{"title":"New York Public Library Collector's Edition","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"madame-bovary-book-gustave-flaubert-9780385487191","title":"Madame Bovary","description":"Both embodiment and victim of the self-satisfied nineteenth-century French bourgeoisie, Emma Bovary lives in pursuit of something more, like the world depicted in the romance novels that have come to define her. Emma is oblivious to the realities of life, and her romantic delusions and search for transcendence through sex, money, and social position serve only to drive the increasingly troubled woman into an irreversible moral, emotional, and spiritual decline. That the author depicted his heroine in neutral terms, without condemnation, resulted in obscenity charges from the French courts, which likened the lascivious \u003ci\u003eMadame Bovary\u003c\/i\u003e's lack of restraint to a woman who throws off all garments. Exactly. \u003ci\u003eMadame Bovary \u003c\/i\u003eremains one of the most daring and liberating novels ever written. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncludes The Trial of Madame Bovary \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTranslated by Mildred Marmur \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith an Introduction by Robin Morgan and a New Afterword by Frederick Brown","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49639422886161,"sku":"GOR013018236","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49890822291729,"sku":"CIN0385487193G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50351594275089,"sku":"CIN0385487193A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51424428556561,"sku":"CIN0385487193VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0385487193.gif?v=1750696954"},{"product_id":"sister-carrie-book-theodore-dreiser-9780385487245","title":"Sister Carrie","description":"\u0026amp;\u0026amp;LDIV\u0026amp;\u0026amp;R\u0026amp;\u0026amp;LI\u0026amp;\u0026amp;RSister Carrie\u0026amp;\u0026amp;L\/I\u0026amp;\u0026amp;R, by \u0026amp;\u0026amp;LB\u0026amp;\u0026amp;RTheodore Dreiser\u0026amp;\u0026amp;L\/B\u0026amp;\u0026amp;R, is part of the \u0026amp;\u0026amp;LI\u0026amp;\u0026amp;RBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u0026amp;\u0026amp;L\/I\u0026amp;\u0026amp;R\u0026amp;\u0026amp;LI\u0026amp;\u0026amp;R \u0026amp;\u0026amp;L\/I\u0026amp;\u0026amp;Rseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of \u0026amp;\u0026amp;LI\u0026amp;\u0026amp;RBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u0026amp;\u0026amp;L\/I\u0026amp;\u0026amp;R: \u0026amp;\u0026amp;LDIV\u0026amp;\u0026amp;R\u003cul\u003eNew introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices \u0026amp; Glossaries, when appropriate\u003c\/ul\u003eAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. \u0026amp;\u0026amp;LI\u0026amp;\u0026amp;RBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics \u0026amp;\u0026amp;L\/I\u0026amp;\u0026amp;Rpulls together a constellation of influences--biographical, historical, and literary--to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.\u0026amp;\u0026amp;L\/DIV\u0026amp;\u0026amp;R\u0026amp;\u0026amp;L\/DIV\u0026amp;\u0026amp;R\u0026amp;\u0026amp;LP\u0026amp;\u0026amp;RWhen small-town Carrie Meeber arrives in 1890s Chicago, she cannot know what awaits. Callow, beautiful, and alone, she experiences the bitterness of temptation and hardship even as she sets her sights on a better life. Drawn by the seductive desire to rise above her social class, Carrie aspires to the top of the acting profession in New York, while the man who has become obsessed with her gambles everything for her sake and draws near the brink of destruction.\u0026amp;\u0026amp;L\/P\u0026amp;\u0026amp;R\u0026amp;\u0026amp;LP\u0026amp;\u0026amp;RDreiser's first novel, Sister Carrie (1900) was inspired by the life of one of his sisters, who had eloped to New York with a disreputable lover. Its sympathetic depiction of Carrie's love affairs shocked its publisher, whose grudging efforts won few initial readers until the book's successful re-publication in 1907. Today it resonates with Dreiser's clear-sighted understanding of life in the increasingly mercantile world of the big city, and with his belief in the domination of fate over free will. Particularly in the unflinching tragedy of its final chapters, the novel broke new ground in American fiction for its gritty realism and for the character of Carrie, who begins a half-equipped little knight and becomes a truly modern woman.\u0026amp;\u0026amp;L\/P\u0026amp;\u0026amp;R\u0026amp;\u0026amp;LDIV\u0026amp;\u0026amp;R\u0026amp;\u0026amp;LP style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\u0026amp;\u0026amp;R\u0026amp;\u0026amp;LSTRONG\u0026amp;\u0026amp;RHerbert Leibowitz\u0026amp;\u0026amp;L\/B\u0026amp;\u0026amp;R\u0026amp;\u0026amp;L\/B\u0026amp;\u0026amp;R is the editor and publisher of \u0026amp;\u0026amp;LI\u0026amp;\u0026amp;RParnassus: Poetry in Review\u0026amp;\u0026amp;L\/I\u0026amp;\u0026amp;R. His books include \u0026amp;\u0026amp;LI\u0026amp;\u0026amp;RFabricating Lives: Explorations in American Autobiography\u0026amp;\u0026amp;L\/I\u0026amp;\u0026amp;R and \u0026amp;\u0026amp;LI\u0026amp;\u0026amp;RHart Crane: An Introduction to the Poetry\u0026amp;\u0026amp;L\/I\u0026amp;\u0026amp;R. He is currently writing a critical biography of William Carlos Williams.