Domestic advice manuals
Guides for masters and mistresses
Advice manuals in this category may on the surface appear paradoxical. The works provide ready reference on the varied duties of male and female domestic service roles
Guides for servants
Guides for servants were written by authors from varied social classes, including ex-servants
Guides for domestic economy
In the fields of domestic economy, readership comprised chiefly young married women
Eat, pray, decorate
Advice manuals – the self-help books of the 19th century – provide a rich source of information about domestic and social life in the era
