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At Home: A Short History Of Private Life (2010)

by Bill Bryson(Favorite Author)

3.93 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0767919386 (ISBN13: 9780767919388)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Doubleday

review 1: In some places there were too many statistics, but other than that I thoroughly enjoyed this book, as I have done with all of Bill Bryson's books. I learned so much! It would be nice if he created a volume 2, because there are many more home-related topics that he could write about. The special edition with lots of pictures is worth buying, too, in my opinion. Also, I believe this book would make a great textbook for a high school history class.
review 2: Spoiler alert - daily life in Victorian times was pretty gross. No one better to write about it than one of my favorite authors! I do wish he laid on his signature snark a little thicker, but it's still a pretty interesting collection of stories. At times it seemed like he went off on a tangent and the last fe... morew pages were oddly preachy, but overall a good read if you're interested in history but are turned off by most of the dry accounts out there. less

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