{"product_id":"the-literary-undoing-of-victoria-swann-paperback","title":"The Literary Undoing of Victoria Swann - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVirginia Pye\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA lady author rewrites her life in Gilded Age Boston.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVictoria Swann, a successful author of romance and adventure novels, yearns for something more. Tired of her publisher's demands and the frivolous nature of her stories, she abandons her pen name and sets out to tell her own story, challenging the literary establishment and fighting for women's rights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Victoria finds her true voice, she gains an unexpected ally in her new, young, Harvard-bred editor. Set against the backdrop of Gilded Age Boston, \u003ci\u003eThe Literary Undoing of Victoria Swann\u003c\/i\u003e explores the power of writing and reading as acts of defiance and revision, both on and off the page. This is a story for readers who enjoy historical fiction, women's fiction, and tales of personal transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVirginia Pye\u003c\/b\u003e's story collection \u003ci\u003eShelf Life of Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2019 IPPY Gold Medal for Short Fiction and her two historical novels set in China, \u003ci\u003eDreams of the Red Phoenix\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRiver of Dust\u003c\/i\u003e, also received literary awards. Her essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She is Fiction Editor at Pangyrus and has taught writing at NYU, UPenn, and at GrubStreet Writing Center in Boston. www.virginiapye.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 8.52 x 5.58 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 03, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53468457074995,"sku":"9781646033973","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/the-literary-undoing-of-victoria-swann-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}