{"product_id":"paper-jane-250-years-of-austen-9781605831237","title":"Paper Jane: 250 Years of Austen","description":"\u003cb\u003ePaper Jane reflects Austen's heady reputation as a revered canonical author, even while her books are simultaneously enjoyed as \"chick lit.\" Jane Austen's growing fame is measured at fifty-year intervals: in 1825, 1875, 1925, 1975, and 2025. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the semiquincentennial year of Jane Austen (1775-1817), she is arguably the best-known author in the English language after Shakespeare. However, this reputation was hard-won and was many years in the making. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book traces Jane Austen's ascendence as a literary celebrity through print--from fine first editions to mass-market paperbacks, supplemented by manuscripts, movie posters, graphic novels, theater bills, play scripts, and paper currency. The temporal dimension makes this not only the story of Austen's growing fame but also traces the changes in readers and reading culture over the last two centuries and a half. It demonstrates that cheap books are, in fact, the force that made \"Miss Austen\" canonical. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaper Jane \u003c\/i\u003eaccompanies an exhibition at The Grolier Club, drawing from private collections by Janine Barchas, Mary Crawford, and Sandra Clark.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRetired from Morgan Stanley after a forty-year career in financial services, bibliophile \u003cb\u003eMary Crawford\u003c\/b\u003e now serves on three non-profit boards: The Grolier Club, the Mint Theater, and the Bibliographical Society of America. \u003cb\u003eJanine Barchas \u003c\/b\u003eholds the Chancellor's Council Centennial Professorship in the Book Arts at the University of Texas at Austin. An internationally recognized Jane Austen scholar, she is the author of \u003ci\u003eMatters of Fact in Jane Austen: History, Location, and Celebrity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Books of Jane Austen\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Novel Life of Jane Austen: A Graphic Biography\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003e Sandra Clark \u003c\/b\u003eis a former school teacher, retired entrepreneur, and book collector who lives in Port Aransas, Texas. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Grolier Club","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51720811479314,"sku":"9781605831237","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9d95ed89-ba2a-4cf4-9814-e83414f5bfa3.jpg?v=1762937073","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/paper-jane-250-years-of-austen-9781605831237","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}