\u0026amp;\u0026amp;L\/P\u0026amp;\u0026amp;R\u0026amp;\u0026amp;L\/DIV\u0026amp;\u0026amp;R","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49678121795857,"sku":"CIN038548724XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53334221881617,"sku":"CIN038548724XVG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/038548724X.jpg?v=1751006519"},{"product_id":"selected-poetry-book-emily-dickinson-9780385487184","title":"Selected Poetry","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49794949841169,"sku":"CIN0385487185G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50045714563345,"sku":"CIN0385487185VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50158267334929,"sku":"GOR006977002","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0385487185.jpg?v=1751228785"},{"product_id":"leaves-of-grass-book-walter-whitman-9780385487276","title":"Leaves of Grass","description":"This is a collection of papers presented at the conference Anglo-German Linguistic Relations, held at Queen Mary, University of London in November 2007. The papers cover a wide variety of topics about the relationship between the English and German languages or relate to cultural and literary contacts between English-speaking and German-speaking regions. Individual papers discuss Anglo-German linguistic interplay and affinities both as contemporary phenomena and from a historical perspective. Themes include codification, translation and discourse production from the 17th century to the Second World War; shared metaphors in English and German; political propaganda in English and German; and authorial positioning and perspective in a selection of autobiographical and literary works.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49895596196113,"sku":"CIN0385487274G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":51504709009681,"sku":"CIN0385487274A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51819763892497,"sku":"CIN0385487274VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0385487274.jpg?v=1750696955"},{"product_id":"far-from-the-madding-crowd-book-thomas-hardy-9780385487313","title":"Far from the Madding Crowd","description":"This book seeks to bridge the gap between theory and practice by identifying the main challenges which the implementation of the ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) is posing in language teaching. It reports on the outcomes yielded by prominent European research projects and thematic networks and presents the insights of a prestigious set of scholars, practitioners, and policy-makers from different parts of Europe. \u003cbr\u003e The book is divided into four main parts. The first section examines the coordination of language studies in the European Higher Education Area, from general language policy development, to the practicalities of coordinating whole degrees or drawing up ECTS study guides. The second part analyses the concept of competencies within the Bologna process. Methodological aspects are broached in the third thematic block by sharing practical accounts and experiences across Europe. The final part seeks to clarify the most important aspects with regard to evaluating language learning in the new credit system, and examines learning outcomes, student work hours, or ECTS credits.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49933860405521,"sku":"CIN0385487312G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49984024510737,"sku":"CIN0385487312VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50451372900625,"sku":"CIN0385487312A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0385487312.jpg?v=1750878453"},{"product_id":"heart-of-darkness-book-joseph-conrad-9780385487283","title":"Heart of Darkness","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50037931278609,"sku":"CIN0385487282G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50580141211921,"sku":"CIN0385487282VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0385487282.jpg?v=1751072387"},{"product_id":"up-from-slavery-book-booker-t-washington-9780385487290","title":"Up from Slavery","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50449325490449,"sku":"CIN0385487290VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50761964683537,"sku":"CIN0385487290G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0385487290.jpg?v=1751165815"},{"product_id":"custom-of-the-country-book-edith-wharton-9780385487238","title":"The Custom of the Country","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50717624762641,"sku":"CIN0385487231G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51334327370001,"sku":"CIN0385487231VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0385487231.jpg?v=1750878452"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/new-york-public-library-collector-s-edition-book-series.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}