A delightful tour through the intimate details of life in Victorian England, told by a historian who has cheerfully endured them all. Ruth Goodman believes in getting her hands dirty. Drawing on her own adventures living in re-created Victorian conditions, Goodman serves as our bustling and fanciful guide to nineteenth-century life. Proceeding from daybreak to bedtime, this charming, illustrative work celebrates the ordinary lives of the most perennially fascinating era of British history. From waking up to the rapping of a "knocker-upper man" on the window pane to lacing into a corset after a round of calisthenics, from slipping opium to the little ones to finally retiring to the bedroom for the ideal combination of "love, consideration, control and pleasure," the weird, wonderful, and somewhat gruesome intricacies of Victorian life are vividly rendered here. How to Be a Victorian is an enchanting manual for the insatiably curious.

露丝•古德曼（Ruth Goodman）

☛体验式历史学家

☛BBC纪录片主持人

☛历史类畅销书作家

英国历史学家，主要研究英国社会生活及家庭生活。她因亲身体验近代及古代的日常生活而被誉为体验式历史学家，曾主持BBC《维多利亚时期的农场》《维多利亚时代的药铺》《城堡的秘密》《爱德华农场》等多部纪录片。她在维多利亚时期的农场中待了一年，真实体会了工业时代的平凡生活。之后，她写下本书，不仅将维多利亚时代更私密、个性化的信息公之于众，更将一些个人的“穿越式”体验融入其中。