Recollections of a HousekeeperApplewood Books, 2008 - 160 páginas Catherine Gilman's 1834 work provides a picture of domestic life and manners in New England. Claiming to take as her source the mingled results of observation and experience, Gilman's work provides insight into the life of a homemaker in nineteenth-century New England and is the precursor to her later Recollections of a Southern Matron. Taken as a pair, the two works provide insight into the regional differences in domestic economy between the North and the South in antebellum America. |
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... guest , re- lieved me from every care ; but on the Monday following , she returned to her own residence , Edward went to his office , and I was left alone , I soon felt weary of idleness . How willingly would I have darned a stocking ...
... guest , re- lieved me from every care ; but on the Monday following , she returned to her own residence , Edward went to his office , and I was left alone , I soon felt weary of idleness . How willingly would I have darned a stocking ...
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... guest at the gate , and could not account for her look of ill - suppressed mirth , until Cinda gave me a hint of what she called manners in her reception . Another peculiarity of Cinda's was to ex- amine every new purchase of mine , and ...
... guest at the gate , and could not account for her look of ill - suppressed mirth , until Cinda gave me a hint of what she called manners in her reception . Another peculiarity of Cinda's was to ex- amine every new purchase of mine , and ...
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... guests crowded around the table it was suddenly over- thrown , and the lamp shattered to pieces . Satin slippers and gentlemen's pumps received the indiscriminate shower of oil , and the beautiful engravings coming in for a share , a ...
... guests crowded around the table it was suddenly over- thrown , and the lamp shattered to pieces . Satin slippers and gentlemen's pumps received the indiscriminate shower of oil , and the beautiful engravings coming in for a share , a ...
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... guest at dinner , that completely excited my risibility . " Who is coming here to day ? " said Polly . " A tutor from Cambridge , " answered Becky . " What is a tutor ? " asked Polly " Mercy ' child , don't you know ? " said Becky ...
... guest at dinner , that completely excited my risibility . " Who is coming here to day ? " said Polly . " A tutor from Cambridge , " answered Becky . " What is a tutor ? " asked Polly " Mercy ' child , don't you know ? " said Becky ...
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... guest departed . I usually visited the kitchen before retiring , to observe whether all were safe . For several evenings I found the ashes raked up in a sym- metrical mound , the hearth swept clean , the boiler filled and placed upon ...
... guest departed . I usually visited the kitchen before retiring , to observe whether all were safe . For several evenings I found the ashes raked up in a sym- metrical mound , the hearth swept clean , the boiler filled and placed upon ...
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