"The halls of temptation": the universal provider and the pleasures of suburbia -- The trials of consumption: marriage, law, and women's credit -- "Resting places from women wayfarers": feminism and the comforts of the public sphere -- Metropolitan journeys: shopping traveling, and reading the West End -- "A new era of shopping": an American department store in Edwardian London -- Acts of consumption: musical comedy and the desire of exchange.