The Short Life and Long Times of Mrs BeetonWe each of us strive for domestic bliss, and we may look to Delia and Nigella to give us tips on achieving the unattainable. Kathryn Hughes, acclaimed for her biography of George Eliot, has pulled back the curtains to look at the creator of the ultimate book on keeping house. In Victorian England what did every middle class housewife need to create the perfect home? The Book of Household Management. Oh, but of course! Mrs Beeton would no doubt declare