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The Virago Book of the Joy of Shopping
Jill Foulston
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Description for The Virago Book of the Joy of Shopping
Paperback. * Some of us adore it, some of us live for it, some of us loathe it - but we all do it. SHOP. This is a book to celebrate the passion and the fear. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 336.
Jane Austen found her sister Cassandra a locket. Joan Didion bought nail enamel and a toaster on impulse. Karyn Bosnak charged $20,000 on credit cards - and wild child Elizabeth Wurtzel got caught shoplifting. George Eliot, on the other hand, hated shopping. Those are the true stories, but there are hundreds of fictional shoppers: The Girl with the Pearl Earring turned up her nose at some stale meat; Tom Ripley lusted after Venetian leather goods, while Jane Eyre cringed at Mr Rochester's pre-wedding excess. This is the first anthology to feature writing about shopping by women throughout history. ... Read more
Jane Austen found her sister Cassandra a locket. Joan Didion bought nail enamel and a toaster on impulse. Karyn Bosnak charged $20,000 on credit cards - and wild child Elizabeth Wurtzel got caught shoplifting. George Eliot, on the other hand, hated shopping. Those are the true stories, but there are hundreds of fictional shoppers: The Girl with the Pearl Earring turned up her nose at some stale meat; Tom Ripley lusted after Venetian leather goods, while Jane Eyre cringed at Mr Rochester's pre-wedding excess. This is the first anthology to feature writing about shopping by women throughout history. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844082742
SKU
V9781844082742
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Jill Foulston
Jill Foulston is a former commissioning editor for the Virago Modern Classics. She lives in London and Italy.
Reviews for The Virago Book of the Joy of Shopping
This little book will make you proud to be part of the shopping sisterhood
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