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Living with lodgers
Household economy and social relations in working-class Victorian England
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English
Published/Copyright:
2025
About this book
For the Victorian working class, lodging in someone else’s home was commonplace. Yet, despite their prevalence, lodgers and their householders have received little scholarly attention. Drawing on hundreds of coroners’ inquests reported in the Victorian press, Living with lodgers traverses many domestic dwelling lodgings in England at this time, providing an extraordinary, intimate portrayal of the lives of the inhabitants therein.
Author / Editor information
Vicky Holmes is an adjunct Assistant Professor in History at Notre Dame London, The University of Notre Dame (USA) in England
Reviews
'By drawing on census reports as well as court records and coroners' inquests, Holmes challenges the myths that have developed around both the lodgers and the householders who rented out the rooms. (…)The work reveals many of the financial circumstances that destabilized working-class families and provides a more complicated understanding of working-class homes.’
— R. J. Bates, Berea College, CHOICE Recommended
‘Lodging in private houses played an important role both in accommodating the Victorian working class and in supplementing hosts’ household income. Vicky Holmes’ account of the issues and relationships it created is original, intimate and lively. It is invaluable for anyone interested in nineteenth-century social history.’
—Gillian Williamson, Author of Lodgers, Landlords, and Landladies in Georgian London
‘Vicky Holmes’s new book is an illuminating look into the lives of lodgers and householders between 1840 and 1900… This well-written and worthwhile book will be of interest to historians of material culture, gender, domesticity, and the working class.’
—Susie Steinbach, Hamline University
— R. J. Bates, Berea College, CHOICE Recommended
‘Lodging in private houses played an important role both in accommodating the Victorian working class and in supplementing hosts’ household income. Vicky Holmes’ account of the issues and relationships it created is original, intimate and lively. It is invaluable for anyone interested in nineteenth-century social history.’
—Gillian Williamson, Author of Lodgers, Landlords, and Landladies in Georgian London
‘Vicky Holmes’s new book is an illuminating look into the lives of lodgers and householders between 1840 and 1900… This well-written and worthwhile book will be of interest to historians of material culture, gender, domesticity, and the working class.’
—Susie Steinbach, Hamline University
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Front matter
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Contents
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List of Figures
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Acknowledgements
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Abbreviations
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Introduction
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1 The necessary lodger
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2 The necessity for lodgings
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3 The lodging exchange
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4 Compromised spaces?
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5 Beyond the boundaries
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6 Notice to quit
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Conclusion
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Bibliography
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Index
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Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
February 12, 2025
eBook ISBN:
9781526170279
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eBook ISBN:
9781526170279
Keywords for this book
lodgers; lodging; working class; Victorian; household; coroners inquests; rent; breadwinner; widow; privacy
Audience(s) for this book
For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
