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Published 2016 by Little Brown & Company.
Therese Oneill: Unmentionable (2016, Little Brown & Company)
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- 978-0-316-35804-0
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"A scandalously honest guide to the secrets of Victorian womanhood. "If Unmentionable does not secure the Pulitzer Prize for Most Fascinating Book Ever, the whole gig is rigged. Therese Oneill opens the doors to everything we secretly wanted to know about the Victorian era, but didn't think to ask. Knickers with no crotches? Check. Arsenic as a facial scrub? Check. The infrequency of bathing and the stench of the Victorian human body? Check mate"--
Subjects
- Women, great britain
- Women, social conditions
- Great britain, social life and customs
- Sex customs
- Women, sexual behavior
- Great britain, history, 19th century