The Book of Household Management: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Book of Household Management, credited to Mrs. Isabella Beeton, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Book of Household Management, by Isabella Beeton. "Mrs. Beeton's" is a guide to all aspects of running a household in Victorian Britain. Published in 1861, it was an immediate bestseller, running to millions of copies within just a few years. In the cookery sections, Mrs. Beeton follows the animal "from his birth to his appearance on the table.” Learn how to care for poultry during moulting season, how to wean calves, how to cure hams, salt cod, carve mutton, and much more. (Summary by Wikipedia and Sarah Jennings)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Book of Household Management
• Author credits: Mrs. Isabella Beeton
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 108
• Listed recording duration: 58:15:20

Catalogue topics

• domestic science
• home economics
• homemaking
• housekeeping
• cookery
• recipes

Opening tracks: first 24 of 108

1. 000 - Preface — 4:04
2. 001 - Chapter 1. The Mistress. Part 1. — 26:04
3. 002 - Chapter 1. The Mistress. Part 2. — 34:12
4. 003 - Chapter 2. The Housekeeper. — 19:09
5. 004 - Chapter 3. Arrangement and Economy of the Kitchen. Part 1. — 36:22
6. 005 - Chapter 3. Arrangement and Economy of the Kitchen. Part 2. — 22:18
7. 006 - Chapter 4. Introduction to Cookery. — 30:23
8. 007 - Chapter 5. General Directions for Making Soups. — 23:47
9. 008 - Recipes. Chapter 6. Part 1. — 45:03
10. 009 - Recipes. Chapter 6. Part 2. — 43:35
11. 010 - Recipes. Chapter 6. Part 3. — 26:26
12. 011 - Recipes. Chapter 6. Part 4. — 25:31
13. 012 - Recipes. Chapter 6. Part 5. — 10:51
14. 013 - Chapter 7. The Natural History of Fishes. — 46:10
15. 014 - Recipes. Chapter 8. Part 1. — 40:25
16. 015 - Recipes. Chapter 8. Part 2. — 38:10
17. 016 - Recipes. Chapter 8. Part 3. — 41:43
18. 017 - Recipes. Chapter 8. Part 4. — 34:20
19. 018 - Recipes. Chapter 8. Part 5. — 44:10
20. 019 - Chapter 9. Sauces, Pickles, Gravies, and Forcemeats. General Remarks. — 7:56
21. 020 - Recipes. Chapter 10. Part 1. — 41:38
22. 021 - Recipes. Chapter 10. Part 2. — 39:55
23. 022 - Recipes. Chapter 10. Part 3. — 45:34
24. 023 - Recipes. Chapter 10. Part 4. — 34:48

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