# The Virago Book Of The Joy Of Shopping

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- Authors: [Jill Foulston](https://www.bookquiver.com/jill-foulston)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2010-06-03

## Description

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.

## Editions

### The Virago Book Of The Joy Of Shopping

- Publisher: virago
- ISBN: 978-18-4408-274-2
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2010-06-03
- Language: en_GB