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At home a short history of private life

Bryson (A Short History of Nearly Everything) takes readers on a tour of his house, a rural English parsonage, showing how each room has figured in the evolution of private life.

Main Author: Bryson, Bill.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Doubleday, c2010.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Subjects:
Dwellings > Psychological aspects.
Dwellings > Environmental aspects.
Rooms > Psychological aspects.
Rooms > Environmental aspects.
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Table of Contents:
  • The year
  • The setting
  • The hall
  • The kitchen
  • The scullery and the larder
  • The fusebox
  • The drawing room
  • The dining room
  • The cellar
  • The passage
  • The study
  • The garden
  • The plum room
  • The stairs
  • The bedroom
  • The bathroom
  • The dressing room
  • The nursery
  • The attic.

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