{"product_id":"shopping-as-comedy-a-victorian-scrapbook-9781032408002","title":"Shopping as Comedy: A Victorian Scrapbook","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Alexis Easley\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Modern - 19th Century\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume is a critical edition of a Victorian scrapbook, composed of cuttings from advertising images from the 1880's. These images are arranged in hand-drawn domestic spaces and embellished with watercolour details. At the foot of each page is a \u003cbr\u003ehandwritten running text, written by an unknown Victorian author, that provides a narrative to explain the accompanying images. The album also includes four original short stories, interspersed by twenty-three vignettes, which, like advertisements in \u003cbr\u003ea magazine, echo and reinforce themes in the surrounding content. The album highlights issues of concern to women at the fin de siècle: romance, marriage, shopping, and house decoration. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe satirical commentary on late Victorian shopping and commodity culture provides a fascinating insight into the interests and responses of consumers during this period. The volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of literary and advertising history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45243114815639,"sku":"9781032408002","price":10604.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781032408002.webp?v=1769233814","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/shopping-as-comedy-a-victorian-scrapbook-9781032408002","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}