{"product_id":"decadent-women-yellow-book-lives-hardcover","title":"Decadent Women: Yellow Book Lives - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJad Adams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe never-before-told story of the extraordinary women behind a trailblazing British magazine.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e During the 1890s, British women for the first time began to leave their family homes to seek work, accommodation, and financial and sexual freedom. \u003ci\u003eDecadent Women\u003c\/i\u003e is an account of some of these women who wrote for the innovative art and literary journal \u003ci\u003eThe Yellow Book\u003c\/i\u003e. For the first time, and drawing on original research, Jad Adams describes the lives and work of these vibrant and passionate women, from well-connected and fashionable aristocrats to the desperately poor. He narrates the challenges they faced in a literary marketplace, and within a society that overwhelmingly favored men, showing how they were pioneers of a new style, living lives of lurid adventure and romance, as well as experiencing poverty, squalor, disease, and unwanted pregnancy.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJad Adams\u003c\/b\u003e is a research fellow at the Institute of English, School of Advanced Study, University of London. His many books include \u003ci\u003eWomen and the Vote: A World History\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.28 x 9.51 x 6.44 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 20, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764997062944,"sku":"9781789147896","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/756a7d918725be0bc9b483840fa64abf.webp?v=1780259908","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/decadent-women-yellow-book-lives-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}