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The Romance of a Shop

by Amy Levy

Romance · Novel

Open Library OL17656080W

The Romance of a Shop turns on the Lorimer sisters, who decide to open their own photography business after the death of their father leaves them in poverty. The Romance of a Shop examines the opportunities and difficulties of urban life for the "New Woman" in the late nineteenth century, maintaining their right to independent opinion and the questioning of social norms.

About the author

Amy Levy (1861–1889) is represented here by 4 public-domain titles, including A London Plane-Tree, and Other Verse, A Minor Poet, and Other Verse, and Miss Meredith. This page is a shelf list: the books are read on Open Library, not stored here. More of this shelf for Amy Levy.

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