Victorian parlour games : a modern host's guide to classic fun for everyone
(2024)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
793.0941/WOLFE,N

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 793.0941/WOLFE,N Available

Details

PUBLISHED
San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2024]
EDITION
[Hardcover edition]
DESCRIPTION

192 pages : illustrations ; 16 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781797231006, 1797231006 :, 1797231006, 9781797231006
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Throwing the smile -- The laughing game -- Wink murder -- Forfeits -- Hot boiled beans and bacon -- Smells -- Charades -- Active games -- Musical chairs -- Hare and hound -- Frog in the middle -- The sculptor -- Moving statues -- Musical statues -- Feeding the baby -- Pillow fight -- Are you there, Moriarty? -- Pin the tail on the donkey -- Table games -- Celebrities -- Doublets -- Gallows -- Guggenheim -- Snap -- German whist -- Concentration -- Romantic games -- Blind man's buff -- I love my love -- The parrot -- Frincy-francy -- The box of secrets -- Word games -- Yes and no -- Who am i? -- How, why, when, and where -- Crambo -- Grandmother's trunk -- Elephant's foot umbrella stand -- Endless story -- The minister's cat

"A selection of Victorian Era parlor games explained for modern parties"--

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