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Unmentionable

The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners

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Unmentionable

Written by: Therese Oneill
Narrated by: Betsy Foldes Meiman
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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, 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, Unmentionable will inspire a whole new level of respect for Elizabeth Bennett, Scarlett 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, superabsorbency tampons, epidurals, antidepressants, and not dying of the syphilis your husband brought home.)

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.

©2016 Therese Oneill (P)2016 Hachette Audio Literature & Fiction Comedy Marriage Funny Witty
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What the critics say

"A down-and-dirty perusal of the realities of hygiene and womanhood in the Victorian era. The truth behind slimming corsets, virtuous nuptials, and strict morals is sometimes shocking, occasionally alarming, but always funny with Oneill's wry commentary." ( Library Journal)
"Flat-out hysterical (and occasionally alarming).... Read it and be very, very glad you're a woman of modern times." ( Good Housekeeping)
"Oneill uncovers the filthy, untidy, licentious conditions of 19th-century women's lives that novelists of the period often glossed over." ( Elle)

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Enlightening and Humorous!

I enjoyed travelling back in time and learning all there is to know about surviving as a lady in the 19th century! It really makes you appreciate all the hard work women did back then. As well as finding a new appreciation for the women who fought for all women and what our world is now in the 21st century. Very well written and read!

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Enjoyable pop history

Great look at everyday life for a specific section of Victorian society. Love the tone of the writing, and the performance really compliments it.

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Waist of my time

nothing of substance here. Just rambling on about nothing. Nothing of substance. I didn't find it interesting

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