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Vices and Volumes | Navigate Irish and British History's Absurdities from 1800s Books

Victorians had opinions about EVERYTHING. Jaw shapes. Correct use of coil horns. Servant's gloves. All treated with the kind of earnest detail usually reserved for matters of real importance. Avril…

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