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Susan Lasdun

British writer and cultural historian whose work Victorians at Home examines the domestic interiors, material culture, and daily lives of the Victorian era. Lasdun's approach combines social history with attention to architecture, design, and the intimate details of how people actually lived in their homes — furniture, decoration, household routines, and the significance of domestic space.

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1. Biography

A short life of the author

Susan Lasdun is a British writer and cultural historian who has written about the social history of domestic life, architecture, and material culture in the Victorian era.

Victorians at Home

Victorians at Home examines how the Victorians lived in their houses — the arrangement of rooms, the furniture and decoration, the domestic routines and household management practices that structured daily life. The book contributes to the rich field of Victorian material culture studies, which seeks to understand the period through its objects and spaces as well as its texts.

The study of Victorian domesticity has been a productive area of social history since the 1980s, drawing on architecture, design history, gender studies, and the history of everyday life.

Collecting Lasdun

Victorians at Home is collected by scholars and enthusiasts of Victorian history, architecture, and interior design. First editions are modestly priced and available through dealers in social history and Victoriana.