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A HOUSEHOLD NAME.(Kathryn Hughes's 'The Short Life and Long Times of Mrs. Beeton' )(Brief article)

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| June 01, 2006 | Rattray, Bess | COPYRIGHT 2006 All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of The Condé Nast Publications Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Bess Rattray

Long before Martha Stewart, a striving young English-woman named Isabella Beeton burst from the shadows of the Victorian pantry to become world famous as a dispenser of advice on household management in all its vagaries, from recipes ("Useful Soup for Benevolent Purposes") and menu-planning ("A Ball Supper for 60 Persons") to staff concerns ("The Duties of a Maid of All Work"). A new ...

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