{"product_id":"the-romance-of-a-shop-broadview-editions","title":"The Romance of a Shop (Broadview Editions)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Romance of a Shop is an early New Woman novel about four sisters  who decide to establish their own photography business and their own home in central London after their fathers death and their loss of financial security. In this novel  Amy Levy examines both the opportunities and dangers of urban experience for women in the late nineteenth century who pursue independent work rather than follow the established paths of domestic service. By outfitting her characters as photographers  Levy emphasizes the importance of the gendered gaze in this narrative of the modern city. This Broadview edition prints for the first time since the 1880s Levys essay on Christina Rossetti and a short story set in North London  both published in Oscar Wildes magazine The Womans World. Other appendices include poetry by Levy  Michael Field  Dollie Radford  and A. Mary F. Robinson  and essays on Victorian photography  literary realism  the woman question at the end of the nineteenth century  and the plight of women working in London.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946505269301,"sku":"ByrdShop_1551115662","price":49.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781551115665.jpg?v=1769953312","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-romance-of-a-shop-broadview-editions","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}