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The Virago Book Of The Joy Of Shopping

  • Author
    • Jill Foulston
Format
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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. Buy it.
  • Published: Jun 03 2010
  • Pages: 416
  • 133 x 200mm
  • ISBN: 9781844082742
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Press Reviews

  • GOOD Housekkeping
    This little book will make you proud to be part of the shopping sisterhood