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.

露絲•古德曼（Ruth Goodman）

☛體驗式曆史學傢

☛BBC紀錄片主持人

☛曆史類暢銷書作傢

英國曆史學傢，主要研究英國社會生活及傢庭生活。她因親身體驗近代及古代的日常生活而被譽為體驗式曆史學傢，曾主持BBC《維多利亞時期的農場》《維多利亞時代的藥鋪》《城堡的秘密》《愛德華農場》等多部紀錄片。她在維多利亞時期的農場中待瞭一年，真實體會瞭工業時代的平凡生活。之後，她寫下本書，不僅將維多利亞時代更私密、個性化的信息公之於眾，更將一些個人的“穿越式”體驗融入其中。