{"product_id":"curious-victorians-evelyn-blair-9798248647729","title":"Curious Victorians: Volume IX: 150 Dark \u0026 Disturbing Facts About Victorian Childhood","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the Victorian era, childhood was fragile, supervised, and often short.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBehind lace collars and sentimental portraits lay a harsher reality - factory floors, chimney soot, infant graves, strict moral codes, and expectations that small shoulders were expected to carry without complaint. Innocence was praised in theory, but survival required endurance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCurious Victorians\u003c\/i\u003e: Volume IX explores the darker truths of growing up in the nineteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside, you'll discover: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe staggering infant mortality rates families quietly accepted\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChild labor in mines, mills, and chimneys\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHarsh school discipline and public humiliation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStreet children, survival crimes, and workhouses\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePost-mortem photography and the rituals surrounding child death\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe medical myths and moral panics that shaped young lives\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are not nostalgic tales of simpler times. They are records of resilience, control, loss, and the cost of respectability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers who enjoy the unsettling corners of history, this volume reveals what Victorian society expected of its youngest citizens - and what happened when they could not endure it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you've ever wondered what childhood truly looked like behind the sentimentality, this book answers with unflinching detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Evelyn Blair\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798248647729\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.35d","brand":"Evelyn Blair","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447338479871,"sku":"9798248647729","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d411badc-fb68-40d5-8b06-8310db91e233.jpg?v=1777230440","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/curious-victorians-evelyn-blair-9798248647729","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}