Victorians Undone: Tales of the Flesh in the Age of Decorum by Kathryn Hughes

Victorians Undone: Tales of the Flesh in the Age of Decorum

Kathryn Hughes

436 pages • first pub 2017 (view editions) user-added

nonfiction biography history challenging informative medium-paced
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Victorians Undone: Tales of the Flesh in the Age of Decorum by Kathryn Hughes is ideal for readers who relish unconventional historical narratives that explore the intimate, often overlooked details of daily life through vivid, humanizing storytelling.

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‘A work of formidable scholarship that propels the reader from idea to idea. Reading it is like unravelling the bandages on a mummy to find the face of the past staring back in all its terrible and poignant humanity’ Financial TimesA groundbreakin...

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3.62
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Moods

informative: 100%

reflective: 31%

dark: 21%

lighthearted: 21%

challenging: 15%

funny: 10%

emotional: 5%

relaxing: 5%

sad: 5%

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25% of readers chose slow
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