Not every Victorian lived in a "Victorian." A great many Victorians - particularly singles, working girls and young couples - lived in relatively humble lodgings, including flats, boarding houses, lodging houses, and rentals. Life in lodgings could be quite different from life in one's own home, as these articles reveal!

Lodgers and Lodging: A Sketch from Experience, by Phillis Browne (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1875)

Improved Common Lodging-Houses: Two Visits (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1879)

Our Life in a Flat (Girl's Own Paper, 1885)

Life in an American Boarding House (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1886)

"The boarding house as a home is rarely a matter of choice, but it is the best [a married couple] can do to meet the difficulty of living in a country where the conditions of social life are less easy than elsewhere."

Flatting in America, by Deliverance Dingle(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1887)

British ladies find living in an American "flat" to be quite an unusual experience!

In a Big Hotel, by M. Payne Smith (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1894)

How We Live in London on a Pound a Week, by Lloyd Lester (Girl's Own Paper, 1895)

Living in Lodgings, by Josepha Crane (Girl's Own Paper, 1895)

To Let, Furnished, by Elizabeth L. Banks (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1895)

On the benefits and hazards -- to tenants and landlords alike -- of renting a furnished residence in London.

Some Differences Between English and American Homes, by Elizabeth L. Banks (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1895)

The English seem to believe that Americans know nothing of the comforts of life, while Americans believe they alone possess the secret of a happy home...

The Wage-Earner's Interest in Improved Housing (Century Magazine, 1896B)

"Perhaps the most eloquent testimony to the desire of wage-earners for a decent living environment is the prosperity attending model housing enterprises wherever they have been established."

Life in Women's Chambers: A Mother's Impression (Girl's Own Paper, 1898)

A look at women's chambers at a university.

Three Girl-Chums, and Their Life in London Rooms, by Florence Sophie Davson (Girl's Own Paper, 1899)

Practical Points of Law, by A Lawyer

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