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“As increasing numbers of Victorians, at least among the middle classes, began their day with soap and warm water, body odour took on a new dimension, one that divided the nation. William Thackeray, in his 1850 novel Pendennis, coined the phrase ‘the great unwashed’. It was quickly adopted to describe the working class and to distance their social betters from them.”
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May 07, 2026 08:49PM
Oooh excited to hear what you think of this!
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I subscribe to bbc on YouTube, and Ruth Goodman popped in last week talking about Victorian everyday life, and I remembered I picked up her book yonks ago on kindle. She’s delightful, my favorite kind of historian to read or watch - cheeky, smart, informative, really loves her topic, and it comes through! I’ve always felt, if we could have history teachers approach the classroom like some of the fantastic historians I’ve read as an adult, students young and old would love it as I do.
