Children Below Stairs: Original Sin and Victorian Servants

Authors

  • Brian McCuskey

Keywords:

servants, Victorian culture, mistresses, household manuals, childishness

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2020-06-11

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McCuskey, B. (2020). Children Below Stairs: Original Sin and Victorian Servants. Australasian Journal of Victorian Studies, 5(1), 96-105. https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/AJVS/article/view/13760