Bibliograph

At home, [a short history of private life], Bill Bryson

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At home, [a short history of private life], Bill Bryson

Language

eng

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other

Main title

At home

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Oclc number

656545779

Responsibility statement

Bill Bryson

Sub title

[a short history of private life]

Summary

Surprised by how little he knew of the things that made his home life so comfortable, author Bill Bryson decided to study each room in his house and discover how they came to be. Here, with trademark humor and wit, Bryson chronicles the history of domesticity

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

Target audience

adult

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Short history of private life

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