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Эта книга – энциклопедия воспитания детей XIX века, где описаны реальные рекомендации, практики настоящие дети. Здесь представлены основные методы и подходы, которые у любого современного человека вызовут лишь чувство недоумения, недоверия и даже мрачный смех, но бытовавшие в высших сословиях Америки и Великобритании той эпохи. Если современные советы не работают - настало время обратиться к мудрости предков!

From the author of the New York Times bestseller Unmentionable, a hilarious illustrated guide to the secrets of Victorian child-rearing, reminding us that the obsessive quest to create "the perfect child" has been around a long time.
The wickedly funny feminist historian who brought you Unmentionable: A Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners is back, to educate you on what to expect when you're expecting . . . a Victorian baby.

Twenty-first century parents are drowning in theories and advice and guilt, with maybe one in a hundred managing some façade of success. What can we learn from our foremothers? Is it possible that the rather draconian methods of Victorian childrearing worked? Better than the ones we bend our backs to today?

Ungovernable will address parents' concerns about raising a model Victorian child, advising you on:
- How much lager to consume while pregnant
- How to select the best peasant teat for your child
- How to choose an appropriately homely governess
- Which toys are most likely to turn your child into a sexual deviant
- And more

Consulting actual advice manuals from the 19th century, Oneill takes us on a shocking and hilarious tour through the backwards, pseudoscientific, downright bizarre childrearing fashions of the Victorians, giving us some much-needed perspective on contemporary parenting fads.

Вы когда-нибудь мечтали перенестись в прошлое и пожить в эпоху, романтизированную Джейн Остин, сестрами Бронте и многочисленными кинофильмами? Тогда эта книга для вас. Вы окунетесь в мир, где в крем для лица добавляли мышьяк, нижнее белье было с разрезом между ног, а процесс освобождения от одежды требовал помощи нескольких человек.

Have you ever wished you could live in an earlier, more romantic era?

Ladies, welcome to the 19th century, where there's arsenic in your face cream, a pot of cold pee sits under your bed, and all of your underwear is crotchless. (Why? Shush, dear. A lady doesn't question.)

UNMENTIONABLE is your hilarious, illustrated, scandalously honest (yet never crass) guide to the secrets of Victorian womanhood, giving you detailed advice on:

~ What to wear
~ Where to relieve yourself
~ How to conceal your loathsome addiction to menstruating
~ What to expect on your wedding night
~ How to be the perfect Victorian wife
~ Why masturbating will kill you
~ And more

Irresistibly charming, laugh-out-loud funny, and featuring nearly 200 images from Victorian publications, UNMENTIONABLE will inspire a whole new level of respect for Elizabeth Bennett, Scarlet O'Hara, Jane Eyre, and all of our great, great grandmothers.

(And it just might leave you feeling ecstatically grateful to live in an age of pants, super absorbency tampons, epidurals, anti-depressants, and not-dying-of-the-syphilis-your-husband-brought-home.)