Mrs. Pooter's Diary

Mrs. Pooter's Diary PDF Author: Keith Waterhouse
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232

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Mrs. Pooter's Diary

Mrs. Pooter's Diary PDF Author: Keith Waterhouse
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232

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Plays and Players

Plays and Players PDF Author:
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Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 592

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The Collected Letters of a Nobody

The Collected Letters of a Nobody PDF Author: Keith Waterhouse
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ISBN: 9780586071670
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Languages : en
Pages : 196

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Punch

Punch PDF Author: Mark Lemon
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Category : Caricatures and cartoons
Languages : en
Pages : 684

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Encyclopedia of British Humorists

Encyclopedia of British Humorists PDF Author: Steven H. Gale
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780824059903
Category : English wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 690

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First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell ; Mr and Mrs Nobody ; And, Bookends

Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell ; Mr and Mrs Nobody ; And, Bookends PDF Author: Keith Waterhouse
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Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 180

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A Victorian Somebody

A Victorian Somebody PDF Author: Stephen Wade
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 1909183717
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 229

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In the 1880s, George Grossmith was the dazzling comic star of Gilbert and Sullivan's immensely popular Savoy operas. London theatregoers waited excitedly for the next production, knowing that George would be cast in the lead role of the ‘patter man'. He was also many other things in his life, including Bow Street court reporter, piano entertainer for high society, and in the 1890s, with his brother Weedon, the author of the humorous classic work of fiction, The Diary of a Nobody, which has never been out of print and continues to inspire other writers. In this fascinating book, Stephen Wade tells the story of Grossmith’s life, from Penny Reading entertainer to self-styled ‘society clown.’ A Victorian Somebody places him firmly in context, recalls the many friends and colleagues who worked with George, and puts him once again centre stage, exactly where he should be.

Punch

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Category : English wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 748

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Books in General

Books in General PDF Author: Sir John Collings Squire
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Languages : en
Pages : 286

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Knowing Their Place

Knowing Their Place PDF Author: Lucy Delap
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191618225
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 277

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Historians have traditionally seen domestic service as an obsolete or redundant sector from the middle of the twentieth century. Knowing Their Place challenges this by linking the early twentieth-century employment of maids and cooks to later practices of employing au pairs, mothers' helps, and cleaners. Lucy Delap tells the story of lives and labour within British homes, from great houses to suburbs and slums, and charts the interactions of servants and employers along with the intense controversies and emotions they inspired. Knowing Their Place also examines the employment of men and migrant workers, as well as the role of laughter and erotic desire in shaping domestic service. The memory of domestic service and the role of the past in shaping and mediating the present is examined through heritage and televisual sources, from Upstairs, Downstairs to The 1900 House. Drawing from advice manuals, magazines, novels, cinema, memoirs, feminist tracts, and photographs, this fascinating book points to new directions in cultural history through its engagement in innovative areas such as the history of emotions and cultural memory. Through its attention to the contemporary rise in the employment of domestic workers, Knowing Their Place sets modern Britain in a new and compelling historical context.