twister-plus-header{padding:15px 15px 0 15px}#twister-plus-card .twister-plus-divider{padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;margin-bottom:0!important} The Etiquette of Dress - Hints from Victorian and Edwardian writers This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. Curiosity got the most of me. Oneill's style is witty and engaging, but she never glosses over the fact that what she says is absolutely true, proved by the primary source quotes sprinkled liberally throughout the book. However, it was very informative, well researched, and very, very interesting. ― To excel in conversation, speakers were supposed to be alert and their mind should not be preoccupied to avoid making blunders. .climatePledgeFriendlyATF{color:#168342!important;text-decoration:none!important}.climatePledgeFriendlyAlignMiddle{vertical-align:middle}.climatePledgeFriendlyMarginLeft21px{margin-left:21px}.climatePledgeFriendlyMarginLeft10px{margin-left:10px}.climatePledgeFriendlyDesktopCard{margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:50px} Victorian Manners, Etiquette Applied to Socializing and Leisure . (window.AmazonUIPageJS ? This book is about life in the Victorian World when the British Empire never slept or the sun never set on it. 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